Collaboration

Goal: To develop knowledge and skills necessary to work in close collaboration with families, health care agencies and group home team members to successfully design and implement technically sound and contextually appropriate positive behaviour support (PBS plans) that improve child, youth, or adult behaviour, life skills, and quality of life.

Purpose: Collaboration with families, health care agencies and group homes is an integral part of my role as a behaviour consultant. I wish do do so in a respectful and meaningful way.

How this impacts my practice: The skills embedded in this goal are deeply embedded in professionalism. I will use this to guide my practice, build relationships with implementors to overall support focus people in improving their behaviour, life skills and quality of life.

Artifacts

Link to Podcast

1. EPSE 515 - Big Ideas - Parent Training

I created these 'big ideas' for 2 articles and 1 book chapter regarding the importance of parent training. When working with children, training and supporting parents to implement PBS plans is an important part of facilitating success of a PBS plan.

2. Daily Data Graph

This daily data graph demonstrates the implementation of a comprehensive PBS plan, in collaboration with a focus person's family, healthcare providers and an agency providing residential support over the course of a year. Collaboration was a leading factor towards the success of the PBS plan.

4. EPSE 574 - Helping or Hovering? Effects of Instructional Assistant Proximity on Students with Disabilities

I Created this podcast style review of the Giangreco et al 1997 article examining the effects of EA proximity students with disabilities. I share a personal example of my experinces with the article in my personal life. This article is important to remember when collaborating with supports to facilitate independence within PBS plans.