Personalized Goals for Positive Behavioral Support: Engaging Directly with Children who have Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Stakeholder involvement is fundamental to Positive Behavioral Support yet research in this area rarely obtains views of children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. This study aimed to develop and demonstrate a means of engaging directly with children to identify personalized goals and priorities for their future support. An augmented communication approach was used to facilitate interviews with children who had a range of disabilities and displayed behavior that challenges. The interviewer asked children about activities, their own behavior, a caregiver’s behavior, and quality of life to focus future potential assessment and intervention. We completed interviews in at least some areas with 9 out of 14 children. Children prioritized goals for future support and evidenced insight into behavior, needs, and preferences. These findings have promising implications for further direct engagement of children with disabilities throughout a support pathway to achieve outcomes rich in social validity.

Evaluation of Studies on Positive Behavior Support Interventions

Positive behavioral support is an approach that uses the principles of applied behavior analysis and system changes to improve individuals' quality of life and reduce problem behaviors. In positive behavior support, it is aimed to determine the functions of the problem behaviors of the child and to gain appropriate behaviors that meet the same functions. This study aims to provide an overview of the studies on positive behavior support through a comprehensive literature review and determine the current trends in the studies on positive behavior support interventions. A total number of 53 studies were examined in the study according to year of publication, country, journal, subject, research method, research sample, data collection tools, data analysis method, type of document, research sample, sample size and authors’ study interests. Data were analyzed with content analysis method and results were presented with frequency and percentages in tables and figures. Results were discussed with relevant literature and recommendations for further research and practices were provided.

DEUX MODÈLES D’INTERVENTION EN TROUBLE GRAVE DU COMPORTEMENT (TGC) : COMPARAISONS ET AMÉLIORATIONS POSSIBLES

Le présent article vise à comparer deux modèles d’intervention en TGC, soit le modèle québécois d’Analyse et d’Intervention MultiModales (AIMM) et le modèle de Soutien Comportemental Positif (SCP : Positive Behavioral Support) chez les personnes présentant une déficience intellectuelle (DI). Ce modèle de LaVigna et Willis (2012) a d’ailleurs fait l’objet récemment de démonstrations convaincantes sur le plan de son efficacité et de son efficience clinique. Après avoir constaté les compatibilités et les différences entre ces deux modèles sur le plan qualitatif, certaines pistes d’amélioration clinique et de recherche concernant l’AIMM sont relevées.