The Positive Behavior Support (PBS) Masterclass.
'The Positive Behavior Support Masterclass' is a 3-day course from the Association for Psychological Therapies (APT), a leading provider of accredited courses for professionals working in mental health and related areas.
It is the only PBS Masterclass training that is APT-accredited and also gives you access to APT’s relevant downloadable resources for use post-course. The course is available for teams/organizations and can be attended face-to-face or online.
Executive Summary:
This is a course for people who have at least 6 months practice subsequent to receiving Level 3 APT-Accreditation (often much more). In lectures, the masterclass provides more depth on some of the topics in the Positive Behavior Support course but is mainly focused on developing skill, based around the following components: listening to and making case presentations, watching video demos by others, role-play/real-play where you interview others and they interview you, and establishing a stable system for support and development for yourself in this area post course. The result is that you enhance your skill and technique, not just your knowledge. Successful completion also gains you APT's Level 4 accreditation in the subject.
Who should attend?
People who attend this course normally fall into one of two categories:
1. Groups of professionals who see patients in 1:1 treatment settings, have a significant degree of clinical skill, and wish to become more proficient.
2. 'Whole teams' (either in inpatient or community settings) seeking to develop a unified good level of proficiency.
The professional affiliations of people attending this course include: mental health/psychiatric nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, probation officers and others working in a variety of settings including: Substance Misuse, Forensic, Adult Mental Health, and Children & Adolescents.
What this course will do for you:
- You will review your work using PBS so far and consider how you would like to develop this in the future.
- You will consider challenges you have faced working with the PBS model.
- You will review strategies that are working well and look to build a template of success.
- You will discuss complex cases and problem solve with an experienced PBS clinician.
- You will prepare and present your own case presentation, choosing issues you would like to consider.
- You will build your own feelings of self-efficacy and confidence using the PBS model.
- You will add to your repertoire of PBS skills and practice new and familiar techniques in a supportive learning environment.
- You will participate in group supervision and consider issues raised by peers.
- You will review your own practice and ensure you are sticking to the ‘PBS model’ as far as you are aiming to do. You will look at ensuring your practice is sustainable and supported.
- You will have the chance to discuss best practice and innovative methods of using PBS.
- You will gain APT’s PBS level 4 accreditation (assuming you have the level 3 accreditation and 6 months’ experience working with PBS necessary to attend this masterclass).
- You will become eligible to work to submit a project for level 5 accreditation if it meets the requirements.
Booking this training is easy...Booking Options... for individuals or small groups For teams and organizations:Option 1: Online Live and Exclusive course: Live and interactive online course, delivered via Zoom or Teams* exclusively for your team or organization. Price: $5,580* for a group of up to 15 people (price includes a workbook for every delegate, posted to one address, or a PDF version can be provided). Extra delegates $370 per person. *We standardly deliver courses via Zoom (which is recommended). If you would prefer to use Microsoft Teams, there is an additional charge of $120 USD per day.
We bring the course and tutor to you, for an all-inclusive fee. Price: $8,435 (plus tutor travel and accommodation expenses) for a group of up to 15 people. Extra delegates: $555 per person. Option 3: 'Train the Trainer': If you or a colleague are a senior professional (e.g. consultant psychologist) and have a talent for communication and teaching, then you are welcome to apply to become an APT-accredited tutor. You could then tutor the course - or your chosen modules from it - in your own organization, under license. his is not only a highly appropriate use of senior professionals, but it also saves your organization the tutor-component of the fee each time you run it or your chosen modules (50% of the 'Online Live and Exclusive' fee, regardless of whether the course is held face-to-face or online). To see the full benefits of this and to see whether you are eligible, click the button:
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Feedback Ratings.
We continuously monitor the quality of our training by obtaining feedback on the two key scales of relevance and presentation from every course delegate. Below are the average ratings for the last running of this course, which are updated periodically.
Face-to-Face
Presentation: 100%
Relevance: 99%
Written Feedback.
APT prides itself on the feedback we receive about our training. Below are just some of the great comments APT courses have received.
"One of the best presented, organized and thought-out courses I have been on. I speak as a course participant but also as a trainer of 20 years experience."
"I really enjoyed this course, absolutely the most impressive and useful training I have received in the 11 years working for the Trust."