Positive behaviour support (PBS) is a well-accepted, evidenced-based framework for personcentred care and support of people with an intellectual disability. In response to scandals such as Winterbourne View, which saw care home staff jailed for abusing residents, the Transforming Care agenda and the PBS Academy have encouraged the development of standardised practice.
This article describes how the PBS standards developed by the academy were audited in an assessment and treatment unit (ATU). The audit highlighted six areas of priority for service improvement and the results were summarised in a set of recommendations that can be monitored.
Learning Disability Practice. 22, 3, 15-19. doi: 10.7748/ldp.2019.e1978
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