About our bulletins

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We include this section in all our bulletins.

If you’ve already read this information, you can skip to the next section.

The next section is called About Quality Assurance Panels.

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We want to make sure people in WA are safe.

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So we need rules about how providers can use some types of supports.

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A provider supports people with disability by delivering a service.

Sometimes providers use restrictive practices to keep:

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  • a person with disability safe

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  • other people safe.

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Restrictive practices are actions that stop people from:

  • moving
  • doing what they want.

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We wrote a policy so everyone knows what rules we have about restrictive practices.

A policy is a government plan for how to do things.

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We call it the Authorisation of Restrictive Practices in Funded Disability Services Policy.

We wrote our bulletins to share information about:

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  • our policy

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  • research about positive behaviour support.

Positive behaviour support is about supporting a person with disability to live a good life.

About positive behaviour support

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Positive behaviour support is about working together to:

  • understand someone’s behaviour
  • meet their needs
  • provide the right support to them.

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This includes:

  • asking questions
  • being open to their experiences.

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Providers can use positive behaviour support to help them:

  • use less restrictive practices
  • stop using restrictive practices.

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Positive behaviour support is about helping:

  • people who need supports

and

  • the people around them.

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Positive behaviour support works best when everyone:

  • listens to what a person with disability wants and needs
  • works together.

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There are 12 ideas about the best way to use positive behaviour support.

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These ideas come from research called Positive Behaviour Support in the UK: A state of the Nation Report by Nick Gore and other researchers.

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The researchers split the 12 ideas about positive behaviour support into 3 areas:

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In each bulletin we explain one of the 12 ideas in more detail.

Our other bulletins

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You can find our other bulletins on our website.

www.wa.gov.au/government/document-collections/authorisation-of-restrictive- practices-resources

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You can also sign up to our bulletin.

We can email you every time we write a new bulletin.

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You can sign up by filling out a form online.

www.confirmsubscription.com/h/d/A869AA 30BCDE3CFD

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Or you can visit our website.

www.wa.gov.au/organisation/department- of-communities/authorisation-of- restrictive-practices

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Please share this form with your friends and family, so they can sign up too.