In this bulletin, we look at another idea from the research about positive behaviour support.

Research shows that positive behaviour support involves the ideas and experiences of many different people.

This includes:

• people with disability

• the people who care about them

• professionals.

Positive behaviour support also uses evidence about what supports work well.

Evidence is proof that something is true.

This evidence might come from different professionals.

Positive behaviour support works well when everybody is open to different ideas and experiences.

This means that people don’t just think about the ideas and experiences of one person.

This can help people understand:

• what a person with disability needs

• what the people around them need

• different types of support that work well.

You should think about how best to work with different people.

This will help to understand what support a person with disability needs.

This includes thinking about:

• the ideas and experiences of people with disability and the people around them

• the ideas and approaches of different professionals.

You should treat them all equally.