The Positive Behavior Support Training Curriculum (PBSTC) teaches direct support staff and supervisors the principles of positive behavior support to address challenging behavior and enhance quality of life. This curriculum, now in its 3rd edition, has been successfully implemented across the country and abroad.  

The PBSTC contains strategies that create a respectful client-staff environment. The curriculum consists of 25 training modules, 9 of which are designed for supervisors only. Each module addresses a key set of skills in positive behavior support, and includes a  Summary Sheet, Presentation Outline, Activity Sheets, and Skill Checks. The curriculum is competency-based:

• trainees will demonstrate their mastery of positive behavioral support skills at the completion of each module through quizzes, role plays, and other activities
• trainees will be observed to demonstrate their mastery of applying new skills in their routine work setting
• the supervisors' modules train supervisors to be more effective managers.

Related Product: Positive Behavior Support Training Curriculum Trainee Resource Guide (3rd Ed.)

Customized train-the-trainer and direct support staff training workshops are available from author Dennis H. Reid. 

The Positive Behavior Support Curriculum Trainee Resource Guide, 3rd Ed. summarizes 25 modules taught in the Positive Behavior Support Training Curriculum.

Meant for trainee note-taking and reference, it is available separately so that a copy for each trainee can be purchased.

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Trauma-Informed Behavioral Interventions: What Works and What Doesn't outlines the ways in which some individuals with IDD may have been harmed by a failure to consider problem behaviors as trauma responses that cannot be modified through the application of consequences.

With numerous case studies, the author describes exploring past traumas and successful strategies for stabilization, prevention, and intervention. This book provides insights on  how to support people who have experienced large and small-scale traumas. She provides examples of "mental health plans" and illustrates how the plans should be written to ensure optimal implementation.

This book gives the professionals and paraprofessionals a trauma-informed paradigm within which to support people with IDD and to establish the critical elements needed for their recovery from trauma.

Designing Positive Behavior Support Plans, 2nd Ed. is a concise and easy-to-read book for school teams, providers, students, and parents to understand, design, and evaluate positive behavior support (PBS) plans for students with developmental disabilities.

The book uses a user-friendly format with examples, tips, forms, and checklists to help

• Proactively approach problem behavior.
• Use functional behavioral assessments to design individualized PBS plans for children.
• Illustrate a) prevention through antecedent and setting event modifications; b) teaching alternate skills; c) designing consequence interventions; and d) creating long-term supports.

The book also includes a comprehensive case study, two sample support plans, a progress evaluation summary, and frequently asked questions.

By implementing these empirical strategies, professionals and parents can reduce the occurrence of problem behaviors and enhance the quality of life of a child with a developmental disability.

The Death Penalty and Intellectual Disability is the authoritative resource on the application of diagnostic information concerning intellectual disability (ID) in death penalty cases, and will be useful to all professionals involved in ID determination processes within the criminal justice system.

In a landmark Atkins v. Virginia decision in 2002, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that executing someone with ID is a violation of the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. In its 2014 Hall v. Florida decision, the Court ruled that, while states have the right to establish their own rules for handling Atkins cases, they cannot ignore scientific and medical consensus on the diagnosis of ID, which considers both IQ test scores and measures of adaptive behavior.

The publication addresses the following critical topics:

• The definition of ID, diagnostic criteria, and analyses of Atkins cases
• Assessment considerations
• Intellectual functioning, including IQ testing and the Flynn effect
• Adaptive behavior

Also discussed are related topics including cultural and linguistic considerations,  competence to waive Miranda rights and to stand trial, retrospective diagnosis, malingering, comorbid disorders, educational records, and professional issues.

You may purchase the e-book version of The Death Penalty and Intellectual Disability by clicking here. 

Preface by Edward A. Polloway, Editor
Foreword by Honorable Kevin F. Foley

Chapters by

• Edward A. Polloway, James R. Patton, and J. David Smith
• Marc J. Tassé
• Gary N. Siperstein and Melissa A. Collins
• John H. Blume and Karen Salekin
•  Keith F. Widaman
• Stephen Greenspan, George W. Woods, and Harvey N. Switzky
• Kevin S. McGrew
• Dale G. Wilson
• Stephen Greenspan and J. Gregory Olley
• Stephen Greenspan
• J. Gregory Olley
• Caroline Everington, Gilbert S. Macvaugh III, Karen L. Salekin, and Timothy J. Derning 
• Richard Ruth
• Karen L. Salekin and Caroline Everington
• Denis W. Keyes and David Freedman
• George W. Woods, David Freedman, and Timothy J. Derning
• James R. Patton
• Karen L. Salekin, Gilbert S. Macvaugh III, and Timothy J. Derning
• Gilbert S. Macvaugh III, Mark D. Cunningham, and Marc J. Tassé