Graduate Certificate in Positive Behaviour Support - 10951NAT

Do you wish to help people with disabilities to live a life of dignity in the community with specialised training in positive behavioural support? 

UQ College offers the Graduate Certificate in Positive Behaviour Support (10951NAT) which will give you a range of skills and knowledge to improve the quality of life of individuals by providing high-level person-centric assessment and care planning.  

Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) is the term used to describe the integration of the contemporary ideology of disability service provision with the clinical framework of applied behaviour analysis. PBS is backed by evidence encompassing strategies and methods that aim to increase the person’s quality of life and reduce challenging behaviour. 

If you are a qualified professional in allied health, nursing, human services, social or behavioural science or are working in disability services, the Graduate Certificate in Positive Behaviour Support (10951NAT) will train you to perform the following functions associated with a Core Practitioner as outlined in the Positive Behaviour Support Capability Framework (updated February 2021): 

• Recall, understand and apply concepts relating to disability and PBS in general circumstances 
• Have a core understanding of other models of practice which are complementary to PBS (e.g., environmental enrichment, person-centred active support) 
• Conduct quality of life and environmental assessments 
• Conduct a functional behavioural assessment utilising person-centred practices 
• Evaluate Risks through risk assessments 
• Identify antecedents (setting events and triggers) to behaviours of concern and factors that support quality of life 
• Develop an implementation plan 
• Develop a plan to monitor and evaluate the behaviour change plan 
• Analyse the relationship between the person and their environment 
• Use effective systems to collect data from a variety of sources 
• Develop person-centred support plans 
• Develop functional behavioural hypotheses specific to individual client needs 
• Increase an individual’s quality of life by person centric principles to individual planning and educating stakeholders to implement the person’s behaviour support plan 
   

 Flexible Online Study 

Delivery of the program will be conducted online via a combination of webinars and eLearning two evening per week. Highly qualified teachers will guide you through your study and you can complete the Grad Cert PBS in the comfort of your own home. All you need is reliable internet access and a computer with a webcam and microphone.