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Positive Behaviour Support training (PBS) and The RAID® Approach.

The RAID® approach to working with challenging behaviour: a position statement.

The RAID® system is a form of what is now termed positive behavioural support (PBS). The RAID® system was first introduced in 1990, is now on its 10th iteration, and has been attended by over 20,000 UK professionals so far. Other forms of PBS share many commonalities with it and also some differences in emphasis. Key features of the RAID® approach and other PBS approaches are very well described by Nick Gore et al (2013) as below:

The RAID® approach lays particular emphasis on primary preventative strategies, while also inviting a functional analysis of the challenging behaviour when it occurs. Primary preventative strategies are highlighted by RAID’s use of ‘red and green behaviour’ which simultaneously side-steps value judgements on the behaviours concerned while at the same time allowing emphasis on the encouragement of the green behaviours that is in the person’s repertoire or potential. Similarly, the red-green distinction invites discussion (from professionals as much as service users) as to what constitutes green and what constitutes red. ‘Assertiveness’ for example, while not always convenient for the organisation, is nevertheless usually a green behaviour.

Equally, functional analysis of the problem behaviour is part of the RAID® approach, paying particular attention to avoiding some of the dangers that this can sometimes bring:

In summary, the RAID® approach is a very positive form of PBS which, while understanding and analysing the problem behaviour and its function for the person concerned, also concentrates on nurturing and developing incompatible appropriate behaviour, so it gradually displaces the disruptive behaviour. In this way it produces a positive and effective team approach that can easily be explained to patients, friends or family, improves morale and provides an excellent service for service users, who in turn identify with it and value it.

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Reference: Gore, N. J., P. McGill, et al. (2013). "Definition and scope for positive behavioural support." International Journal of Positive Behavioural Support 3(2): 14-23.

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