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Helping Your Family Thrive
A Practical Guide to Parenting with Positive Behavior Support
SARAH A. FEFER, PHD, BCBA SHANE ISLEY, MS, BCBA MISSY SIEDERS Content Developed By Meme Heineman Ph.D. BCBA
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Helping Your Family Thrive
- The new companion book to the bestselling parenting with PBS guidebook
- A proactive, whole-family approach to prevent challenging behaviors before they occur and ensure that the whole family thrives
- Parent workbook with downloadable fillable forms, practical exercises, worksheets, planning documents, and more
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Our Agenda
- What is Positive Behavior Support?
- Defining Expectations
- Developing the Plan
- Organizing Space & Time
- Teaching New Skills
- Using the Plan
- Questions
What is Positive Behavior Support?
Positive behavior support (PBS) may be best viewed as a framework and a process for understanding behavior, structuring our homes and interactions, and resolving behavior problems.
PBS is a set of research-based strategies used to increase the quality of life and decrease problem behavior by teaching new skills and making changes in a person’s environment. This approach can be used in homes, schools, and community settings.
Elements of Effective Support
- Understanding Patterns
- Preventing Problems
- Teaching New Skills
- Responding Effectively
- Changing Lives
- Working Together
Goals of the Book
- Focus on the family context and the family unit as a whole
- Make PBS assessable to all families and professionals
- Describe a process that can be tailored to the unique values, circumstances, culture, and life experiences of each family
Introduction to the Sanchez Family
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Multigenerational family with 2 young children
| Strengths | |
|---|---|
| Strong and supportive relationships | |
| Enjoyable jobs with financial needs met | |
| Shared priority to care for family members | |
| Systems savvy | |
| Support from responsive Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) providers | |
| All family members share a love of learning |
| Challenges | |
|---|---|
| Not enough time in the day | |
| Compromised and interrupted sleep | |
| Short fuses and meltdowns | |
| Need for lots of supervision | |
| Challenge with sharing and snatching/grabbing toys | |
| Less romance/couple time |
Family PBS Self- Assessments:
Establishing Goals
Family PBS Self- Check
Example: Sanchez Family PBS Self-Check
- Family Vision & Expectations – scored somewhat on all items, mainly on the same page, but expectations and rules are not always clear or understood by all.
- Org. of Time & Space – scored very much on items; a family strength. Some scheduling is outside of their control.
- Teaching & Basic Discipline – scored somewhat/very much; primary focus on Alex’s Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) services. A work in progress.
- Supporting Family Life – scored mostly somewhat; stress management is a crucial area of need. Community participation is challenging due to preference for two adults & conflicting schedules.
Defining Expectations
- Goal = family alignment
- Get everyone on the same page
- Create an overall vision for your family
- Values, beliefs, goals
- Specific behavioral expectations
- What family members need to say or do to achieve that vision
Family Expectations
• Expectations
- Specific behaviors
- Responsibilities
- Rules
- Timelines
• When you imagine the best possible family, what comes to mind? • What does everyone in the family need to do to realize our vision of success? • What behaviors may interfere with that vision?
Sanchez Family Vision Statement
The Sanchez family is understanding, patient, and helpful towards all family members to remain positive when things are good and challenging.
| Respect | Kindness | Empathy | Generosity | Honesty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooperation | Equality | Achievement | Responsibility | Openness |
| Integrity | Compassion | Curiosity | Gentility | Creativity |
| Productivity | Inclusion | Civic Duty | Courage | Perseverance |
| Patience | Enjoyment | Togetherness | Supportiveness | Faith |
| Forgiveness | Humility | Excellence | Assertiveness | Accountability |
| Helpfulness | Fairness | Independence | Community | Spirituality |
| Pitching In | Safety | Comfort | Positive climate |
Sanchez Family PAWs Expectations
Practice kindness
Act responsibly
Work together
Sanchez Family Responsibilities & Rules
| Household Tasks | Family Member(s) Responsible |
|---|---|
| Grocery shopping | Roberto |
| Meal planning | Catherine |
| Cooking | Roberto(weekdays); Catherine(weekends) |
| Doing dishes | Roberto(am); Catherine(pm) |
| Cleaning up toys | Alex & Rachel |
Family Rules:
Before taking anyone’s belongings or entering their rooms, you must have permission. If an argument erupts, an adult will remove the item until a resolution can be reached regarding who will have it.
Organizing Household Space
- In what ways does your environment support or interfere with the behavior you want to achieve?
- Encourage productivity
- Arrange appropriate supervision
- Minimize distractions/disturbances
- Provide comfort and access to needed items
Sanchez Family – Floor Plan
First Floor
| Dining room | Kitchen | |
|---|---|---|
| Catherine's Office | Living room | |
| Alex's Bedroom | Hannah's Bedroom | |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bathroom | Stair-well | Master Bedroom |
| Rachel's Bedroom | ||
Second Floor
Organizing Household Time
| Time | Mon(C work) |
|---|---|
| 7 | Wake up/get dressed |
| 8 | Breakfast |
| 9-3 | School/daycare |
| 4 | ABA(A) |
| 5 | ABA(A) |
| 6 | Dinner |
| 7 | Bath |
| 8 | Bed |
Prioritizing Activities
- Creating “things to do” lists
- Estimating time required
- Evaluating the importance
- Have tos (meeting life demands)
- Want tos (filling your bucket)
- Saying “No” or “Not now.”
- Delegating activities
Sanchez Family Routines
After dinner/bath time/bedtime was identified as the most challenging routine.
- Necessary to divide and conquer (bath and dinner clear up)
- Structured bath time: 10 min to wash, 10 min to play
- Enlist help from Catherine’s sister
- Snacks and signage for upstairs bedrooms
Teaching New Skills
- Skills needed to meet expectations
- Methods for effective instruction
- Reinforcement for desired behavior
- Natural and logical consequences
Common Skills That May Need To Be Taught
• Communication
• Social interaction
“Does _______ know how to _______?”
• Organization
• Daily living
• Problem-solving
• Self-management
First define and create specific examples, then break down further into steps or components (as needed)
• Leisure skills
Method to Teach New Skills
Define & Explain with Examples
Model / Role Play
Practice & Reminders
Provide Feedback
- Determine criteria for success
- The goal is to reduce support and improve independence over time
Sanchez Family Skill Development Self-Management Targeted for all 5 Family Members
Calm down tools
- Count to three before responding
- Request space from family members when needed (self time-out)
Perspective taking
- Reminders to put self in their shoes
- Use of emotion ID cards to guess how others are feelings (made into a game)
- Prompt “May I have ____?” to ask permission to use others’ belongings
Using the Plan
Sanchez Family Using the Plan
- Strengths/what’s working: more intentional with use of encouraging words and managing frustrations (including redistribution of household tasks). Less stressed too!
- Changes/challenges: improve timeline of notification of changes on the shared calendar (add a text between parents to ensure strong communication); shared bathroom continuous challenge.
Monitoring the Plan: Sanchez Family Weekly Rating
PBS Self-Check (Post)
| Family Vision & Expectations | Not at all | Somewhat | Very Much |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shared values and goals | X | ||
| Clear behavioral expectations | X | ||
| Rules regarding misbehavior | X | ||
| Household responsibilities | X | ||
| Organization of Space & Time | Not at all | Somewhat | Very Much |
| Good household organization | X | ||
| Shared family calendar | X | ||
| Consistent daily routines | X | ||
| Notice of schedule changes | X | ||
| Time limits on activities | X | ||
| Teaching and Basic Discipline | Not at all | Somewhat | Very Much |
| Explaining and modeling | X | ||
| Praise for positive behavior | X | ||
| Privileges linked to behavior | X | ||
| Pre-planned consequences | X | ||
| Respectful discipline methods | X | ||
| Supporting Family Life | Not at all | Somewhat | Very Much |
| Open, clear communication | X | ||
| General respect and kindness | X | ||
| Effective problem resolution | X | ||
| Strong, loving relationships | X | ||
| Ability to manage stress | X | ||
| Support of family and friends | X | ||
| Full community participation | X |
Sanchez Family: Making It Work
• Combined family-centered PBS with individualized ABA treatment, with help of service providers, to enhance family quality of life
• Prioritized community outings as a whole family, as well as division of household responsibilities
• Importance of parent self-care & romance
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