In this Substack article, I explore relationships of concern, unconditional acceptance, and therapeutic love, drawing on my experience as someone working in support roles.
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#personcenteredcare

Promotional graphic for the Asia Pacific Autism Conference (APAC) 2025. At the top, the APAC logo appears next to text that reads: “Asia Pacific Autism Conference, 13–15 November 2025, Perth, Australia.” Below that, large bold text announces, “APAC 2025 PROGRAM OUT NOW.” A banner below reads: “Discover the Conference Themes,” followed by four circular icons representing different themes: a red icon with two human figures (likely representing individuals or relationships), a blue icon with two people (possibly professionals or families), a purple icon with three people (community or group focus), and a green icon with hands holding a heart (care or wellbeing). A large blue cursor points to the red icon. The bottom of the image states: “APAC 2025 • 13–15 NOV • Crown Perth.” The background features a darkened city skyline of Perth, Australia.

We're heading to Perth for #APAC2025 this November - and we’re proud to be contributing to this leading conference in a big way! 🎤
Check out the program: apac25.org

#APAC2025 #Inclusion #AutismResearch #AspectEducation #SocialParticipation #Neurodiversity #PositiveBehaviourSupport #AutisticVoices

Why not Positive Behavior Support (PBS), Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS), or Positive Reinforcement? Positive Behavior Supports (PBS) are a form of ABA. Compliance-based education and therapy are harmful. There are better ways.

And another fantastic link on #PositiveBehaviourSupport and why it is considered abusive

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In a 2006 journal article published in the Association for Behavior Analysis International Journal, ABA researchers raised a number of concerns that “PBS has been substantially influenced by applied behavior analysis (ABA)” and
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A 2002 article posing how #PositiveBehaviourSupport is the “Evolution of an Applied Science” states in its abstract .

“PBS initially evolved within the field of developmental disabilities and emerged from three major sources: applied behavior analysis, the normalisation… 2/

On ‘Positive Behaviour Support’ September 2021 (updated March 2022) Introduction  PBS is being widely promoted as an approach to be used on people who are disabled and/or neurodivergent and display behaviours others do not wish to s...

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amase.org.uk/pbs/

therapistndc.org/therapy/posi...

#PBIS is #ABA. They are indistinguishable. They can try to dance around it all they like with “it’s based on it but it’s different” but there is enough peer reviewed articles to show it is the same thing.

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Last week, our CEO @jbeebee.bsky.social took part in Care Talk Magazine’s Roundtable on Neurological & Complex Care in Social Care Settings.

Read the full report here: www.caretalk.co.uk/.../Complex-....
#Neurodisabilities #SocialCare #LearningDisabilityUK #PBS #PositiveBehaviourSupport