• Programs
• Back to Individuals & Families
• Back to Professionals & Providers

Back to the homepage

Enhancing Lives of Individuals with Brain Injury through Positive Behavior Supports

Overview

Positive behavior support (PBS) is a well established person-centered behavioral training model proven effective with many individuals, including those with brain injury. PBS addresses challenging behaviors systematically and holistically, working with individuals and their friends and supporters. The Partnership has a long standing collaboration with the Virginia Autism Resource Center (VARC) to provide training and endorsement of Positive Behavior Support Facilitators to support individuals with cognitive disabilities.

This project expands PBS in Virginia by extending training, mentoring, and endorsement to brain injury specialists. Additionally the project will demonstrate the efficacy of PBS for individuals with brain injury through a pilot project and develop a sustainability plan for this service in Virginia. This project is funded through the Commonwealth Neurotrauma Initiative Trust Fund.

Major Activities

• Increase the capacity of the services system to address challenging behaviors of individuals with brain injury through a training and mentoring program.
• Improve the quality of life and inclusion in respective communities of individuals with brain injury who exhibit challenging behaviors.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of PBS practices for individuals with brain injury through a pilot demonstration.
• Sustain the practice of PBS by ensuring that strategies to maintain and expand capacity are “built into the system” for supporting individuals with brain injury.

Contacts

Molly Dellinger-Wray at (804)828-6926, mdwray@vcu.edu
Tera Yoder at (804)828-3879, tyoder@vcu.edu

Web Address: www.vcu.edu/partnership/pbs