Do you have a passion for improving the support that autistic individuals or individuals with a learning disability receive?
The positive behaviour support (PBS) Community of Practice meet quarterly. It is a supportive community to share and learn from others who work with, care for, or support autistic people or people with a learning disability.
Anyone can join. You do not need to know about positive behaviour support.
Getting the basics right
Session details
- Date: Thursday 6 November 2025
- Time: 10am to 12pm
- Join the getting the basics right meeting.
With the Kent Autistic Trust, we'll explore interventions and tools to help support autistic people.
We'll discuss how to support autistic people with:
- exploring friendships, activities, and choices
- coping in a short period of crisis.
Future sessions
- Rapport and relationships - May 2026
- Tips to de-escalate a meltdown - August 2026.
More information
For more information on how to join the community of practice and receive regular invites and newsletters email cypt@medway.gov.uk.
Video webinars from our community of practice
- supporting individuals to try new foods
- Saxon Way - a school wide approach to implementing PBS
- KASBAH - a residential setting application
- PERMA - a useful tool developed by Martin Seligman to develop quality of life strategies as part of a PBS plan
- implementation in Early Years SEN
- understanding your child's needs
- self-reflection and understanding your impact
- maintaining positive wellbeing, mental health and managing emotions
- helping children and young people to sleep better: a proactive approach
- how food can affect mood
- short intro into what PBS is
- more in depth intro into PBS and the project in Medway
- looking at PBS through a trauma-informed lens
- understanding emotional regulation as a proactive strategy
- an insight into Studio III low arousal techniques
- community wide application of PBS in Medway presented at BILD’S International PBS conference 2021
- small steps - supporting sensory needs
- overuse of technology
- data collection for the family home
- positive reinforcement
- social isolation
- obesity and talking about weight with confidence
- how to be less sedentary
- supporting children and young people to eat well - food avoidance
- small steps - breaking unsuccessful interaction patterns and increase positive communication
- making a habit out of PBS.
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