Community-Based Positive Supports

What are Systems of Care?

Children and youth with behavioral health needs may use one or more services in their lives. These services include mental health, juvenile justice, child welfare, public health, education, and health care. Families can find it difficult to access more than one of these services. It is even harder to support a child or young person […]

Positive Behavior Support Trainings

PBS Intensive Series Applying Positive Behavior Supports in Minnesota Human Service Settings Positive Behavior Support (PBS) is framework that helps people make positive changes in their lives. A PBS plan starts with person-centered planning and values so that teams can use the principles of behavior to improve quality of life and decrease challenging social interactions. […]

APBS PBS Standards of Practice: Individual Level [External link]

Over the years the practices associated with positive behavior support have evolved as our field improves on how to best serve and improve the quality of life for individuals as evidenced by the APBS Mission, Vision, and Equity Statement. To address diverse needs a set of guidelines has been developed that are designed to be applied across a wide range of settings (school, home, community) and with diverse populations.

Charting the LifeCourse [External link]

This planning approach helps people and their families identify the best life a person wants to live by developing a vision for a good life, thinking about what is needed and considering the types of supports that will help.

Learn More about Person-Centered Planning & Practices

Being person-centered is a way of thinking and acting that empowers people to have a high quality of life. Person-centered practices assist people in creating a positive and meaningful life and build on people’s unique interests and strengths. They refer to strategies and tools that are used in many different situations and settings to support […]

Systems of Care

What are Systems of Care? Stories Across the Lifespan Systems of Care Standards of Practice Systems of Care and Wraparound Planning

Person-Centered Practices (PCP)

  • What are Person- Centered Practices (PCP)
  • Stories Across the Lifespan
  • PCP Standards of Practice
  • Learn More about Person-Centered Planning & Practices
  • Person-Centered Practices and Promoting Quality of Life
  • Organization-wide Person-Centered Practices
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