New Organization-Wide Positive Supports Briefs

We are excited to release three new practice briefs exploring real-world implementations of organization-wide positive supports across Minnesota! These documents highlight how service provider organizations are moving beyond traditional training models to embed person-centered practices, positive behavior supports (PBS), trauma-informed care, and data-driven decision-making into their core cultures.

Check out the latest publications now available in our resource library:

• Introduction to Organization-Wide Positive Supports

  Learn how organizations transition from the “train and hope” approach to a sustainable, team-based three-tiered public health framework. Featuring a detailed case study tracking progress from 2016 to 2020, this brief demonstrates how evaluating implementation fidelity (using the Tiered Onsite Evaluation Tool) leads to reduced incident reports and improved staff retention.

• Organization-Wide Positive Support Planning: Mains’l Services

  Explore how Mains’l Services integrates person-centered values, staff well-being, and innovative tech tools (such as Center on Me and My Plan Data) across their support network. Discover how continuous capacity-building, Safety Care training, and structured DSP career pathways have helped Mains’l achieve low supervisor turnover and high satisfaction scores.

• Aligning Residential Services, Inc. Core Values with Positive Support Practices

  Discover Residential Services, Inc.’s (RSI) decade-long journey of reshaping policies, training systems, and workplace culture across northeastern Minnesota. Learn how RSI uses comprehensive data feedback loops, community partnerships, and specialized staff support roles—such as the Employee Resource Specialist—to decrease turnover by 20% and advance high-quality outcomes for people with complex needs.

Kris Matthews is a researcher from the University of Kansas who is studying the experiences of Minnesota parents whose children have had challenging experiences in emergency room settings. Her study follows work already done in Minnesota by the Acute Care Transitions Advisory Council (ACTAC). She is looking for caregivers of kids with complex needs who may have had this experience. We are helping get the word out. Could you distribute the attached flyer to help her identify parents/caregivers that might be interested in participating in an interview with her?  Eligible caregivers are reimbursed for their participation. This study has been approved by the KU Human Subjects board.