The 2013 International Journal of Positive Behavioural Support (IJPBS) special issue
acknowledged the evolving nature of positive behavioural support (PBS). This “state of the …

Children with Down syndrome are at an increased risk for engaging in challenging
behaviour that may be part of a behavioural phenotype characteristic of Down syndrome …

Challenging behaviour displayed by people with intellectual disabilities (ID) can be difficult
to manage if caregivers do not understand the reasons for the behaviour. Identifying the …

To explore the effects of acoustic perception on outdoor thermal comfort, acoustic perception
in five typical open spaces in a campus in China's cold region with common soundscapes …

Background Aggression is a common type of problem behaviour in clients with mild to
borderline intellectual disability who live in a residential facility. We explored contextual …

The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the effectiveness of combining milieu
therapy and functional communication training (FCT)] to replace aberrant behavior with …

Children with Down syndrome are at an increased risk for engaging in challenging
behaviour that may present problems within community, leisure, and educational settings …

The social and motor context in which restricted and repetitive behaviors (RRBs) occur in
autism and their relationship to social traits are not well-understood. Participants with and …

Background Children are motivated to engage in stereotypic and repetitive behaviours for a
number of reasons. Their motivation seems to change according to context, but little …

A motivating operation (MO) alters both the effectiveness of a stimulus as a reinforcer and
the current frequency of all behavior that has been reinforced by that particular stimulus. This …