• To develop a shared understanding of challenging behaviour.
• To reflect on new ways of supporting young people whose behaviour is challenging.
• To enhance skills in developing positive behaviour support plans.
• To reduce frequency and severity of challenging behaviour.
• To improve the quality of life and inclusion of the young person whose behaviour is challenging.
• To define challenging behaviour and explain why it can occur.
• To record behaviour accurately and use this to identify setting events, triggers and functions of behaviour.
• To think analytically about a young person’s support and what support strategies would be helpful for them.
• To write a positive behaviour support plan for an individual young person, including strategies for each of the four phases (green, amber, red and blue).
• To demonstrate support that helps an individual young person to rely less on challenging behaviours and develop more positive or acceptable behaviour, communication and skills.
• To work in partnership with the families of the young people in the school.