Together with Bev Murphy from United Response, Prof Julie Beadle-Brown(Tizard Centre) has developed a new resource for inspectors, quality monitors, commissioners and anyone else who might be looking at the quality of services for people with intellectual disability and/or autism. The guide outlines what good practice looks like and provides a set of observable indicators that a service is implementing person centred approaches such as Person Centred Active Support, The National Autistic Society’s SPELL Framework, Total or Alternative and Augmentative Communication, and Positive Behaviour Support.
The guide can be used prior to or during observations to help the observer know what to look for and how to evaluate the service. It includes a number of key areas to look for, a rationale for why each area is important, and what you should see if a service is providing good support.
The booklet and the observational tool can be downloaded from United Response’s website https://www.unitedresponse.org.uk/what-does-good-look-like.
A version of the observational tool focusing specifically on observing positive behaviour support will also be available on the PBS Academy website soon http://pbsacademy.org.uk/service-inspection/ .