Positive Practices

Please contact Denise Jones at jonesd@aadvantageinc.org or by phone at 724.745.3010 if you are interested in attending. Training to be held at Foxpointe Centre.

Course Content: This course discusses the use of ongoing methods of support that prevent or diminish a person’s challenging behaviors, through our understanding of the following. The course can be presented in either a four hour or a seven hour version.

Course Objectives: After the completion of this course, the participants will be able to:

·         Understand who the person is though our Person Directed Supports

·         Understand how a person can experience an improved quality of life through the Recovery Principles

·         Understand how we support a person through the integration of best practices,  a shared set of values, philosophies and technologies

·         Focus not on “fixing a person” but on building competencies, creating opportunities and offering choices that help each person live a fulfilling life

·         Provide viable alternatives and eliminates the need to rely on restrictive, aversive and coercive methods