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Positive goals for positive behavioural support is a resource that looks at the personal and social consequences of a person's challenging behaviour and the effect of interventions on their quality of life, rather than simply focusing on attempting to reduce the challenging behaviour. The resource focuses on a range of potential positive outcomes, enabling the people involved to select those that are relevant, then to evaluate progress towards achieving those outcomes. This resource is designed to act as an addition to existing assessment and intervention processes, and provides documentation that can be adapted to suit individual circumstances. It is suitable for those caring and working with people who have learning disabilities and challenging behaviour, including behaviour therapists, clinical psychologists, social workers, community learning disability nurses, psychiatrists and members of challenging behaviour teams. The pack includes a DVD containing video case studies and CD-rom containing a colour photo story.