Episode 23: Person-Driven Positive Behaviour Support for Traumatic Brain Injury with Dr. Kate Gould, DPsych

The Behaviour Speak Podcast

In this episode, Ben sits down with Dr. Kate Gould, Clinical Neuropsychologist, Clinic Lead & Positive Behaviour Service Research Fellow at the Monash-Epworth Rehabilitation Research Centre in Melbourne, Australia. Dr. Gould shares the amazing research her team has been doing with a new model of positive behaviour support called PBS PLUS geared towards supporting people with a traumatic brain injury.

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• BACB: 1.5 Learning
• IBAO: 1.5 Learning
• QABA: 1.5 General

Show Notes:

• Dr. Gould’s page: https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/kate-gould
• Overt Behaviour Scale: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02699050500488074?journalCode=ibij20
• Mark Ylvisaker: https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Mark-Ylvisaker-38797942
• Collaborative Brain Injury Intervention - Positive Everyday Routines: https://www.amazon.ca/Collaborative-Brain-Injury-Intervention-Positive/dp/1565937333
• Caleb Rixon: https://genyusnetwork.com/about-cal

Articles:

• Carmichael, J., Gould, K., Hicks, A., Feeney, T., & Ponsford, J. (2020). Understanding Australian Community ABI Therapists’ Preferences for Training in and Implementing Behaviour Interventions: A Focus on Positive Behaviour Support. Brain Impairment, 21(2), 191-207. doi:10.1017/BrImp.2019.32
• Kate Rachel Gould, Amelia J. Hicks, Malcolm Hopwood, Justin Kenardy, Iveta Krivonos, Narelle Warren & Jennie L. Ponsford. (2019). The lived experience of behaviours of concern: A qualitative study of men with traumatic brain injury. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 29(3), 376-394. DOI: 10.1080/09602011.2017.1307767
• Kate Rachel Gould, Jennie Louise Ponsford, Amelia J. Hicks, Malcolm Hopwood, Belinda Renison & Timothy J. Feeney. (2021). Positive behaviour support for challenging behaviour after acquired brain injury: An introduction to PBS + PLUS and three case studies. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 31(1), 57-91. DOI: 10.1080/09602011.2019.1656647
• Kristian Holth, Kate Rachel Gould, Amelia J. Hicks, Penelope Analytis, Timothy J. Feeney & Jennie Louise Ponsford. (2021). “I’ve never been positive … I am now”: Participant perspectives of a Positive Behaviour Support intervention (PBS + PLUS) for community-living individuals with ABI and their close others. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. DOI: 10.1080/09602011.2021.1947326