PBS Good Practice Conference, February 2026
PBS UK is holding the PBS Good Practice Conference on Wednesday February 25th 2026
The conference will be held online from 9am to 4.30pm GMT. Tickets can be purchased via eventbrite: PBS Good Practice Conference: Deserving Better - Ensuring Quality PBS Tickets, Wednesday, Feb 25, 2026 from 9 am to 4:30 pm GMT | Eventbrite
This conference will discuss quality delivery of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) and how to recognise when it might be misapplied. It will also discuss the responsibility of being a PBS practitioner and having a degree of influence over the lives of those supported. This conference is perfect for any person looking to enhance their skills and knowledge in PBS.
Information on the schedule and a flyer for the event are listed at the bottom of this page.
We are pleased to present first articles from the TLDR Special Issue on ‘PBS in the UK Context: Implementation in the Real World’, guest edited by Patrick Behan, Hannah Newcombe, Joanne Coulson, Dr Tia Martin, and Chloe-Ann Elmer-May. Below articles are published in Early Cite.
Implementing system-wide positive behaviour support through capable environments: a practice-based evaluation
Jen Knight; Chloe-Ann Elmer-May
Tizard Learning Disability Review (2026) https://doi.org/10.1108/TLDR-08-2025-0034
The utility of capable environments in a special educational setting: a primary level exploration
Anthony Cox; Jen Knight; Amy Nash
Tizard Learning Disability Review (2026) https://doi.org/10.1108/TLDR-07-2025-0026
Implementing skills-based treatment in naturalistic contexts
Huw Price; Hannah Newcombe; Katie Lyon
Tizard Learning Disability Review (2026) https://doi.org/10.1108/TLDR-09-2025-0038
The relationship between perceived organisational support and emotional exhaustion in intellectual and developmental disability services
Huw Price
Tizard Learning Disability Review (2026) https://doi.org/10.1108/TLDR-06-2025-0016
A practitioners’ definition of Positive Behaviour Support
Huw Price; Kirsty Bishop; Anna Cooper; Sophie Scott-Harman; Katie Lyon; Stephan Amaranath; Emma Middleton; James Ridley; Patrycja Severs; Sam Corbett
Tizard Learning Disability Review (2026) https://doi.org/10.1108/TLDR-09-2025-0037
Human rights re-centred PBS for harmful sexual behaviour at the forensic frontiers
Scott Bartle
Tizard Learning Disability Review (2026) https://doi.org/10.1108/TLDR-10-2025-0051
