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

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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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