PBS Together

PBS Essentials

Skill-Building Strategies

Learn to plan and implement effective skill-building strategies, mastering the art of behaviour shaping to promote autonomy, quality of life, choice and meaningful engagement for the people you support.

What's included?

Course Highlights

  • Updated content
  • Interactive activities
  • Self-paced course
  • Behaviour-based design
  • Certification of completion

From Concepts to Application

You will learn everything from foundational concepts to applying them in ethical, effective, and durable intervention designs across diverse situations.

Implementing Skill-Building Strategies

You will learn to identify and assess opportunities for behaviour shaping, as well as to plan and implement behaviour shaping procedures that promote quality of life, choice, and meaningful engagement for the people you support.

Plan and Implement Skill-Building Strategies
That Work

Learn practical and effective strategies
by actively engaging in hands-on activities that build confidence and competence.
Explore a variety of proven tools and frameworks designed to enhance efficiency and drive meaningful results.
Gain the skills to identify and assess opportunities for behaviour shaping, and to plan and implement procedures that promote the participant’s effective development and autonomy.

Meet Your Instructors

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Helder Gusso

Dr. Gusso holds a bachelor's, master's, and PhD in Psychology, with over 17 years of experience training psychologists and behaviour analysts. He is a researcher in Education, with extensive publications on applying Behavioural Sciences to promote meaningful learning experiences. A leader in Behaviour Analysis in Brazil, he is recognised as an Honorary Accredited Behaviour Analyst by the Brazilian Association for Behavioural Sciences (ABPMC).

He also continues to supervise theses in the Psychology Postgraduate Program at the Federal University of Santa Catarina and coordinates OPERANDA, a scientific education platform. In 2023, after receiving a Global Talent visa for his work in educational technologies and a sabbatical year, he moved with his family to Australia and became the Head of Educational Technology at PBS Together, where he leads the instructional design of courses and activities.

Are you ready to take your Skill-Building Strategies practice to the next level?

You will not only learn the skills you need, but also be provided with evidence-based tools and the opportunity to put your learning into practice through real-life case studies.

This course is designed to elevate your practice and provide the skills needed to apply high-quality Skill-Building Strategies with confidence.
COURSE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

Meet our team

In addition to the course instructors, many professionals worked on the design and development of this course. Check it out:
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Ready to transform the way you support behaviour?
Start developing evidence-based Skill-Building Strategies with confidence today!