Beyond Problem Behaviour: An Introduction to the Constructional Approach

Training

Schedule

Self-paced

Duration

1 hour 10 minutes

Cost

130 (ex GST)

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Suitable for:

Positive Behaviour Support Practitioners (Beginner/Core level and above)
Disability support professionals
Teachers, educators, and school leaders
Out-of-home care professionals
Aged care professionals
Allied health professionals
Team leaders, practice leaders, and service managers responsible for restrictive practice and behaviour support implementation

What you’ll learn:

Describe the key differences between deficit-focused, pathological, and constructional approaches to behaviour support.
Explain how the constructional approach can support rights-based Positive Behaviour Support.
Identify limitations of PBS practice when success is measured primarily through behaviour reduction, incident reduction, or restrictive practice reduction.
Define behaviour as a competent operant and explain its implications for assessment and intervention.
Apply Goldiamond’s four guiding constructional questions to behaviour support practice.
Develop participant-defined outcomes that move beyond behaviour reduction.
Use strengths, interests, current repertoires, relationships, and resources as starting points for intervention.

What you'll gain:

An understanding of the philosophical foundations of the constructional approach and its relationship to rights-based Positive Behaviour Support and the CRPD.
Knowledge of how to distinguish deficit-focused, pathological approaches from constructional approaches to behaviour support.
Practical skills in applying Goldiamond’s four guiding constructional questions to assessment, intervention, and evaluation.
Understanding of behaviour as a “competent operant” and the implications for assessment and intervention planning.
Strategies for developing participant-defined outcomes that extend beyond behaviour reduction and restrictive practice reduction.
Tools for identifying and building upon existing strengths, interests, relationships, and repertoires when designing supports.
Opportunities to apply concepts through practical case examples

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Meet your presenter

Oliver Roschke

M.A., BCBA
Co-Director Constructional Solutions

Advanced PBS Practitioner (2021); Board Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA), MA Applied Behaviour Analysis (2019); BA Social Pedagogy with Distinction in Practice (2011)
PhD electives in Non-linear contingency analysis (2023) and Abnormal Psychology/ Mental Health (2025); Training as CPI Certified Instructor-Associate (2023), Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) certificate (2020) and Team Teach trainer (2017)

Oliver is a behaviour analyst and Co- founder of Constructional Solutions, where he focuses on practical, constructional approaches to Positive Behaviour Support. With over 20 years in the field, Oliver has worked across a range of supported independent living and complex care settings, supporting people across the life span. He is particularly interested in nonlinear and systemic solutions to sustainable behaviour change that allow participants and their supports to achieve outcomes they truly value. Alongside his practice, he is also involved in research, conference presentations, supervision, and is passionate about supporting the growth of practitioners across the sector.

Oliver Roschke

M.A., BCBA
Co-Director Constructional Solutions

Advanced PBS Practitioner (2021); Board Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA), MA Applied Behaviour Analysis (2019); BA Social Pedagogy with Distinction in Practice (2011)
PhD electives in Non-linear contingency analysis (2023) and Abnormal Psychology/ Mental Health (2025); Training as CPI Certified Instructor-Associate (2023), Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) certificate (2020) and Team Teach trainer (2017)

Oliver is a behaviour analyst and Co- founder of Constructional Solutions, where he focuses on practical, constructional approaches to Positive Behaviour Support. With over 20 years in the field, Oliver has worked across a range of supported independent living and complex care settings, supporting people across the life span. He is particularly interested in nonlinear and systemic solutions to sustainable behaviour change that allow participants and their supports to achieve outcomes they truly value. Alongside his practice, he is also involved in research, conference presentations, supervision, and is passionate about supporting the growth of practitioners across the sector.