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. (2016) Increasing support staff fluency with the content of behaviour support plans : an application of precision teaching. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Permanent WRAP URL:http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/79062 Copyright and reuse:The Warwick Research Archive Portal (WRAP) makes this work by researchers of the University of Warwick available open access under the following conditions. Copyright © and all moral rights to the version of the paper presented here belong to the individual author(s) and/or other copyright owners. To the extent reasonable and practicable the material made available in WRAP has been checked for eligibility before being made available.Copies of full items can be used for personal research or study, educational, or not-for profit purposes without prior permission or charge. Provided that the authors, title and full bibliographic details are credited, a hyperlink and/or URL is given for the original metadata page and the content is not changed in any way. A note on versions:The version presented here may differ from the published version or, version of record, if you wish to cite this item you are advised to consult the publisher's version. Please see the 'permanent WRAP URL' above for details on accessing the published version and note that access may require a subscription. Author NotesThe authors confirm that this research received no funding and there were no financial or non-financial conflicts of interest. Fluency with Behaviour Support Plans 2 AbstractBackground

Concern about poor-quality support and, in some cases, abuse of people with an intellectual disability and/or autism has been at the heart of recent UK healthcare policies, such as "Transforming Care" (NHS England, 2014). Such policies have led to the closure of hospital beds to prevent the inappropriate institutional care of this group of people. In order for this to succeed, however, there is a need for a sufficient, stable and competent workforce with the appropriate skills and values base (Health Education England, 2017). These staff are needed to support people with an intellectual disability in community-based settings, some of whom are likely to display behaviours that challenge, such as self-harm or aggression (National Institute for Health & Care Excellence [NICE], 2015). PositiveBehavioural Support (PBS) is a values-based approach that views such behaviour as serving a purpose for the individual. PBS aims to remove the need for a person to display behaviours that challenge by using approaches that identify and address the function of the behaviour and improve the person's quality of life. In addition, reactive strategies are used to effectively and safely manage behaviours that challenge if they occur (Gore et al., 2013).There is a substantial body of research that indicates that PBS is a constructive and effective way of providing support (e.g. Bowring et al.,