CPBS Training & Research
Research & Conference Presentations
Showcasing CPBS contributions to Positive Behaviour Support, Multi-Element Behaviour Support, clinical quality and evidence-based practice through national and international research and conference presentations.
2026 Presentations
November 2026 ~ Association for Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABAI) International Conference, Prague, Czechia
Dignity Without Compromise: Reframing Risk Through Constructional, Rights-Focused Multi-Element Behaviour Support
Lori Ann Dotson,* Gillian Martin,* & Jacquelyn Ang;* Chair: Rebecca L. Beights
If It’s Not Valued, It’s Not Effective: Social Validity as a Key Outcome in Multi-Element Behaviour Support
Rebecca L. Beights, Lori Ann Dotson,* Jacquelyn Ang,* Geoff Potter, & Matthew Spicer
October 2026 ~ Annual Australasian Society for Intellectual Disabilities (ASID) Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand
Do We Agree?: Measuring Quality in Multi-Element Behaviour Support Plans Across Three Independent Tools in the Northern Territory
Nicole McKillop, Samantha Simmons, Rebecca L. Beights, Geoff Potter, & Matthew Spicer
Support That Fits the Person: Social Validity as a Core Outcome in Multi-Element Behaviour Support
Rebecca L. Beights, Nicole McKillop, Geoff Potter, & Matthew Spicer
October 2026 ~ Complex Needs Conference, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Building Together: Use of Multi-Element Behaviour Support to Construct a Good Life - and Integrate Person-Centred Systems in Complex Contexts
Liz Madsen & Rebecca L. Beights
September 2026 ~ MacKillop Institute Lead the Way Conference, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Improving Behaviour Support with Needs Based Non-Aversive Reactive Strategies (NARS): Effects, Risk, and Human Rights Protection
Matthew Spicer, Rebecca L. Beights, & Geoff Potter
July 2026 ~ Annual Association for Behaviour Analysis Australia (ABAA) Conference, Hobart, TAS, Australia
Social Validity as a Necessary Dependent Variable in Participant-Driven and Values-Based Support
Rebecca L. Beights, Geoff Potter, Matthew Spicer, Nicole McKillop, Amanda Daniel, & Olivia Mennega
On the Journey Together: Consultation, Collaboration, and Co-design in Central Australia
Dayna Jory,* Sophie Staughton,* Tahlia Joy;* Discussant: Matthew Spicer
Integrating Parent–Child Interaction Therapy within Multi-Element Behaviour Support to Strengthen Parent Capacity
Ana Barkaia, Rebecca L. Beights, & Geoff Potter
Quality by Design: The Periodic Service Review Tool for Strengthening Quality in Behaviour Support
Nicole McKillop, Jacqueline Abela DeGiovanni, Jenna White, Rebecca L. Beights, Geoff Potter, & Matthew Spicer
Social Validity as a Core Outcome for Individuals with Lived Experience of Restrictive Practices
Geoff Potter, Rebecca L. Beights, & Matthew Spicer
Compassion Where It Counts: Generalisation of Compassionate Care Skills within Behaviour Support
Preeti Vogel, Sandhya Mehra, Amanda Mahoney, Rebecca L. Beights, & Geoff Potter
A Dynamic, Person-Centred Contingency Contract within Multi-Element Behaviour Support to Improve Engagement and Safety
Claire McIvor, Rebecca L. Beights, & Geoff Potter
Evaluating Staff Perspectives to Improve Behaviour Support Services
Ma. Niña R. Quimpo, Rebecca L. Beights, and Geoff Potter
Effects of Culturally Responsive Multi-Element Behaviour Support for a Young Adult: Outcomes and Social Validity
Preeti Vogel, Rebecca L. Beights, & Geoff Potter
Using Bi-Directional Feedback to Enhance Practitioner Skill Development and Supervision Effectiveness
Preeti Vogel, Rebecca L. Beights, & Geoff Potter
June 2026 ~ Annual Association of People Supporting Employment First Conference, Dallas, TX, United States
From Barrier to Bridge: Using Multi-Element Behavior Support (MEBS) to Advance Employment First
Lori Ann Dotson* & Rebecca L. Beights
May 2026 ~ Annual Association for Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABAI) Conference, San Francisco, CA, United States
Constructing Support Without Restraint: The What, Why, and How for Constructional, Nonaversive Multi-Element Behaviour Support
Rebecca L. Beights, Matthew Spicer, Geoff Potter, Olivia Mennega, & Alisha Banks
Challenging Behavior: Theirs or Ours? Revisiting and Redressing the Alignment Fallacy
Lori Ann Dotson* & Rebecca L. Beights
Removing Restraint with Risk Assessment: Promoting Restraint Reduction with Multi-Element Behaviour Support
Emma MacArthur, Rebecca L. Beights, Geoff Potter, & Matthew Spicer
Improving Quality of Life and Decreasing Self-Harm through Multi-element Behaviour Support with Self-Monitoring
Liz Madsen, Rebecca L. Beights, Matthew Spicer, & Geoff Potter
Reducing Mechanical Restraint through Mediator Collaboration and Application of Multi-Element Behaviour Support
Tara Sheridan, Chloe Fung, Rebecca L. Beights, & Geoff Potter
Practitioner Training and Social Validity Implications using a Contextually Responsive and Compassionate Framework
Preeti Vogel, Rebecca L. Beights, & Geoff Potter
2025 Presentations
July 2025 ~ Annual Association for Behaviour Analysis Australia Conference, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Multi-Element Behaviour Support as an Effective Framework: Practitioner Report of Knowledge, Skills, Satisfaction, and Outcomes
Alisha Banks, Rebecca L. Beights, Matthew Spicer, & Geoff Potter
Risk Assessment to Promote Person-Centred Practice within Multi-Element Behaviour Support
Emma MacArthur, Rebecca L. Beights, & Geoff Potter
Functional Reinforcement: An Extension of Slocum and Vollmer (2015) and Implications for Clinical Practice
Geoff Potter, Nicole McKillop, Matthew Spicer, Maria Noguera, & Rebecca L. Beights
Culturally Responsive and Compassion-Based Functional Assessment Interviewing
Preeti Vogel, Yukie Kurumiya, Amanda Mahoney, Robyn Catagnus, Rebecca L. Beights, & Geoff Potter
Empowering Family Success with Multi-Element Behaviour Support: A Case Example using Technology Applications
Audrey Yak, Ashleigh Need, Rebecca L. Beights, & Geoff Potter
Self-Monitoring for Participant-Driven Change: Why Do We Avoid Participants Taking Their Own Data?
Liz Madsen, Rebecca L. Beights, & Geoff Potter
Communication and Parental Stress: A Multi-Element Behaviour Support Case Study Using a Parent-Implemented Social Story
Claire McIvor, Rebecca L. Beights, & Geoff Potter
Context is Key: A Child Case Study Emphasising Context and Collaboration with Multi-Element Behaviour Support
Jessica Prime, Jessie Bosisto, Rebecca L. Beights, & Geoff Potter
July 2025 ~ International Positive Psychology Association World Congress on Positive Psychology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Positively Providing for People: How the Multi-Element Behaviour Support Framework is a Friend to Positive Psychology
Rebecca L. Beights, Matthew Spicer, & Alisha Banks
May 2025 ~ Annual Applied Behavior Analysis International 2025, Washington D.C., United States
Situational Effects in Multi-Element Behaviour Support: Discussion of Rights-Focused Constructional Behaviour Analysis in Community Settings
Geoff Potter, Matthew Spicer, Rebecca L. Beights, Lori Ann Dotson, Gillian Martin,* Preeti Vogel, & Nicole McKillop
Functional Reinforcement: An Extension of Slocum and Vollmer (2015) and Call to Clinical Research
Geoff Potter, Rebecca L. Beights, Matthew Spicer & Nicole McKillop
May 2025 ~ International Association for Behavior Analysis Positive Practices Conference, Los Angeles, CA, United States and Virtual
Situational Effects in Multi-Element Behaviour Support: A Discussion of Measurement, Experimental Replication, and Case Examples
Geoff Potter, Matthew Spicer, Rebecca L. Beights, Lori Ann Dotson,* Gillian Martin,* Preeti Vogel, Glenys Holt, Nicola Crates, & Nicole McKillop
Mul-Element Behaviour Support as an Effective Framework for Behaviour Support: Practitioner Report of Confidence in Knowledge and Skills, Satisfaction, and Outcomes
Alisha Banks, Rebecca L. Beights, Matthew Spicer, & Geoff Potter
Collaboration, Training, and Reflection: Key Factors for Meaningful Outcomes within a Multi-Element Behaviour Support Case
Chloe Fung, Maria Noguera, Rebecca L. Beights, & Geoff Potter
2024 Presentations
September 2024 ~ Australasian Society for Intellectual Disability Queensland Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Giving In: Strategies to Increase Safety and improve behaviour
Matthew Spicer, Rebecca L. Beights, Geoff Potter, & Jessica Shen
September 2024 ~ Quality, Safeguards and Practice Governance Conference 2024, National Disability Services, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Rights-Based Support Under Pressure
Matthew Spicer
July 2024 ~ Annual Association for Behaviour Analysis Australia Conference, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Seeing More to Provide More: Using Technology to Increase Supervision and Service in Remote Areas
Jacqueline Abela DiGiovanni, Ashleigh Need, Courtney Smith, Rebecca L. Beights, & Geoff Potter
Mechanisms of Quality in Behaviour Support Plans
Geoff Potter, Matthew Spicer, & Rebecca L. Beights
Cultural Responsiveness within Multi-Element Behaviour Support Services
Preeti Vogel, Rebecca L. Beights, & Geoff Potter
Teaching Self-Management Skills to Teenagers to Decrease Verbal and Physical Aggression Toward Family Members
Ana Barkaia, Rebecca L. Beights, & Geoff Potter
Impressions of the Behaviour Support Plan: Social Validity from Participants and their Family Members
Amanda Daniel, Geoff Potter, & Rebecca L. Beights
Focus on Flexibility Skills in Multi-Element Behaviour Support: Case Examples with Three Young Males
Chloe Fung, Jessica Shen, Rebecca L. Beights, & Geoff Potter
Examining Culture in Behaviour Support through Social Validity and Practitioner Self-Report
Preeti Vogel, Chloe Fung, Rebecca L. Beights, & Geoff Potter
June 2024 ~ International Association for Behavior Analysis Positive Practices Conference, Los Angeles, CA, United States and Virtual
Collaborative Practice for Improved Outcomes: A Case Example of Transdisciplinary Mult-Element Behaviour Support
Chloe Fung, Taylor Neel, Rebecca L. Beights, & Geoff Potter
Inclusion as a Quality of Life Outcome through Multi-Element Behaviour Support with Adults
Preeti Vogel, Rebecca L. Beights, & Geoff Potter
May 2024 ~ Annual Association for Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABAI) Conference, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Culture as a Mediator: Diversity and Contextual Considerations in International Multi-Element Behaviour Support
Becca Beights, Geoff Potter, Matthew Spicer, & Lori Ann Dotson*
Improving Behaviour Support with Nonaversive Reactive Strategies: Effects, Risk, and Human Rights Protection
Geoff Potter, Matthew Spicer, & Rebecca L. Beights
2023 Presentations
July 2023 ~ Annual Association for Behaviour Analysis Australia Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Motivating Staff with Social Reinforcement to Improve Client Service Hours in a Clinical Organisation
Jacqueline Abela DiGiovanni, Rebecca L. Beights, & Geoff Potter
Rapid Control with Nonaversive Strategies: Removing Restraint and Changing the Field of Behaviour Support
Geoff Potter, Matthew Spicer, & Rebecca L. Beights
Improving Quality of Life Outcomes: Application of Multi-Element Behaviour Support for Adult Participants
Preeti Vogel, Tania Hill, Rebecca L. Beights, & Geoff Potter
Breaking Barriers and Benefitting Families: A Telehealth Approach to Complex Behaviour Support Implementation
Ashleigh Need, Rebecca L. Beights, & Geoff Potter
Teaching “No” to Improve Behavioural Outcomes: Increasing Quality of Life with Adaptive Communication
Joel Sherwood, Sam Ling, Matthew Bowdler, Taylor Neel, Rebecca L. Beights, & Geoff Potter
May 2023 ~ Annual Association for Applied Behavior Analysis International Conference, Denver, CO, United States
Evaluating Behaviour Support Plans: Measuring Quality and Providing a Multi-Element Framework to Benefit Consumers
Rebecca L. Beights & Geoff Potter
May 2023 ~ Annual International Society for Autism Research Conference, Stockholm, Sweden
Nonlinear, Multi-Element Behaviour Support for Autistic People: Conceptualisation, Assessment, and Intervention that Affirms Person-Centred and Culturally Diverse Practice in Australia
Rebecca L. Beights & Geoff Potter
2022 Presentations
July 2022 ~ Annual Association for Behaviour Analysis Australia Conference, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Trauma: Behavioural Conceptualisation and the Contribution of Applied Behaviour Analysis and Positive Behaviour Support
Rebecca L. Beights, Matthew Spicer, & Erin Leif,* Discussant: Geoff Potter
Multi-Element Behaviour Support: Conceptualisation of Positive Programming and Episodic Severity in Applied Behaviour analysis
Geoff Potter, Matthew Spicer, & Rebecca L. Beights
Advancing Positive Behaviour Support Through Research
CPBS continues to contribute to the development of Positive Behaviour Support and Multi-Element Behaviour Support through research, collaboration, professional presentations and knowledge sharing.
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