Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 4 May 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters

Rights-Based Behaviour Analysis and Support: Discussion

Mr. Alan Tennyson:

What we are looking for is people who have experience and have been in receipt of ABA or PBS. We recognise that because of the unregulated nature of it, people may have received services that were described as behavioural, but they are unclear as to the qualifications of the practitioners. Those people's experiences are evidently valuable as well. We do not just want to hear from those who have had positive experiences. We want the community to be able to access that and to be able to provide meaningful voice and representation in the organisation on an ongoing basis, in order that that process can be embedded into how we do business.