Guest - Debby Austin:
Debby is a family carer for her daughter Lucy. She has 30 years experience in NHS as a community physio, has worked in community learning disability teams, and is now the strategic LD workforce development manager for family carers. 

Guest - Nick (not sure how to spell last name sorry!!):
Nick is a clinical psychologist, behaviour analyst, and lecturer at the Tizard Centre at University of Kent. He was involved in the making of the first State of the Nation report.

In this episode, Paddy discusses the State of the Nation report with Debby and Nick, who were both involved in the development of the paper. Paddy, Debby and Nick focus on and converse the importance of co-production, partnership working, and working with families. Debby primarily discusses PBS and how it changed family life for her, and talks about her experience being a part of the group who developed the report. We also hear about Lucy's recent new job role and what she plans to do in the future in this role. Nick describes the methodology of putting the report together and also gives some examples on how to engage with families and understand common challenges they face.

Guest - Professor Richard Hastings:
Professor Richard Hastings Researcher from CEDAR, University of Warwick. He has been a researcher for over 30 years, and works primarily in the field of learning disability and autism. He works with practitioners and other services in many ways.
All of Richard's research is very applied and focused on trying to understand the challenged that face children with learning disabilities and their families, but also what they can help to do about that to change and improve people and their families.

In this episode, Paddy, Jo and Richard discuss The State of the Nation report from the International Journal of Positive Behaviour Support. They discuss the priority of co-production in the report, differences between the first and second report, and identify some broader themes in the report (for example, identifying who PBS is for, things to respond to based on change occurring in the 10 years since the first report, the drive behind this change, and more). Further, they discuss pushback received and how to combat unsuccessful attempts at implementing PBS. To conclude, Richard tells us about his hopes regarding what happens next and what this paper will do for the community.

This episode links to Episode 10 when Paddy and Jo spoke with Peter Baker about staff wellbeing. Nick discusses an initial pilot research project that trained staff from two community based adult services to provide post incident support. Nick shows that two stages are required, Diffusion and Critical Incident Stress Debrief. 

Guest - Dr Ashok Roy:
Dr Ashok Roy is a consultant psychiatrist, who works in learning disability and autism services and is a clinical advisor for workforce related matters. He is also the chair of a local Autism Partnership board and a member of Autism West Midlands Charity, and  a charity called Build.
 
In this episode, Ashok (alongside Paddy and Jo) answer's listeners question in relation to PBS. Some of the discussions include describing how to work in collaboration with 'STOMP', Ashok's initial thoughts on PBS and how it's changed / improved, and how to work together to ensure correct diagnoses and medication / solutions (including discussing coexisting conditions like ADHD alongside autism) - as well as many more questions.

Paddy and Jo announce the return of the PBS Matters Podcast, what they have been doing for the last two years and what the upcoming plans are for future episodes. 

Part three:
"How do you know someone is fluent?" When they demonstrate certain behaviours? Emit certain phrases and buss words? Complete their SAFMEDS in record time? What about the outcomes we're usually interested in: understanding what people are doing and why they are doing it, and describing it in such a way that ties it to behavioural principals. Meaning, breaking down the information we're given into relevant behaviour elements (Humility Note: don't break it down and feed it back to them. Please do it in your own head unless they ask you). Once you have your internal translation, use plain language to gauge your own and your listener's understanding, instead of relying on jargon.

Part two:
What do Atilla the Hun, Notorious B.I.G., and behaviour analysis have in common? Tune in to find out! We meet again with our across-the-pond pals to talk about interacting with humans on a less robotic level. For some of us, these skills don't come easily and we often fail to realise the power behind our interactions. Come with us on a reflective journey where we discuss the value of complex internal behaviours and how our intentions may not always hit their mark. We can't see the galaxy for the stars; we've become so focused on goals at hand that we've overlooked all the staff, caregivers, and clients behaviour that are standing in the way. So buckle in, adjust your ear buds, and prepare for you inflight discussion on the value of evaluating our own public and private behaviour and the impact on the work we set out to accomplish.

Part one: 
What happens when behaviour analysts stateside meet with the behaviour analyst across the pond? You get Cross Pollination Podcast! Paddy and Jo are joined by the hosts of the Atypical Behaviour Analyst podcast. We discuss finding common ground not just with ourselves, but the other lifeforms we come across in our journey. Expanding and improving one's range of knowledge and skill should be actively sought after through experience, supervision, and collaboration.

Guest - Doreen Kelly:
Doreen, the Founding Director of Beyond Limits; started her career as a nurse but soon moved to work in the voluntary and more recently the independent sector where she has worked to help people become full and active citizens since 1986. Doreen has been involved in setting up several small, person centred organisations in both England and Scotland to support people to get a life that makes sense for them and where they can be all they can be as opposed to institutional care and support which can often further damage vulnerable and disabled people.

Paddy, Jo and Doreen discuss what Individual service funds are and how they can be used to provide people with the support they want. Doreen shares her knowledge on how to access them and provides some examples of the differences good funding can make to people's lives.

Guest - Steve Wilson:
Hi ya, I'm Steve, 52 years young and my family (which includes my dog), road trips in our VW van, being outdoors, exercising to music and football make me happy. People with a learning disability have been in my life since 1992 when I started my Learning disability nursing course; all I have been striving to do since is support others to experience happiness and joy and to feel connected to others. I am a massive fan of David Pitonyak and Martin Seligman, with their work proving to be a source of inspiration and motivation for me. I strive to address Seligman's principle of 'it's not enough just to nullify disabling conditions,' by promoting PERMA within services so they can help those who they support to flourish. My long term ambition is that PERMA can become a way of life within all services who support people with learning disabilities.