ABSTRACT
This chapter examines person-centered planning approaches (PCAs) for people who have developmental disabilities and relate them to behavior analysis, which is author's orientation. It is clear that committee members who would be change agents must be dedicated and creative because without such dedication the planning process will fail and become just another "service fad". The PCA known as Positive Behavioral Support has the weight of some of applied behavior analysis behind it. This definition of lifestyle change maps the primary focus of most PCAs. This chapter shows that PBS approaches are largely successful in the reduction of problem behavior. However, accepting the inevitability of the absence of treatment integrity of any set of procedures appears to open an unbridgeable chasm between those who are applied scientists and those who are not. It suggests that positive behavior support become a "companion approach" to behavior analysis and but not, of course, at the expense of good applied science.
