Positive Behaviour for Learning Conference

​The Department of Education is proud to host a biennial Queensland Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) Conference. Previous PBL conferences have attracted delegates from state schools all over Queensland, as well as delegates from interstate and other educational jurisdictions. Keynote speakers have included international experts in the field of positive behaviour support such as George Sugai and Kent McIntosh.

2024 conference

The 2024 Queensland PBL conference will be held from June 19 to 21 at the Cairns Convention Centre. The conference will begin on Wednesday with an optional half day, offering a choice of Master Classes led by expert invited presenters. The 2-day conference event will follow on Thursday 20 and Friday 21 June.

Expert speakers will be announced in late 2023. Registrations for the conference and calls for abstracts from PBL practitioners and schools will open early in 2024.

2022 conference

The Queensland PBL conference was held from June 19 to 21 at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. The conference theme was 'Equity: It's everybody's business'.

Interviews with 2022 invited speakers

Invited presenters at the 2022 conference shared important messages about PBL.

View clips

• Multi-tiered systems of support (1.00 minute) – transcript
• Starting out with PBL (1.37 minutes) – transcript
• Tips for leading PBL (2.48 minutes) – transcript
• Student voice and belonging (1.54 minutes) – transcript
• Supporting adult change (1.32 minutes) – transcript
• Using data to evaluate systems (1.06 minutes) – transcript
• Data and equity (2.05 minutes) – transcript
• Selecting interventions (1.12 minutes) – transcript
• High leverage practices (4.29 minutes) – transcript
• Responding to challenging behaviour (3.22 minutes) – transcript