Studio III Management of Challenging Behaviour - 3 DayWorkshop
Course Outlines
- Policy on the management of challenging behaviour; clearing up the grey area around
- Physical interventions and restraint
- Understanding the nature of violence expressed by people with an ASC or learning disability
- Low arousal approaches
- Gentle physical skills, the occasional necessity
- Practicing low arousal approaches and physical skills together
- Learning the restraint procedure; walking a client safely
- Role play
Course Outcomes
- To increase staff confidence in the management of challenging behaviour
- To provide staff with the skills to defuse challenging situations with the aim of negating theneed for physical intervention
- To provide staff with an understanding of some of the causes of challenging behaviour, particularly relating to autism, to help view services users in a more positive way
- To make staff aware of the importance of working within the law and the need for and use of policies
- To emphasise the importance of de-briefing after incidents
- To provide staff with a range of physical intervention skills which are safe and acceptable to both staff and service users alike.
| Date(s) | Location | |
| 16 Jul 12 to 18 Jul 12 | Battle | |
