Unit 27 – Managing Challenging Behaviour Challenging Behaviour: “A person ’s behaviour can be defined as "challenging" if it puts them or those around them (such as their carer) at risk‚ or leads to a poorer quality of life. It can also impact on their ability to join in everyday activities. Challenging behaviour can include aggression‚ self-harm‚ destructiveness and disruptiveness. Challenging behaviour is often seen in people with conditions that affect communication and the brain‚ such as learning
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‘Challenging behaviour used to be called ‘problem behaviour’‚ ‘difficult behaviour’ or ‘socially unacceptable behaviour’. It means that behaviours are a challenge to professionals‚ teachers‚ carers and parents’. (Forus Training Notes) Challenging behaviour can be very evident within my chosen disability of Autism. It can be displayed as a physically aggressive behaviour or a behaviour which causes a negative impact on the person or their family. Each behaviour has a function for the person displaying
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Challenging the Social Norm. “Story Of An Hour” by Kate Chopin is a telling story about a woman‚ Mrs. Mallard‚ who’s given the horrible news that her husband has passed away in a train wreck. Devastated by her husband’s sudden death‚ she excuses herself and immediately rushes to her bedroom; this is where readers see a different side of Mrs. Mallard. In time she has taken on a different angle of life. Although obviously upset about her husband’s sudden death‚ Mrs.Mallard has something to be
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Introduction For this outcome I will identify current social policy initiatives which relate to my service user. Also how legislation is developed in my workplace and will explain the policy‚ procedures and provisions of the services. I will describe the processes of my workplace to develop policies and procedures and outline why they use this process. I will also analyse three policies/procedures in my workplace and how they influence service provision. My placement is working with 20 young
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Understanding and Supporting Behaviour Challenging behaviour is defined as any behaviour that affects the physical safety of a person or persons putting them at risk of serious harm or injury that could place individuals in danger or jeopardy. Four forms of challenging behaviour are:- Self-harm‚ using sharp objects to cause injury e.g. cutting slashes skin to cause scars and bleeding. Withdrawn behaviours‚ such as; speaking behind a hand‚ non-verbalisation‚ having a hood over the head‚ hiding
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3 90 Credit Diploma in Health and Social Care Student Name: Group: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 Task: 2 of 2 Minimum Target Grade: Aspirational Target Grade: Assessor Name: Rory Parkinson / Sue Woodward-Massey I. V. Name: Paula Collins Unit: 27 - Dealing with Challenging Behaviour Assignment Title: Strategies for dealing with challenging behaviour Date Set: 05/05/14 First Deadline: 06/06/14 Final Deadline: (Learning and review) 23/06/14 Evidence required: Behaviour Management Plan & Report Specific
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are: - Physical assault; - Dangerous threatening or destructive behaviour; -Non-compliance with treatment; -Self-harm or risk of physical injury by accident -Extreme and prolonged over-activity likely to lead to physical exhaustion. Restrictive physical interventions should always be designed to achieve outcomes that reflect the best interests of the adult whose behaviour is of immediate concern and others affected by the behaviour requiring intervention. "The Adult Guardianship Act applies to
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the zombie is so eerily similar to us‚ it evokes in us a fear of ourselves. The zombie’s likeness to human kind allows us to construct the elements of its monstrosity within the context of our own society; it is an undead representation of oppressed social groups within American culture designed to persuade the viewer to scrutinize how we deal with difference in our country. This paper
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who lives at the residential care home at which I am currently on placement Gloria is under the Adults with Incapacity Scotland Act 2000 due to a diagnosis of Dementia. She is mobile with the aid of a Zimmer frame and is still as independent as her health allows. She requires the assistance of 1 carer for most activities of daily living. After breakfast I offered to take Gloria to the toilet as she had requested to go to the bathroom during her meal but was told by a care assistant that she would have
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it is not set in stone that you must achieve each milestone by the set age. Life span development should be considered as a gradual unfolding of developmental events. (HNC Social Care page 75).each stage of the development is broken down into 5 strands of development (SPECC) (see appendix 1) * Physical * Emotional * Social * Cognitive * Cultural Physiologist have argued that if each milestone is not achieved it can then impact on the development of the later stages. Mr Macdonald
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