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Challenging Behaviour
"Challenging behaviour is culturally abnormal behaviour(s) of such intensity, frequency or duration that the physical safety of the person or others is likely to be placed in serious jeopardy...
or behaviour which is likely to seriously limit the use of or result in the person being denied access to ordinary community facilities."
(Emerson, 2001)
Behaviours?
The Stats
Why?
- Self-injury
- Injury to others
- Aggression
- Stereotypical behaviour
- Eating inedible objects (PICA)
- Destructive.
Between 5-15% of people with learning disabilities show behaviours which present a significant challenge for those caring for them.
CB increases with level of intellectual disability and then sharply decreases with those with profound ID.
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Assessment
A values based toolkit for supporting behaviour change.
Functional Assessment
1. Describes behaviours
2. Predicts times and situations
3. Reinforcers.
- Distress
- Pain/discomfort
- Means of communication
- Biological causes
- Control over their environment
- Lack of stimulation
- Abuse
- Medication mismanagement.
Positive Behaviour Support
Maintaining reinforcers for challenging behaviours are:
- Creating supportive environments
- Developing individuals' skills
- Practical
- Ensure safety of all
- "Fixing environments, not people."
What do we do?
Interventions/pbs/communication - to follow. CREATED BY
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LOADING AWESOME
- Demand avoidance
- Social attention
- Self-stimulation
- Tangible reinforcement
- Pain reduction.
