Understanding And Supporting Behaviour

Staff working in partnership with a service user’s family will become more aware of families' individual needs, and know more about an elderly person's home context, thus enabling them to be aware of how the care home is different or similar to their own home and understand the elderly person’s behaviour with this in mind.

Positive behaviour support (PBS) is an approach to providing services to individuals who exhibit challenging behaviour. Since the early 1990s, PBS has received increasing attention from the behaviour-analytic community. Some behaviour analysts have embraced this approach, but others have voiced questions and concerns. Over the past dozen years, an approach to delivery of behavioral services known as positive behavior support has emerged as a highly visible movement. Although PBS has been substantially influenced by applied behavior analysis, other factors are also part of its

As part of my HNC Social Care I have been asked to complete an extended reflective account about an incident/ pattern of behaviour at my placement for the subject understanding and supporting behaviour. This assessment has to be handed in on the 21st of May 2013. Due to the confidentiality of the young people at Rathbone and the Data Protection Act 1998 I will refer to the particular young person who is involved in the incident as Jack.

Challenging behaviour can often be viewed as a ‘behavioural equivalent’ of a mental health problem. However, research evidence indicates that challenging behaviours and mental health problems are relatively independent conditions.

1.2There are other risk factors that may lead to incidence of abuse or harm to self and others. Lack of appropriate training and supervision can put not only the client at risk for physical injury but the carer as well. As for Mrs. M, she needs careful moving and handling method and appropriate equipment to avoid non-accidental use of force in turning her. Moreover, lack of staffs and poor working conditions can put the carer and client at risk for abuse as well. Mrs. M being attended by only one carer is not a good practice and must not accepted in the home and tolerated by the service user. This is always the norm in most care home who do not have enough resources especially staff due to lack of funds of qualified staff . Assessing and reviewing the risk involved in moving and handling the service user it is recommended that the service user will need two staffs to assist her in feeding and moving, otherwise she will be left hurting and bruised from rough handling and risk of fall.

In special education it is vital to have an understanding of human behavior and how it relates to learning disabilities. It is imperative to have a grasp of the concepts of the models and how it relates to the educators of tomorrow. (Wheeler, John J., Richey, David Dean, 2010) Understanding models of behavior also helps to have a more cohesive and positive classroom.

The purpose of the goal staff will be to help a youngster in improving a specific behavior. This goal will be assessed by the staff and they will present their review twice a day on the basis of their observation that they noticed in an individual regarding a specific behavior.

* Having to deal with challenging behaviours is an extremely stressful experience even for people who have received training in ways to deal with such situation so for a family member who has not received training this can be an extremely difficult situation as they are unaware of why an

Establish positive and respectful relationship with the client and encourage and empower clients to be part of the planning focusing on their wellbeing and independence. Avoid assumptions of inevitable decline and provide information and education supporting choices and decisions. Referring to the appropriate services regardless of gender ethnicity color race or any difference with optimum outcome for the individual towards gaining maintaining independence. Respecting decision made and carer authority and create shared expectations without pre-determining certain outcomes. To engage with carers as partners in care in line with the Carers Recognitions Act

In professional supervisions it is important encourage staff to speak up and express any issues they have when dealing with citizens in the community, first and foremost it is essential that when challenging behavior occurs it is reported immediately, especially in own area of work as this could be a sign/symptom of relapse in mental health. Unfortunately the stigma around behavior challenges and mental health is a stereotype which the government are addressing with the strategy ‘no health without mental health’ which sets out six priorities and highlights that individuals should have the opportunity to a positive experience of care and support; this relates to having choice and control over their lives and having access to the necessary

Behaviour changes over time as our personal knowledge and experience would be altered, redefined or reestablished, which affected by surroundings and environment. These concepts are closely associated to perception of culture and it also could establish relationships between person to person or within the workplace and even further into the community.

Jeffery Gray’s reinforcement sensitivity theory is based on two conceived biological systems of the brain that control behavior. These biological systems include the behavioral activation system (BAS) and the behavioral inhibition system (BIS). Each system is responsive to different variables. Each should be analyzed thoroughly to gain an understanding of what initiates Hannibal Lecter’s behavior.

Does (do) the student (s) perceive a relationship between the behaviors and the consequences of the behavior? I believe that Naidhurva have a clear understanding between behavior and consequences. She realize that education is important and in order for her to continue her extracurricular activities , she need to excel in her education.

The idea of NLP is heavily based on the ideas of strategy, as it sees your internal and external behaviour uses processing strategies for each behaviour and response. The system uses different ideas of strategies as part of explaining human behaviour, as well as a way to change it.

My internship began three weeks ago. This time frame has not given me the time to get to know a client well enough to use for this paper. I have decided to use a past client of mine. I met this client while working at child protective services. She came into our agency because of a domestic violence encounter. The children were removed and I was able to work with her for a period of 9 months.