Behaviours that Challenge

Course details

The aim of this module is:

• to provide students with an in-depth insight and awareness of what constitutes challenging behaviour in different social care settings and the various factors that contribute to it.
• to enable students in assessing the continuum of challenging behaviour and the risks of it occurring.
• to critique in context, the interventions (as a practitioner or an organisation) to both prevent or manage challenging behaviour.

On successful completion of this module you will be able to:

• express a systematic understanding of the different perspectives and ways of conceptualising challenging behaviour across different social care settings.
• demonstrate awareness of the factors which can trigger episodes of challenging behaviour including: inpidual, group and family, wider organisational and cultural influences.
• assess the impact of challenging behaviour on staff and service users, and the degrees of tolerance by inpiduals and groups when responding to it.
• critically evaluate assessment frameworks and tools for determining the risk of and vulnerability to episodes of challenging behaviour within different care environments.
• critically examine contemporary national and international theoretical models and approaches for intervening when challenging behaviour arises.
• demonstrate awareness of organisational policies, procedures and mechanisms that managers and staff can develop to prevent challenging behaviour occurring or minimise the effects of it.
• apply the learning from the module to the development of a policy for managing challenging behaviour within his/her own work environment.
• The module will feature a variety of teaching and learning techniques, including: lectures, tutorials, group work, presentations, guest speakers, case studies, role play, multimedia, Moodle, interactive class activities, question and answer sessions and self-directed learning.

Minimum Entry Requirements

Applicants should hold an honours degree (Level 8) in applied social studies or cognate discipline.