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A 3-day course for 6-16 people.
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Background:
This 3-day course makes a thorough examination of the current literature and thinking to provide you with a clear pathway through what is often regarded as difficult, frustrating and complex area.
Attenders come from a variety of work settings, but principally are working with: adults with a mental illness in 'extreme behavior' units, children and young people in residential or domestic settings, people with learning difficulties, people in secure units & people with a forensic background.
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In 3 days you will cover a great deal:
• How to reinforce. Why do some 'reinforcers' fail to reinforce? When a person says they have 'tried everything' with a person, what powerful category of reinforcers have they
often failed to try? How some people actually discourage behavior when they think they
are reinforcing it.
• Why do most people place too much emphasis on 'consistency'?
• Asking 'green' questions not 'red' ones. What is wrong with this question: What should we do when John can't sleep at night and so comes out of his room and starts smashing
things up and assaults staff when they try to stop him?' What question should we ask?
• What is meant by 'invisible appropriate behavior'? How do we recognize this and, by doing so, counter extreme behavior?
• Defining behavior that is contradictory to the individual's extreme behavior and working
to develop that.
• Why working on an individual's problems results in exaggerating these problems, and
what we do instead?
• What are 'Higher-Order' personality characteristics and how should we reinforce them?
• Why is this statement probably untrue and how should we capitalize on the real truth of the situation: 'We find that whenever Sue harms herself she's had an argument with her boyfriend just before; every time they have an argument, she harms herself.'?
• More PAID than RAID®. Some people exhibit very little appropriate behavior; what
should we do then?
• What is Constructive Criticism - how is it different from standard criticism, and why do
people respond differently to it?
• Rules and 'boundaries' are important, vital even - in fact they go some way to describing
the 'A' of the acronym. How do we utilize them constructively, positively, to the benefit of
the people we work with and care for, and those around them?
• Punishment and Sanctions. Even the most powerful positive approach to extreme
behavior needs to make sense of sanctions.
• Addressing Issues. When to and how to.
• Feedback. What it is and how to utilize its power.
• Deeply RAIDing. Those we work with can tell whether we are genuine in what we do,
or whether it's simply a 'technique'.
• Why proper consideration of the person's future is vital in almost every case.
• How to do it effectively.
And more...
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What this course will do for you:
• You will have a clear philosophy on how to view extreme behavior. A philosophy which
allows you to intervene positively and effectively to minimize its occurrence.
• You will see how that philosophy applies not just in your work, but in your private life too.
After all, it is philosophy, not just a technique.
• You will gain a clearer perspective on what you already do, seeing more clearly why some
actions you take work, and others don't.
• You will see that it is a positive, clear and effective approach to working with extreme
behavior.
• You will be better at reinforcing others and be more aware of the positive actions and traits
they display.
• You will know why consideration of the future is so important in general, and especially
in this area.
• You will be able to ask constructive questions, which have answers which nurture and
develop people rather than focusing on 'problems'.
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Download printable Microsoft Word information Sheet
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A 3-day course for 6-16 people.
We bring the training to you for an all-inclusive fee of $7,795 plus GST/HST.
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