If not, how can you raise the importance of this within your workplace? So far, we have explored person-centred care and how our values and beliefs can affect how we work with people. In keeping with the focus of this educational resource, we have used activities and case studies that relate to supporting people with behaviours perceived as challenging. The next section begins to explore what we mean by and perceived as challenging”. “behaviour” “behaviours 1.3 What is “behaviour”? is often used in everyday language to refer to or behaviour, “Behaviour” “good” “bad” as if our behaviour is only part of what we do. In behavioural terms, “behaviour” refers to everything we say or do. This means: a person is perceived as all of the time “behaving” activity is often thought of as being the same as behaviour a person is behaving even when he or she is doing nothing. behaviour” has become part of everyday language in the of “Challenging learning disability. Behaviour can be perceived or described as for a “challenging” variety of reasons. We’ve already considered how behaviour may be appropriate in one setting but not in another, and how a person’s ability to give a plausible account affects perceptions of his or her behaviour. We’ve also considered how different workers perceive behaviour differently and can consider it when it “challenging” presents a risk to them and others or if they find it difficult to manage or understand. This is reflected in the following definition from the Royal College of Psychiatrists: can be described as challenging when it is of such frequency, intensity “Behaviour or duration as to threaten the quality of life and/or the physical safety of the individual or others and is likely to lead to responses that are restrictive, aversive or result in exclusion.” We use the term perceived as challenging” in this resource to place an “behaviours emphasis on services’ ability to meet people’s needs and move away from the view that the difficulties are an intrinsic part of the person. Activity 1.3.1. Factors that impact on behaviour
If not, how can you raise the importance of this within your workplace? So far, we have explored person-centred care and how our values and beliefs can affect how we work with people. In keeping with the focus of this educational resource, we have used activities and case studies that relate to supporting people with behaviours perceived as challenging. The next section begins to explore what we mean by “behaviour” and “behaviours perceived as challenging”. 1.3 What is “behaviour”? “Behaviour” is often used in everyday language to refer to “good” or “bad” behaviour, as if our behaviour is only part of what we do. In behavioural terms, “behaviour” refers to everything we say or do. This means: a person is perceived as “behaving” all of the time activity is often thought of as being the same as behaviour a person is behaving even when he or she is doing nothing. “Challenging behaviour” has become part of everyday language in the of learning disability. Behaviour can be perceived or described as “challenging” for a variety of reasons. We’ve already considered how behaviour may be appropriate in one setting but not in another, and how a person’s ability to give a plausible account affects perceptions of his or her behaviour. We’ve also considered how different workers perceive behaviour differently and can consider it “challenging” when it presents a risk to them and others or if they find it difficult to manage or understand. This is reflected in the following definition from the Royal College of Psychiatrists: “Behaviour can be described as challenging when it is of such frequency, intensity or duration as to threaten the quality of life and/or the physical safety of the individual or others and is likely to lead to responses that are restrictive, aversive or result in exclusion.” We use the term “behaviours perceived as challenging” in this resource to place an emphasis on services’ ability to meet people’s needs and move away from the view that the difficulties are an intrinsic part of the person. Activity 1.3.1. Factors that impact on behaviour
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