members of staff, is challenging as when an individual displays this kind of behaviour they can become unpredictable and can be very distressed and workers need to be aware of what their strategies of intervention are and how effective they will be, workers also need to be aware of non-verbal communication for example your body language, as towards a service user you may come across as intimidating and this could potentially worsen the situation. (Challenging Behaviour) (Alzheimers, n.d.) There are other examples of challenging behaviour different to the one’s I have previously described, for example, a child who is living in a residential unit and is eating inedible objects such as stones and clothing; this is also known as pica. This can be considered challenging behaviour because it can be extremely dangerous as it can do considerable damage to your digestive system and can be potentially life threatening as you aren’t eating edible, nutritious food which will enable you to have a fully healthy functional body which in effect will provide you to have a better quality of life. (Pica, n.d.) Sexual behaviour can be deemed challenging if it’s not consented and if one of the individuals doesn’t have the capacity to make these decisions or does not fully understand what they are doing. In this situation …show more content…
Forms of this behaviour can be individuals pulling their hair, excessive pinching and scratching of their own skin, biting their own hands and arms and banging their head against objects; otherwise known as head banging, if a child or young person is displaying this behaviour this could have a major effect on their mental development as they could possibly be inflicting trauma on the brain if done excessively. (self injury,
It can result in attachment difficulties, trauma, physical health problems and learning
Examples • Punching someone in the face which leads to broken teeth • Hitting someone that leads to them losing consciousness • Concussion from a hit to the
It can change the structure of their brain and the way their brain function”(Philadelphia Inquirer 1). Johnny Cade has suffered from toxic stress from his parents. That toxic stress could have changed Mr. Cade’s brain structure. “His father was always beating him up, and his mother ignored him, except when she was hacked off at something, and then
Hostility not Expression James Peter recently was suspended for refusing to remove a Confederate flag belt buckle to school. The student had refused to remove the belt after the principle told him he needed to remove it because it violated the school policy. The policy was developed a few years back because of racial tension in the district. The student is suing under the first amendment freedom of speech clause with emphasis that the buckle was an expression of his southern heritage and interest in the war and not slavery. According to the fourteenth amendment equal protection clause, case law, and the Turner test for the first amendment the school was well within its rains of authority to ban the flag.
Recovery Through Conflict Conflict is everywhere, everyone has to deal with conflict in some way, shape, or form everyday. In Judith Guest's, Ordinary People, Conrad has dealt with several major internal conflicts. Even though Conrad was released from the hospital after an attempted suicide, he was not fully recovered. With the help of Dr. Berger and Calvin, Conrad was able to figure out his internal conflicts. In Ordinary People, Judith Guest illustrates that Conrad can go through recovery and change through the communication with Dr.Berger and Calvin.
This leads to the simple conclusion that if the individual being served does not feel they are treated properly by their staff they will have more behaviors. This is a fairly straight forward concept that for some reason a lot of staff do not understand. Often times staff who are struggling with managing behaviors, feels that the individual being served is just a mean person because of their disability or mental health disorder. While there may be some symptoms that impact the way the person responds to certain things differently there is no correlation that these symptoms cause the person to be mean. This is the individual responding to the attitude of the staff.
It 's been identified that Tomiwa plays up and damages things mostly during the night so there is a list of steps staff members needs to take to ensure that we do everything what we can do to change his behaviour. To implement these changes we need all to work together and give feedback to each other so please feel free to communicate between each other in regards to Tomiwa 's behavior (especially Rasaq and Marlon as you guys don 't have a chance to talk). - ABC charts need to be completed as a part of Tomiwa 's monitoring during the night EVERY time when challanging behaviour occurs. (To make it easier I put the ABC charts together with the Sleep Monitoring Form) - Sleep monitoring charts need to be filled and comments made everytime when
When someone takes a hard blow to the head, the brain shakes and smashes
“Shaken baby syndrome” is an affliction that mostly effects babies under the age of one year (Squier, 2001, p. 519). This syndrome is frequently the result of a parent or guardian violently shaking the baby in their care usually out of anger, because they are unable to stop them from crying (Bechtel, 2011, p. 481). Reasons for shaking may also have underlying catalysts besides anger, for example, being in a household experiencing financial difficulties or addiction to drugs and alcohol, and these factors can make one more susceptible to feelings of irritation (Matschke, 2009, p. 212). It has also been seen that before the formal identification of the syndrome, Parents in western countries such as England believed that shaking their child was
Kids are still maturing; one little thing can damage their
Incivility Workplace incivility affects our everyday interactions, professional nursing relationships and our organizations. It is important to be aware of incivility to address it. Incivility in the workplace doesn’t have to be a major event, but it may be little things daily that can make a huge impact. This affects the employee which impacts productivity and patient care. Employee turnover rates, job dissatisfaction, and poor workplace environments can be attributed to incivility.
Children that exhibit such behaviours are most likely to become teenagers who are severely affected by problems associated with aggression, substance abuse, and mental health issues. In their adulthood, the situation
"Child Abuse and Neglect" says that Physical abuse can include "striking a child with the hand, fist, or foot or with an object, burning, shaking, pushing, or throwing a child; pinching or biting the child, pulling a child by the hair or cutting off a child’s air." However, physical abuse is considered to be a use of punishment in wrecked as well as normal families such as the use of physical force with the intent of inflicting bodily pain, but not injury, for the purpose of correction or control or discipline. Yet, there is a thin line between physical punishment and abuse which many parents seem to lack notice of. "Child Abuse and Neglect" explains that the level of force used by an angry or frustrated parent can easily get out of hand and lead to injury. Emotional or verbal abuse is one of the worst forms of mistreatment due to its invisibility.
“There are many factors that contribute to this repulsive behavior. Physical, sexual, and psychological cruelty are effects of child abuse. Physical abuse is a painful, devastating event that occurs on a daily basis. According to the government, physical abuse is “when someone uses a part of their body or an object to control a person’s actions.” “ There are many forms of physical force, such as, hitting, strangling, slapping, beating, and kicking.
Shaken baby syndrome - when you pick up the infant and you shake them violently and you do it many times to the point where the baby 's brain swells. C) Book - ‘Because I remember terror, father I remember you’ by William Silverman. It is a really sad book based on a true story on a child who is physically abused and neglected by her alcoholic father. 3) Sexual Abuse A) " the use of a child for sexual gratification of an adult", it could be in other ways; forcing them to watch non appropriate sexual videos.