CHALLENGING BEHAVIOUR SYSTEMS IN PRACTICE DR CLARE CAUGHEY
CHALLENGING BEHAVIOUR SYSTEMS IN PRACTICE DR CLARE CAUGHEY INTENSIVE SUPPORT CO-ORDINATOR BANK SCHOOL, DUNDONALD
BACKGROUND • 160 PUPILS WITH SEVERE AND PROFOUND LEARNING DIFFICULTIES • INTENSIVE SUPPORT WITHIN TBS • CHALLENGES FACED? • INCREASING COMPLEXITY OF NEED • RANGE AND SEVERITY OF CHALLENGING BEHAVIOUR PRESENTED • MENTAL HEALTH & EMOTIONAL WELLBEING • STAFF STRESSES
• Observation and traditional Behaviourist approaches • Individual therapies such as counselling, CBT, Relaxation, social skills • Creative therapeutic approaches: • Play therapy, Music therapy, Art therapy, Aromatherapy & beauty, Animal Assisted Therapies • Collaborative practice meetings and IEP target setting • ½ termly multi-disciplinary support meetings • Sensory diet and Sensory circuits provision • Staff training and development (including non-classroom based staff) • Overarching attachment aware ethos and nurture provision • Peer support consultation • Staff welfare and wellbeing including critical incident stress debriefing Individualise d and bespoke Whole School and Ethos Multidisciplinary collaboration Home/Scho ol liaison • Early intervention- Mums and Tots • Crocus Project & home visits • Parent training • Family support drop in behaviour clinic • Entitlements clinic
A CASE STUDY • “CONOR”- A 12 YEAR OLD BOY WITH ADHD AND LEARNING DIFFICULTIES • TRANSFERRED FROM ANOTHER SCHOOL, HIGHER COGNITIVE ABILITY • REFERRED FOR BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT • HOW DID THIS SUPPORT TAKE SHAPE? • PEER SUPPORT PANEL • RECOMMENDATIONS- SENSORY CIRCUITS, BEHAVIOURAL RECOMMENDATIONS, • MULTI-DISCIPLINARY DISCUSSION, MEDICAL REVIEW • ONWARD REFERRAL FOR ASD DIAGNOSIS • REVIEW- PLAY THERAPIES, BEHAVIOUR CONTRACT, VIDEO MODELLING
MANY THANKS • QUESTIONS?
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