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SECTION 5: Behaviour 1

Session 15

Understanding Challenging Behaviour

SECTION 5: Behaviour 2

There are many possible factors influencing challenging behaviour

• Social –person can’t

communicate except through screaming, hitting etc

• Biological –person

has a condition which predisposes him to behaviour that challenges eg: autism

• r Prader Willi

syndrome

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More factors

• Mental health

difficulties -depression and anxiety disorders are more likely in people with SLD/ PMLD than in the typical population

• Medication – side effects

may influence behaviour eg: irritability or sleepiness

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More factors

• Physical health – pain can be associated with

CB eg: toothache can cause people to hit their faces or heads

• Developmental – behaviour that is associated

with a younger child but persists eg: eating unsuitable things or pulling hair

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More factors

• Environmental –

noisy, hot, busy environments can trigger CB

• People with autism

particularly need calm, ordered and uncluttered environments

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Cathy has autism and eczema

• After hot, sleepless night spent

scratching, Cathy is irritable and refuses breakfast

• She is tired, hungry and can’t

explain what is wrong

• At her day service she is

stopped from swimming because of her scratched arms and legs

• She travels next to a service

user she dislikes

• Cathy likes routine and hates

change so she shouts and scratches even more How would you sort this out?