STAFF DEVELOPMENT TRAINING RUN BY PEGASUS

1. ASSESSMENT AND HUMANE STRATEGIES:

Behavioural Assessment forms the basis of Humane Intervention Strategies and provides the baseline for Quality Assurance protocols. It prevents use of prolonged interventions and aversive procedures.

One-Day Course Covers:

• Motivational Analysis
• Environmental Analysis
• Humane Analogue Procedures
• Functional Analysis of Behaviour

Proactive Strategies:

• Environmental Manipulation
• Positive Programming
• Direct Treatment Strategies

• Differential Reinforcement of Other Behaviours (DRO)
• Differential Reinforcement of Alternate Behaviours (DR-Alt)
• Differential Reinforcement of Low Rate Behaviours (DRL).

Reactive Strategies:

Active Listening; Stimulus Change; Stimulus Control; Diffusing and Neutralising; Crisis Intervention.

Consistent Management Plan:

Learn the art of writing out Behavioural Management Plan, which is Procedural, Legal, Ethical and Moral.

On completion of the above 1 day programme, participants will:-

• be able to understand the function or reasons for difficult behaviour.
• be able to explain the process and use of assessment tools.
• be able to understand different methods of intervention strategies to enable them to work with people with challenging or difficult behaviour.

2. GENTLE TEACHING:

It is a non-aversive approach for helping people with special needs and sometimes challenging behaviours that focuses on teaching the person to feel safe, engaged, unconditional acceptance. It is a strategy based on Psychology of Interdependence that sees all change as being mutual and bringing about a feeling of companionship and community-symbols of justice and non-violence”(McGee et al).

One-Day Course Covers:

• How inappropriate behaviours may be turned into appropriate behaviours.
• Philosophy for Behavioural Change
• Analysis of Maladaptive Postures
• Functional Analysis in Strategies
• Rules of Engagement and Interdependence

On completion of the one day programme, participants will:-

• Understand the reasons for human behaviour.
• Understand how our posture (body language) can influence behaviour change.
• Have good information about a practical and holistic approach for teaching individuals with learning disabilities and behavioural challenges.
• Learn the values, goals and strategies that comprise the Gentle Teaching approach.

3. TEACHING NEW SKILLS:

Teaching New Skills “is about bringing our knowledge of the task together with structured teaching methods to enable people with learning disabilities to acquire new and meaningful skills” (Tizard Centre – Bringing People Back Home)

One-Day Course Covers:

• Positive Programming
• Gentle Teaching Approach to Teaching New Skills
• Model for creating Learning Situation
• Methods used in teaching new skills
• Task Analysis in Teaching New or Incomplete Skills
• The role of O’Brien’s five accomplishments in teaching new skills

On completion of the one day programme, participants will:-

• understand the advantages of Positive Programming
• be able to use Task Analysis and Gentle Teaching to teach new or incomplete skills
• understand the methods used to teach new or incomplete skills.