Dealing with Challenging Behaviour
Unit 27: Dealing with Challenging BehaviourJoanne Mahoney ResubmissionSabbah ShaheenIntroduction The table seeks out the different types of challenging behaviour. Challenging behaviour is when someone puts them self or those around them for example their carer/s, at risk or leads or poorer quality of life. Challenging behaviour can impact on their capacity and skills to join in everyday activities. Examples of challenging behaviour are: Verbal abuseRacist commentsThreats Self- destructive behaviourBehaviour destructive to othersEscape        Illegal behaviour BullyingNon- verbal abuseImpact of culture variationsBehaviour destructive to property or environmentThere are many different types of challenging behaviour:Self- injuries behaviour which includes head butting, scratching, pulling, eye poking, poking, grinding teeth and eating non eatable things. Aggressive  behaviour towards others which is biting, scratching, hitting, pinching, grabbing, hair pulling, throwing objects, verbal abuse, screaming and spitting Inappropriate sexualised behaviour which is public masturbation, groping and destruction of clothing Behaviour directed at property which is throwing objects, hyperactivity and stealingStereotyped behaviour including repetitive movements, rocking and repetitive speech. The causes of challenging behaviour are:
Biological which is pain, medication and need for sensory stimulationSocial which is boredom, seeking social interaction, need for element of controlEnvironmental which are physical aspects such as noise and lightening and disempowered living up to people’s negative expectations. Challenging BehaviourTypes of challenging behaviourCharacteristicsCausesVerbal abuseThe characteristics of verbal abuse are:Name callingLaughter over self expressionsJealously over family and friendsSilent treatment for no reasonRegular critism or humiliationPeople make fun of you in front of othersAccusing others falsely to negatively influence on someone else’s decision makingUsing words to make others feel unwanted or unlovedIsolating a person friends and family.  The causes of verbal abuse could be parental stress from work, marital relationship, financial problems and etc; this can cause a parent to show that frustration or disturbance on their children which might cause their child to lose their self confidence. A parent who has been abused verbally as a child will more likely to verbally abuse their own child and think it’s normal to do that. Verbal abuse can cause anger management problems, the abuser might have lack of ability to control or deal with their anger or rage so it might be acted out against the victim. The verbal abuse environment could also affect their learning.  Non- verbal abuseThe characteristics of non- verbal abuse are: The causes of non- verbal abuse could be doing something or pulling someone’s trigger that annoys them and physically wants to harm that person. For example, in a relationship the two people could be arguing about something and one of them says “it’s not my fault it’s yours” and that could then cause one of them to get them angry and then there could be abuse in the relationship where they would just argue and fight all the time. The physical abuser or both of them might have to go to anger management classes to learn how to control their anger and how to resolve the problems within their relationship. The abuse might come from the past when they were children; their parents might have abused them so they might think it’s a regular thing to hit other people. Non- verbal abuse could also be self- harm because someone could be bullying you or trying to bring you down to the point to harm yourself, your parents could constantly tell you that you’re “a failure” or “a disgrace to the family”. Parents are meant to bring happiness into your life not to bring you down and then you think that about life is general and that there’s nothing that could make it better. Self- harm The characteristics of self- harm are:Unexplained cuts, bruises, cigarette burns, they are usually on their arms, thighs and chestKeeping themselves covered all the times, even in the hot weatherMight show signs of depressions such as low moods, tearfulness or lack of motivation or interest in doing anythingStart becoming withdrawn and not speaking to othersTheir eating habits change or being secretive about eating, or unusual weight lost or weight gainMight show signs of low self- esteem, blaming themselves for problems or think that they aren’t good enough for somethingSigns of pulling out their hairSigns of misuse of alcohol or drugsSelf- harm is described as a physical expression of emotional distress. Some people think that physically hurting themselves is a way to deal with emotional and psychological issues.  The common social factors of self- harm are: Difficult relationships with friends or partnersDifficulties at school such as not doing well Difficulties at workBeing bullied, either at home, school or workWorried about moneyAlcohol or drug misuseCultural expectationsComing to terms with your sexuality such as being gay or bisexualSelf- harm could be also be a way of dealing with a traumatic experience, such as: Sexual, physical or emotional abuse, which includes domestic abuse and rapeDeath of a close family member or fiendHaving a miscarriageThe emotional distress of self- harm are: AngerGuiltAnxietyLoneliness or isolationGriefHopelessnessLack of feelingBeing unclean, unworthy, trapped or silences if you have been abused.   Self- ham might be a way of people releasing their feeling and a way of coping with emotional problems. It is linked to anxiety and depressions and these mental health problems can affect people at any age. Destruction to environment or propertyThe characteristics of destructive to environment or property are: Someone who has a learning disabilitySomeone who has Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder also knows as ADHD. The causes of destruction to environment or property could be the temperature in a place could be a trigger for someone to get restless or disturbed or if it’s really noise someone could get really annoyed. For example if a service user has a trigger then might rip work up or throw things around but it depends on what the service user does when someone or something has caused that trigger. Racist abuseRacial abuse is when treating someone differently or unfairly just because they belong to a different race or culture. Racism has many different forms which are: Personal attack of any kind including violenceWritten or verbal threats or insultsBully people because of their raceCalling them namesRacist abuse and bully are two sectors that are linked together. Racist abuse will make people’s self-esteem go down, make them feel low about themselves and they wouldn’t want to socialise with anyone, when you link it with bullying, it depends on how you treat someone, sometimes it could be how children at brought up that causes them to bully others. At times racism could come across the wrong way, for example, two friends might be talking and joking about something and by accident one of them says something racist the other person can take that in a wrong way and become offended, it can also come across as racial abuse when it is taken rudely.