ZDifficult Teens and Challenging Behaviour (Social Worker)
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TARGET GROUP
Foster carers caring for children who are over 9 years of age
LEARNING OVERVIEW
This course focus on helping foster carers develop skills and techniques for managing challenging behaviour in children aged 9 years and above. It covers aspects of behaviour that relates specifically to looked after children who have experienced parental rejection, neglect, abuse, domestic violence and trauma.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Have explored the meaning behind a child’s difficult and challenging behaviour;
- Have increased their understanding of why a young person exhibits challenging behaviour;
- Explored different scenarios to consider the most effective way to respond to the broad spectrum of behaviour, including disabled children;
- Improved range of strategies for promoting positive behaviour in the child/young person;
- Developed skills in active listening to help the young person to understand their own behaviour;
- Explored practical strategies to help the child improve their behaviour and ways to develop a young person’s positive self-esteem.