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Resource Tag Archives
Why Ultimatums Don’t Work for Long-Term Change
Practical, positive strategies to encourage co-operation and reduce the need for ultimatums.
What To Do When Someone ‘Pushes Our Buttons’
How understanding our own triggers helps us to nurture positive, compassionate relationships.
The Expectancy Effect: How Can It Impact Behaviour?
Simple strategies to challenge preconceptions about individuals that may create expected behaviour patterns.
Talking Behaviour: Responsive Approaches Resource Pack
Accompanying resource pack for the Talking Behaviour Episode: Responsive Approaches.
Behaviour Scenario: Dementia Care Resident Wants to Go Home
Decide what is likely to happen next and opportunities to do things differently to de-escalate difficult situations.
Reacting vs Responding to Behaviour | Dave Smallwood
Clare and Dave discuss how culture and ethos influence how we respond to individuals in our care.
Webinar Recording: Non-Verbal Communication: I’m Communicating…Are You Listening?
Webinar recording: Spotting non-verbal communication signals before an individual is in crisis to reduce risk for everyone.
Harnessing the Power of Body Language
We shouldn’t underestimate both the positive and negative impact body language can have .
School Behaviour Scenario Cards
4 school-based scenarios to consider how we can respond to behaviours.
Walking Into a Crisis: Calming Situations and Supporting Colleagues
How to make incisive decisions to de-escalate situations and offer timely, appropriate support.
Practical Ways to Reduce Restraint: Part 2
Part 2 of a three-part series exploring how we can reduce the use of restraint in our settings.
Using Mirroring as a De-escalation Strategy
Harness the power of body language to de-escalate and defuse potentially challenging situations and reduce risk.
Effective De-escalation in Complex Needs Services | Doremi Littlewood & Simon Holding
We explore the importance of self-awareness to build strong therapeutic relationships with service users.
What is CALM Communication?
How to use CALM communication to defuse and divert behaviour reducing the likelihood of a crisis developing.
