Managing Aggressive Behaviour in Care Settings: Understanding and Applying Low Arousal Approaches

ISBN-13: 9780470512326 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 272 str.

Andrew McDonnell; Peter Sturmey

Opis

A practical guide for health professionals and trainers, offering evidence-based low arousal approaches to defusing and managing aggressive behaviours in a variety of health care settings.

• Provides both an academic background and practical advice on how to manage and minimize confrontation
• Illustrates low arousal approaches and offers clear advice on physical restraint and the reduction of these methods
• Describes the evidence base for recommended approaches
• Includes a wide range of valuable case examples from a variety of care settings

Spis treści

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

1. Understanding Violence and Aggression in Care Settings.

2. The Development of a Low Arousal Approach.

3. Developing a Core Training Course.

4. Managing Aggressive Behaviour in Services for People with an Intellectual Disability.

5. Managing Aggressive Behaviour in Individuals with Autistic Spectrum Disorders.

6. Applying Low Arousal Approaches to Children and Adolescents in Residential Care Services.

7. Developing Alternatives to Coercive BehaviourManagement Approaches in Psychiatric Settings.

8. Low Arousal Approaches in Care Environments for Older Adults.

9. Evaluating the Outcomes of CrisisManagement Training.

10. Emerging Themes.

References.

Index.

O autorze

Andrew A. McDonnell is a practicing Clinical Psychologist specializing in working with clients who exhibit challenging behaviours. He has published numerous articles on the subject of behaviour management in international journals and is the founder of the international training organization, Studio III Training Systems.

Blurb

Challenging behaviours that are encountered daily in various care settings exact tremendous social costs most significantly to individual service providers. The focus of Managing Aggressive Behaviour in Care Settings is to provide care givers with helpful guidance and the practical skills necessary to manage these aggressive behaviors.

Andrew A. McDonnell, a practicing Clinical Psychologist and specialist in the field of autism, traces the development and evaluation of the Low Arousal Approach, a non–aversive training system that has been successfully utilized in the treatment of aggressive behavior. Throughout this important volume, McDonnell reveals how practical applications of low arousal methods may be implemented in care environments that include interactions with clients with intellectual disabilities, autism, and various mental health issues, from children to the elderly.

Managing Aggressive Behavior in Care Settings offers invaluable insights into a non–confrontational approach that can provide great benefits to patients, carers, and staff alike.