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Understanding and Responding to Distressed Behaviours Course

Our Understanding and Responding to Distressed Behaviours Course enables attendees to explore how and why dementia affects a person’s behaviour and gives attendees ways to reduce behaviours and de-escalate distress.

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Understand the needs of people with advanced dementia, and how to better support them.

Behavioural changes are not uncommon for someone in dementia and can sometimes be seen as a sign or symptom. But there are things we can do to help and support the person, their carers and loved ones. We will explore what is happening to the brain, why a person with dementia may display repetitive behaviours, and learn about how we can help support someone who may be displaying distressed behaviours.

What does Understanding and Responding to Distressed Behaviours Course cover?

Aggressive behaviours
Sexual behaviours
Behaviours that challenge us as individuals
Emotional behaviours
Memory orientation difficulties
Therapeutic techniques for responding to behaviours
Improved communication techniques
Behaviour tracking and analysis

Who is our Understanding and Responding to Distressed Behaviours Course for?

Anyone who supports someone living with dementia. This could be in elderly care settings, hospital settings, or even at home.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to…

Delegates will learn therapeutic ways we can help an individual meet their needs in a less distressed way and learn to recognise the stages of escalation.
Empathic responses are an essential part of responding to distressed behaviours, so we will provide skills, techniques, and top tips on how to effectively communicate with someone who is having behaviours.
An understanding of what is happening to the brain due to dementia and how these impacts on the individuals’ behaviours and the way they perceive the new world around them.
The importance of documenting, tracking and analysing behaviour within dementia.
Understand how memory orientation works in dementia.

Frequently asked questions

How much does it cost?

Our prices are personalised to the company, including how many delegates, and location. Please make an enquiry to get a personalised quote with no hidden costs.

Where do you cover?

We cover the whole of the UK.

Do you offer virtual training?

Many of our courses can be adapted for both classroom settings or virtual platforms like zoom. Some courses that include a practical aspect can only be delivered in a classroom setting.

Are your courses certified/accredited?

All learners will receive a certificate for any course they complete. Some of our courses are in-house certified, some of our courses are regulated by Ofqual and others are accredited by other awarding bodies.

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I have been on several training courses run by this company over the last. Each time the trainer have been really good at making the course contact interesting and interactive. This certainly helps me to remember everything. Would recommend them.

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