Challenging Behaviour Training for adult and child settings including Schools & Education, Foster Care, Children’s Homes, Elderly Care, Social Care & Mental Health settings.
Mental Health Training Courses Overview:
Our training courses are designed to improve the lives of people affect by mental illness and are ideal for anyone who works with, or supports groups or individuals with, a mental health condition or mental illness. They are also beneficial for anyone wanting to improve their own mental wellbeing or increase their awareness of complex mental health issues or looking to obtain additional knowledge and training in the recognition and treatment of a variety of mental health conditions. Able Training offers a range of condition-specific training courses and awareness courses.
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Able Target System, Positive Behavioural Support
Module 3: Positive Handling & Restraint
For medium risk settings Module 3 provides training in restrictive and non-restrictive physical intervention skills including; positive handling, guiding/shepherding techniques, restraint or clinical holding. For those experience hazardous behaviours that poses physical risk to staff or service users, where non-restrictive breakaway skills may not always be adequate to manage the risk and restrictive physical skills or manual restraint may be required.
Understanding People's Needs
Therapeutic Parenting
Our Therapeutic Parenting Course is aimed at Parents and Supporting Professionals that want to learn the core principles of Therapeutic Parenting.
Understanding People's Needs
Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA)
Learn support structures and effective strategies to aid young children and adolescents with the Pathological demand avoidance (PDA).
Health & Safety
Oral Health Care
This 3 hour course will give staff additional skills to support those they work with in their oral care.
Mental Health, Understanding People's Needs
Supportive Observations within Mental Health
The overall aim of supportive observations is to prevent potentially suicidal, violent or vulnerable patients from harming themselves or others, manage risk or therapeutic activity.
First Aid, First Aid Mental Health, Mental Health, Understanding People's Needs
First Aid for Mental Health Level 3
An in-depth, accredited course in First Aid for Mental Health, covering recognition, treatment and support of a variety of conditions including PTSD, Depression, Substance Abuse, and Personality Disorders.
First Aid, First Aid Mental Health, Mental Health, Understanding People's Needs
First Aid for Mental Health Level 2
A single day, accredited course in First Aid for Mental Health, covering recognition, awareness and support for a variety of conditions including PTSD, Depression, Substance Abuse, and Personality Disorders.
Safeguarding, Understanding People's Needs
Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
This course is aimed at those working with individuals to whom the Mental Capacity Act 2005 may apply and explores key concepts around the MCA and the new LPS system.
Safeguarding
Safeguarding Adults
This course covers the physical and emotional aspects of safeguarding adults.
Conflict Management, Managing Challenging Behaviour, Positive Behavioural Support
Challenging Behaviour in Adult Care
This course explores the causes and strategies for identifying and managing challenging behaviours in adults to create win-win outcomes.
Understanding People's Needs
Dementia Awareness
This course enables attendees to better understand dementia and to build relationships with and offer practical support to those with dementia.
Personal Development
Equality & Diversity
This course raises awareness of Equality & Diversity in the workplace, encourages candidates to reflect on their values, attitudes and opinions and explores how prejudices develop.
Managing Challenging Behaviour, Personal Safety, Physical Intervention
Breakaway & Restraint Training
This course explores the six stages of managing aggression and challenging behaviour including physical and non-physical defence strategies and will be tailored to your workplace setting.
Moving & Handling
Moving People Safely: Refresher
This course is an ideal refresher course for those working in areas where the assistance and movement of people is a prerequisite part of their role.
Moving & Handling
Moving & Handling Loads
This course provides an effective means of ensuring that employees are aware of their responsibilities and have understood the principles of the safe moving and lifting of loads.
Understanding People's Needs
Understanding Self Harm
This course explores what self-harm is, who does it and how to recognise potential signs.
Positive Behavioural Support, Understanding People's Needs
Attachment Awareness
An introductory training course that outlines a basic understanding of what attachment is, and how it may impact on the relationships and behaviour of children within a care setting environment.
Able Target System, Positive Behavioural Support
Module 1: Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) & De-escalation
For low risk settings. Module 1 covers Positive Behavioural Support & De-escalation training for those that experience behaviour of concern but there is little or physical risk to staff or service users. It is also suitable for those who want to better support individuals to prevent behaviours from escalating.
Able Target System, Positive Behavioural Support
Module 5: Mechanical Restraint
For high risk settings that require mechanical restraint Module 5 provides training for those who have the need to use personal safety devices or mechanical restraints e.g soft cuffs.
Able Target System, Positive Behavioural Support
Module 4: Advanced Safe Holding
For medium to high risk settings, Module 4 provides advanced physical skills training to manage high risk situations where the level of risk poses a significant physical risk to staff or service users, and restrictive physical skills or manual restraint are required regularly. The level of risk posed may require the need for higher level techniques including floor or safety pod holds, seclusion, or rapid tranquillisation.
Able Target System, Positive Behavioural Support
Module 2: Personal Safety & Breakaway
For low to medium risk settings Module 2 provides personal safety strategies, non-restrictive physical skills including responsive interventions to manage big emotions and breakaway training for those who experience hazardous behaviour that poses a physical risk to staff or service user. Staff need training in personal safety, breakaway or separation techniques but should not be required to use manual restraint. (this is the maximum level for lone workers)
Mental Health, Understanding People's Needs
Understanding Mental Health & Mental Illness
An in-house training course designed to increase understanding, decrease stigma and promote and provide support for those affected by mental illness.
Moving & Handling, Train the Trainer
Moving With Safety (Including People) Train the Trainer
This two-day train the trainer course is designed to train those staff that are looking to teach Moving and Handling training in house to their staff team.
Health & Safety, Moving & Handling
Prevention of Falls
This half day training course examines the factors that increase the likelihood of slips and falls, and explores preventative and precautionary steps to reduce the risk.
Health & Safety, Moving & Handling
Personal & Pressure Care
This 3 hour course teaches delegates about the role and responsibility of personal care, and how to recognise, manage and prevent pressure sores.
Understanding People's Needs
PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)
This course explores the causes, symptoms, treatments and impact that PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) can have on people and individuals.
First Aid, Health & Safety, Managing Challenging Behaviour, Understanding People's Needs
Ligature Awareness & Protocol
This half day course is designed to give staff skills and confidence to reduce, assess, manage and treat incidents of ligature.
Personal Development, Understanding People's Needs
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
This course explores the key principles of CBT and teaches delegates about its use and methods of application.
Mental Health, Understanding People's Needs
Autism Awareness
This course helps delegates to understand autism and Asperger’s syndrome and how to help support individuals with these conditions. It explores challenging behaviour within autism and autism behaviour management strategies.
Understanding People's Needs
Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) Awareness Training
This half-day or one-day course equips parents, carers and teachers to identify and act on the signs of child sexual exploitation.
Understanding People's Needs
Dignity in Care
This course explores the drivers of dignity in care, relevant legislation, the National Dignity in Care Challenge and how dignity in care should be applied to practical issues.
Health & Safety, Positive Behavioural Support, Understanding People's Needs
Substance Misuse
The course is suitable for all carers, social workers and staff who require up to date information on drugs and alcohol issues. It explores the law and good practice guidelines as well as options for support and advice.
Safeguarding, Understanding People's Needs
MCA & DOLS
This course is aimed at those working with individuals to whom the Mental Capacity Act 2005 may apply and explores key concepts around the MCA and DOLS.
First Aid
CPR & AED (Defibrillator) Training
This course is recommended for first aiders in the workplace environment who have access to a defibrillator.
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