Andrew A. Mcdonnell

Managing Aggressive Behaviour in Care Settings (eBook, PDF)

Understanding and Applying Low Arousal Approaches

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470986332
• Artikelnr.: 38202609

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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 anIntellectual Disability.

5. Managing Aggressive Behaviour in Individuals with AutisticSpectrum Disorders.

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

7. Developing Alternatives to Coercive BehaviourManagementApproaches in Psychiatric Settings.

8. Low Arousal Approaches in Care Environments for OlderAdults.

9. Evaluating the Outcomes of CrisisManagement Training.

10. Emerging Themes.

References.

Index.