Understanding and supporting behaviour 2
As part of my HNC Social Care I have been asked to complete an extended reflective account about an incident/ pattern of behaviour at my placement for the subject understanding and supporting behaviour. This assessment has to be handed in on the 21st of May 2013. Due to the confidentiality of the young people at Rathbone and the Data Protection Act 1998 I will refer to the particular young person who is involved in the incident as Jack.
At Rathbone which is my placement there are various incidents of challenging behaviour that occur on a daily basis. One particular pattern of behaviour which is displayed by Jack is refusing to participate in group sessions, for Jack this occurs on a daily basis. If he can’t be bothered or doesn’t understand a particular session Jack then sits back, refuses to take part and kicks off.
This is effecting jack massively as when he refuses to take part he falls behind with his school work and he may not get the qualifications he was aiming for which are stated in his learning plan. Physically he gets fed up sitting around doing nothing and he has nothing to strive for, emotionally he’ll get upset and feel he doesn’t belong in the group as he withdraws himself from the sessions, as this behaviour persists the other young people get fed up as he is interrupting their learning as well as his own so socially he communicates less with the other young people due to his behaviour and cognitively he is no longer learning at the same stage as the group as he has fallen behind. His behaviour also effects staff members who are working with Jack at such times he displays this behaviour as when the worker tries to encourage Jack to continue or explains the activity in more detail and he still refuses to take part, this can cause the worker to get stressed. Stress can also be caused when others in the group become distracted as the session has been interrupted and the tutor has to try and calm the situation down and encourage the young people
At Rathbone which is my placement there are various incidents of challenging behaviour that occur on a daily basis. One particular pattern of behaviour which is displayed by Jack is refusing to participate in group sessions, for Jack this occurs on a daily basis. If he can’t be bothered or doesn’t understand a particular session Jack then sits back, refuses to take part and kicks off.
This is effecting jack massively as when he refuses to take part he falls behind with his school work and he may not get the qualifications he was aiming for which are stated in his learning plan. Physically he gets fed up sitting around doing nothing and he has nothing to strive for, emotionally he’ll get upset and feel he doesn’t belong in the group as he withdraws himself from the sessions, as this behaviour persists the other young people get fed up as he is interrupting their learning as well as his own so socially he communicates less with the other young people due to his behaviour and cognitively he is no longer learning at the same stage as the group as he has fallen behind. His behaviour also effects staff members who are working with Jack at such times he displays this behaviour as when the worker tries to encourage Jack to continue or explains the activity in more detail and he still refuses to take part, this can cause the worker to get stressed. Stress can also be caused when others in the group become distracted as the session has been interrupted and the tutor has to try and calm the situation down and encourage the young people
Bibliography: Bingham. (2009). HNC in Social Care. Essex: Heinemann.