Becoming a Behavioural Detective: Understanding and Supporting Complex Behaviour

BECOMING A BEHAVIOURAL DETECTIVE: Understanding and Supporting Complex Behaviour

There is always a reason for the behaviour! Newly adapted from Kim Barthel, OTR’s most prolific and well-attended workshop - this live, online and interactive 6 hour workshop will provide a deeper understanding of adults with intellectual disabilities. The focus will be on complex and challenging behaviour, using clinical reasoning to look well beyond the surface actions we observe. From diagnosed challenges to emotional/relational issues, and from attachment strategies to the integrated neurobiology of sensory processing and cognitive influences, a holistic and integrated mindset is required. Participants will be invited to forevermore become behavioural detectives, using evidence-informed best practices to shape individualized interventions with the people they support. By seeking to understand why people do the things we do, from a myriad of perspectives, we allow compassion into the equation. Fundamentally, the mindset of clinical curiosity and the science-based information in…