Understanding and Prevention of Challenging Behaviours Training of Trainers
7 - 9 November 2022 - Ankara
Positive Behavior Support application, which social workers affiliated to the Ministry of Family and Social Services, who came together in Ankara from various provinces of Turkey, can use when interacting with service users exhibiting challenging behaviors by participating in the "Training for Understanding and Preventing Compulsive Behaviors" in order to improve their skills. He received training on.
The training, which consists of 9 modules, was given by the Clinical Psychologist Peter Baker from Kent University, within the scope of the Project on Social Inclusion of Persons with Mental Disabilities, carried out by the World Health Organization Turkey Country Office in cooperation with the Ministry of Family and Social Services and the Ministry of Health, and financed by the Delegation of the European Union to Turkey._cc781905 -5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_
Framed around case studies, the training focused on the key messages that quality of life is key and that behavior change can be achieved by improving quality of life.
Similarly, by emphasizing the vital importance of skills development, education sought to achieve better intervention that could be implemented by rejecting the use of painful and embarrassing procedures, working in partnership with key stakeholders, and understanding the function of the person's behavior (i.e. why he did it).
Peter Baker stated that the aim of the training is to improve the skills of social workers and to increase the quality of life of people in a service environment where there is less use of coercive behavior towards the individuals they serve. In addition, Peter Baker expressed his wishes that this approach should expand everywhere and create a significant improvement in the quality of care available.
As a result of the three-day training held between 7-9 November 2022, the participants will contribute to the sustainability of the Understanding and Prevention of Compulsive Behaviors Trainer Training by transferring their learning outcomes to their colleagues in their organizations as trainer trainers.
