Good&Evil
12-12-2005, 05:37 PM
You would expect that after two days of excellent training by Andy all problems would have been discussed and settled here in Malta. Anyway...
Next Friday (16th December) we will be calling an emergency meeting with regards to a client who is exhibiting challenging behaviours when in the presence of his mother. The client behaves very well at STEP (Structured Training and Education Programme - programme for children with PDD and other related conditions) and quite well at school (where he has the support of a full time facilitator). Until recently the parent reported that "he played up" only when he and she were in the company of others - "to show off" in some ways. We used to observe challenging behaviours upon his reunion with his mother; we tackled this situation by disrupting the routine. The keyworker now goes down to speak to the parent before the children go down so she can pick up the child and leave before the situation escalates. However, since about a month or so the parent has become more upset suggesting that he is exhibiting these behaviours in other moments and has made requests for further support.
About the behaviours: The child kicks, punches, pinches, pulls and bites hair and he directs these to sensitive parts of the mother's body. The child does not exhibit these behaviours when in the presence of his father.
What happens after: The parent has been instructed on how she should try to redirect his attention onto other things. At times she tries this but if the behaviours persist she becomes emotionally distressed and very wary of social evaluation. When she breaks down she slaps the child whilst telling him to stop.
About the child: He is 5 years old. He is very agile and restless. When he first started his main goal was to sit for 2 minutes engaged with entertaining toys - that was considered as ambitious at the time. Now he is sitting for a 60-minute work session involving tasks such as writing in imitation, colouring, etc.. He is socially responsive and takes interest in peers whom he tries to engage in 'catch' games (he touches their back, waits for them to turn then runs away). He has a problem with his diet - he likes to eat Crisps and drink Sprite. Recently he has started to eat some bread.
The question: In the meeting should we try to teach the mother Studio 3 methods on how to handle behaviours such as pinching, biting, etc? Or would this serve to justify the situation? Would behaviour management techniques be preferrable in this context?
Thanks beforehand for the help and sorry for making you go through such a long post.
Next Friday (16th December) we will be calling an emergency meeting with regards to a client who is exhibiting challenging behaviours when in the presence of his mother. The client behaves very well at STEP (Structured Training and Education Programme - programme for children with PDD and other related conditions) and quite well at school (where he has the support of a full time facilitator). Until recently the parent reported that "he played up" only when he and she were in the company of others - "to show off" in some ways. We used to observe challenging behaviours upon his reunion with his mother; we tackled this situation by disrupting the routine. The keyworker now goes down to speak to the parent before the children go down so she can pick up the child and leave before the situation escalates. However, since about a month or so the parent has become more upset suggesting that he is exhibiting these behaviours in other moments and has made requests for further support.
About the behaviours: The child kicks, punches, pinches, pulls and bites hair and he directs these to sensitive parts of the mother's body. The child does not exhibit these behaviours when in the presence of his father.
What happens after: The parent has been instructed on how she should try to redirect his attention onto other things. At times she tries this but if the behaviours persist she becomes emotionally distressed and very wary of social evaluation. When she breaks down she slaps the child whilst telling him to stop.
About the child: He is 5 years old. He is very agile and restless. When he first started his main goal was to sit for 2 minutes engaged with entertaining toys - that was considered as ambitious at the time. Now he is sitting for a 60-minute work session involving tasks such as writing in imitation, colouring, etc.. He is socially responsive and takes interest in peers whom he tries to engage in 'catch' games (he touches their back, waits for them to turn then runs away). He has a problem with his diet - he likes to eat Crisps and drink Sprite. Recently he has started to eat some bread.
The question: In the meeting should we try to teach the mother Studio 3 methods on how to handle behaviours such as pinching, biting, etc? Or would this serve to justify the situation? Would behaviour management techniques be preferrable in this context?
Thanks beforehand for the help and sorry for making you go through such a long post.