Trainee Assessment

For this task, you need to provide details of a situation where you experienced challenging behaviour and how you have implemented and evaluated to reduce the need for challenging behaviours.

Complete all written tasks in this assessment before asking your observer to complete the observation from to confirm that you are able to respond to challenging behaviour by identifying, implementing and evaluating positive support strategies to reduce the need for a person to use challenging behaviour.

The observer must be a person who has observed your work over a period of time and can confirm that you complete the tasks to the standard required. Your observer will complete the following observation from and may ask questions about what you are doing or what you have done previously. They may have recently seen you do one or more of these tasks. If so, they can record on the form evidence previously seen, heard, documented or filed.

Your assessor may contact your observer to discuss their comments.

Read the observation form so you know what is being observed.

Describe a situation where you experienced behaviour that challenged you and how you responded.  Challenging behaviour might include aggressive behaviour, repetitive behaviour, invasion of personal space, defiance or another type you identify yourself.

In your answer you must describe the behaviour and the situation. This situation will be used to complete the rest of the questions in this task.

What factors were associated with the person's behaviour? In your answer, say how these factors affected the person you support. Factors may include but are not limited to - communication, environment, the level of control the individual has over his/her own life, power over the individual by others, service limitations, relationships, cultural factors, quality of lifestyle, health issues, syndromes, medication, anxiety, sensory issues, response to trauma/abuse, function of the behaviour for the person being supported.

What three factors did you identify which could reduce the need for the person to use challenging behaviour?

In your answer, explain how the factors could reduce the need for the person to use challenging behaviour.

Factors may include but are not limited to - the support person's approach/parenting style, the number of individuals involved, the consistency of approach from individuals involved, mode or frequency of communication, changes to environment, opportunities to make choices, consequences, teaching new skills.