Maladaptive behaviours
| Audience | Specialist school staff, Specialist college staff, Social workers, Foster carers |
|---|---|
| Course Level | 4 |
| Hours | 20 |
Learning criteria
- Explain how the attachment process in infancy promotes adaptive behaviour
- Explain the impact of adolescence on adaptability
- Consider three different types of self-harming behaviours: eating disorders
- self-injuring and substance misuse
- Explain the benefits which children and young people believe they may derive from self-harming behaviour.
- Describe positive interventions in working with children and young people who self-harm
- Analyse how adult responses to maladaptive behaviour can promote adaptiveness or reinforce harm
- Explain how you can address discrimination and promote recovery
Learning outcomes
- Understand how childhood trauma can lead to a range of self-harming behaviours
- Be able to develop skills in working effectively with children and young people who harm themselves
- Understand how systems & processes support recovery or reinforce harm