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Stuart Sorensen

(The Care Guy)

3 new Dementia training courses Posted on 1:10pm Saturday 28th Jan 2012 Listed under: Challenging behaviour, Dementia, Mental health, Support work, Training I've just uploaded three new course outlines for dementia care workers. The new, updated courses (which are now available) are: Dementia awareness The environment of dementia Challenging behaviour in dementia You can view the course outlines by clicking the links above. Click here to contact The Care Guy and arrange training for your organisation. Name: Email: Website: Post Comment

Categories Blog 20 Commandments Anxiety Bonding Challenging behaviour Decision tree Dementia Depression Felicity Stockwell Mental Capacity Act Mental health Personality disorder Psychology Psychosis Quick guides Safeguarding Support work The guide Training Archive     2012     October The only constant is change Expectations The whole team approach If you do the same things.... you get the same results Consequence, learned behaviour and the need for boundaries Do we need help?     September A few updates Different types of challenging behaviour Challenging behaviour means…. The decision tree 6: Will this solution work? The decision tree 4&5:'What do we want' & 'Whose decision'? The Decision Tree 3: Identifying the problem Another free download Decision tree 2: Why write this series? The complex 'Decision tree' Nothing is 'just' behavioural     August Support is meaningless Don't blame 20 commandments 20: Hope Nobody's perfect 20 commandments 19: stigma Lapse is different from relapse 20 commandments 18: rights Do as I do     July 20 commandments 17: aspirations & goals Coping skills develop slowly 20 commandments 16: bureaucracy Nobody is special 20 commandments 14 & 15: physical health There is no 'us and them' New course: Hanged if you do & hanged if you don't 20 commandments 12 & 13: Meds & side effects The Guide is now an Ebook Hanged if you do, hanged if you don't Please critique this 20 Commandments 11: Supporting colleagues Not a happy puppy     June Duty of care: A slug in a bottle 20 Commandments 10: Relatives Reduced price training The meaning of recovery An exciting development 20 commandments 8 & 9: Engagement Therapeutic optimism and the self-fulfilling prophecy 20 Commandments 7: Suicidality The Care Guy's branching out The invalidating environment 20 Commandments 6: personal stuff Stress and vulnerability in mental health and disorder     May Bonding 10: Understanding Bonding and Caring (part 2) 20 Commandments 5: Professional distance Sympathy is not usually helpful Bonding 9: Understanding Bonding and Caring (part 1) 20 Commandments 4: Humour High Expressed Emotion (HEE) part 2 Unashamedly stealing other peoples' ideas Bonding 8: psycho-pathology (part 2) 20 Commandments 3: Be on time High Expressed Emotion (HEE) part 1 Bonding 7: psycho-pathology (part 1) Listen to The Care Guy delivering training 20 commandments 2: Well being and happiness Personality disorder Bonding 6: neuro-sociology     April New podcast from The Care Guy 20 commandments 2: Thou shalt respect your client and not judge Dementia part 4: Working with the limbic system Bonding 5: neuro-psychology 20 Commandments 1: Introduction The Care suitability Scale - a survey for care workers Dementia part 3 - Delirium Hodges' model - worth a look Bonding 4: neuro-physiology Dementia part 2 - orientation and memory Why The Care Guy isn't 'antipsychiatry' Bonding 3: Communication and Cultural activities. The Dementias part 1 - introduction to dementia Bonding 2: An overview Bonding 1: Introduction     March Thought Disorders Delusions (part 2) Delusions (part 1) Psychosis 1: hallucinations Depression part 2: The psychology of depression     February Depression Anxiety part 2: The psychology of anxiety Special offer from The Care Guy Mental Capacity Act: 3 types of decision Anxiety part 1 Mental Capacity Act 2005: Liberty, capacity and ‘the 3 groups’ The myth of the 'team decision' Felicity Stockwell The meaning of psychiatric diagnosis     January Course outline: Introduction to mental health and disorder Farewell Farmer George 3 new Dementia training courses The importance of physiology Course outline: Understanding the Mental Capacity Act challenging behaviour training AMHP research on stress and burnout Three models of mental health & disorder SOVA (Safeguarding) training What's a support worker worth? The mental health worker's guide