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Mental Health/Adult Psychiatry
The move to community support services for people with mental health problems is changing the face of our service provision in the UK. There has been an increasing interest in self and citizen advocacy in this area. With our behaviour management philosophy we adopt an approach which involves asking service users how they wish their behaviour to be managed. Many people with chronic mental illnesses may experience a repeated number of episodes in their lives that are both distressing and frightening. We believe that the more control and choice that can be given to individuals in these situations the better the prognosis from a behaviour management perspective.
Studio 3 is a specialist research and training organisation founded over ten years ago.
The overall aim of the organisation is to provide "The highest quality and standards of training in the management and prevention of violence and aggression for professionals providing treatment and care".
Studio 3 has an entirely new approach to training in the management of aggressive or challenging behaviours in mental healthcare. Studio 3 Training Systems provides a non aversive approach to the management of challenging behaviours.
Studio 3 provides criterion based training, working with staff to develop specific skills to meet the particular needs of the service user. It is essential that the background to the service user's problems is understood by all staff and that this understanding is used to define the direction in which these problems may be addressed.
Studio 3 designed the training with the simple philosophy that training should be:
- Valid
- Reliable
- Clinically Relevant
- Socially Acceptable
Studio 3 does not provide generic physical intervention strategies. Our work is designed to promote the management of challenging behaviour in a totally non-violent and dignified way by the use of early intervention strategies, 'low-arousal' techniques and non-aversive physical skills.
This new training system provides the only credible and real alternative to traditional 'control and restraint' approaches.
Studio 3 has a unique position in today's training environment and our courses are currently being delivered to a number of services in the statutory, private and voluntary sectors. Its objectives are firmly established. These are to give carers the skills to manage challenging behaviours whilst at the same time maintain a positive relationship between themselves and the service users.
The typical composition of a training programme is a series of workshops, seminars and courses that meet the specific needs of the organisation.
- One day practice and policy development workshops.
- Two day reactive planning and clinical intervention seminars.
- Three day management and prevention courses, providing staff with a basic understanding of 'low arousal approaches' and a unique series of physical management strategies including alternatives to 'floor restraint'.
The network of services who use our approach are also provided a unique opportunity to discuss the problems of implementation and improvement of health and social care at our regular conferences. With the true nature of the violence and challenging behaviour revealed by our survey an organisation can set the priorities to manage the change safe in the knowledge it has the partnership of a premier training organisation with the same agenda.
