Credit: CC0 Public Domain The research results, an easy-to-read summary, a summary of the guidelines, and a series of video...
The research results, an easy-to-read summary, a summary of the guidelines, and a series of video interviews with people with learning disabilities created and guided the Who Challenges training project published today. in the educational evaluation center. from the University of Warwick. and Research (CEDAR).
The training course Who Challenges Wen (WCW) is a course of half a day on the intention of personal social services designed employee attitudes towards people with to learn to improve the disorders that present difficult behavior. A two-year research project led by the Cardiff University Cardiff Research Center (CEDAR) and the Cardiff Research Center, with support from Mencap, examined the impact of the course on caregivers and people with learning disabilities. I developed it. and they delivered it together.
The project team has compiled and published a series of online resources [LINK] to explain why the research was conducted and why it is important that the training be created and conducted jointly by people with learning disabilities. and what a large-scale study on the effectiveness of training has found.
A series of video interviews in which Ben and Phil, two of the coaches, share their experiences of conducting the training course and their attitude to participating in the project.
About one in six people with learning difficulties are involved in difficult behaviors, including aggression, self-harm, and property damage. In social and health contexts, the attitudes and actions of employees may make the behavior they challenge more likely and affect the quality of care of a person. The WCW employee training course has been developed in collaboration with people with learning disabilities to address the lack of empathy and negative attitudes of employees.
Each training course was conducted by a person with learning difficulties, whose behavior was described as "difficult" and who was supported by a person without learning difficulties. During the half-day course, employees heard their coach's comments directly on their experiences and feelings on topics such as communication, living conditions, medications, moderation and inclusion. Employees were also encouraged to introduce themselves in various typical situations and to discuss the characteristics that contributed to attracting attention and support. Two more training calls were also part of the intervention.
Initially, a large randomized controlled group study was conducted during a survey to evaluate the training. The study was conducted by the Center for Development, Evaluation and Research in Education at the University of Warwick (CEDAR) and the Center for Research at Cardiff University with the support of Mencap and funded by the NIHR School. for nursing research.
Overall, the study found that the training had achieved the goal of having a positive impact on employee attitudes.
Partnering with people with intellectual disabilities was one of the project's biggest achievements from the beginning. The employees benefited from the experiences of people with intellectual disabilities:
"I think a lot of courses have told us things that we already knew because we work with these adults everyday, but the fact that a person with a learning disability gives them from their point of view, it was interesting, it was a revelation. "
For mentally impaired trainers, it was important to play a valuable role in getting a decent wage for their experience. The coaches also liked to use their own experiences to work for others:
"When I've at least changed a person's life in the system for the better, I've done my job, and that's why I train for that satisfaction."
Professor Richard Hastings, a professor at CEDAR, said: "We can now say with certainty that WCW has significant potential to contribute to the field of staff training with people with challenging behavior costs a job. Positive results , receive positive feedback from employees and are led by people with learning difficulties. "
Zac Taylor, Head of Strategy and Design at Mencap, said: "Many people with learning disabilities have a life in which they are unlikely to contribute to the world they live in. As a paid coach with the agreed responsibility for conducting the training , it is changing This: People are recognized as such Qualified people who are treated as active participants in your community increase their self-esteem and give people the opportunity to know that they have contributed to something meaningful and valuable. "
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Elizabeth Randell et al. Effectiveness of the "Who Challenges Who" training measure to improve attitudes and empathy towards adults with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviors: Study protocol for a randomized controlled group study, papers (2017). DOI: 10.1186 / s13063-017-2175-1
Who defies whom? warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/cedar/whoschallengingwho/
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