POSITIVE APPROACHES TO CHALLENGING BEHAVIOR & NON-AVERSIVE TECHNIQUES TRAINING
DSP’s, after reading the unit on Non-Assertive Techniques (or Positive Approaches), please complete the following activities:
- Teaching from the Learner’s Perspective
- Quality of Life Questions
- Functional and Age-Appropriate
- What About Your Reinforcers
- Say It Another Way
- Quality of Life Worksheet
- Important Values
Once the Activities have been completed, DSP must take the Non-Aversive Techniques test (below).
Positive Approaches to Challenging Behaviors Non-aversive Techniques Test
RESOURCE MATERIALS
Some content in this section has been adapted from the following resource materials:
Providing Residential Services in Community Settings: A Training Guide
Michigan Department of Mental Health, 1995
www.michigan.gov/afchfa
Licensing Rules for Adult Foster Care family Homes
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dhs/BCAL-PUB-0332_281384_7.pdf
Licensing Rules for Adult foster Care large Group Homes (13-20)
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dhs/DHS-BCAL-PUB-334_276575_7.pdf
Licensing Rules for Adult Foster Care Group Homes (12 or Less)
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dhs/BCAL-PUB-0333_241598_7.pdf
Certification of Specialized Programs Offered In Adult Foster Care Home To Clients With Mental Illness or Developmental Disability
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dhs/BCAL-PUB-0336_214333_7.pdf
California Department of Developmental Services: Direct Support Professional Training Year 1 and Year 2 Teacher and Student Resource Guides, 2004
https://www.dds.ca.gov/services/dspt/year-1-2-trainer-and-student-resource-guides/
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs