Course Title: Respond effectively to difficult or challenging behaviour

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C4215 Certificate IV in Allied Health Assistance

Course Title: Respond effectively to difficult or challenging behaviour

Portfolio: SEH Portfolio Office

Nominal Hours: 20

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

HWSS5165C

City Campus

TAFE

155T Vocational Health and Sciences

Face-to-Face or Internet or Workplace

Term1 2011

Course Contact: Veemita Kaul

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4662

Course Contact Email: veemita.kaul@rmit.edu.au



Course Description

This course describes the skills and knowledge required to respond effectively to difficult or challenging behaviour of clients and others. This course is contextualised to reflect requirements, issues and practices specific to allied health workplaces.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

There are no pre-requisites and co-requisites for this course.



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

HLTCSD306B Respond effectively to difficult or challenging behaviour

Elements:

Apply response

Plan response

Report and review incidents


Learning Outcomes


Overview of Assessment

The assessment will involve preparing project of case studies based on clinical placement and observation in the clinical placements with questioning to address appropriate application of knowledge.