Chapter 1
What is the best restraint?
No restraint.
True or false. Do employee attitudes influence client behavior?
True or False. Trauma and/or History must be considered.
True.
Can my presentation or behavior trigger a client?
Yes
Should we infantilize someone with a disability?
No.
Does Pro-ACT focus on an approach or techniques?
Define Attitude.
A habitual way of thinking.
What is baseline behavior?
Normal every-day behavior.
What are some symptoms of escalation?
What are some possible triggers?
Bullying. Name-calling. Loss of a sponsor. Hungry. Miss parents. Bad news from home, etc.
Complete this statement. All behavior is a form of _________.
Communication
Define Mood.
Refers to a feeling state.
What in our environment presents possible barriers or hazards?
Furniture. Small room. Objects could be thrown. Locked door.
How long can the assault crisis last?
It ranges from 1 minute to an hour, to a whole entire day.
Complete this statement. Behavior is designed to ____________.
Meet a need.
What does Pro-ACT stand for?
Professional Assault Crisis Training.
Define motivation.
Why we started and why we continue this work.
Complete this statement. How I dress _________________________.
Complete this statement. The assault cycle pattern is consistent, but not _________.
Inevitable.
Complete this statement. Assault occurs when developmental level ________.
Regresses.
Who Created Pro-ACT?
Paul A Smith in 1975.
What are the 3 features of professionalism?
Attitude. Mood. Motivation.
What are the 3 most common means of suicides in care facilities?
Overdoses, Hanging, Cutting
Name the 5 phases of the assault cycle.
Triggering Event. Escalation. Assault Crisis. Recovery. Post-Crisis Depression.
List the 5 levels of communication.
Withdrawal -> Passivity -> Assertion -> Aggression -> Assault