Across the table: Stories & Insights

Questions to ask your SIL Provider! Are you looking for a new SIL provider? These questions are a good starting point to help you get to know whether they might be a good fit for your needs.

Supporting another human in the care and support environment, requires you to reflect on your experiences, your interactions, responses, reactions, and behaviours. Understanding your style (of interaction) and reflecting on your practice, will enhance the experience for the person being supported or cared for, and will support you to grow into a considerate and adaptable worker.

Most workers who support people with disability will have come across the ABC Model of Behaviour at some point in their work life. Many workers that I speak to about ABC, hear the terminology and immediately think of it as a simple recording tool, when in fact it is so much more.

In discussions regarding behaviour support, it’s common for the topic of ’behaviour triggers’ to arise. In fact, in my experience, it’s common for the topic to be the sole focus of the discussion.