And below is an example of when I found the fear – the reason why a young person had escalated behaviours. I couldn’t be precious about the swearing or the tantrum – I needed to find the source of the behaviour – and that was, as in many, many other situations – was FEAR!
Quite often we notice in our gut, that these new behaviours that challenge are an increase on the usual level. This page will detail the strategy on what to do in this situation. First of all I would suggest that you look for the Fear… the videos below explain what I mean on this and…
This is a great emotional learning tool… and we will have other videos out suggesting ways to use it with your young person. The image for the Anger Volcano can be downloaded for free at: https://camhsprofessionals.co.uk/2021/03/31/the-anger-volcano-%f0%9f%8c%8d
It’s so important – you will never de-escalate anyone if you are de-escalated yourself.