Advanced Skills in Supporting Changed Behaviours

Advanced Skills in Supporting Changed Behaviours provides health workers responsible for dementia care with advanced knowledge and skills in supporting people living with dementia who exhibit changed behaviours, enabling you to respond with confidence, compassion, and evidence-informed strategies.

This course also deepens your Dementia Essentials knowledge and skills through the provision of advanced topics such as:

• evidence-based strategies for behaviour prevention and response
• advanced communication and environmental interventions
• reflective practice and staff support.

Advanced Skills in Supporting Changed Behaviours forms part of the Advanced Dementia Practice Program.

Course structure

Advanced Skills in Supporting Changed Behaviours includes:

• two live sessions per unit (webinars or virtual classrooms)
  • one orientation session
  • one deep-dive learning and discussion session
• online learning at your own pace.

On completing the course, you will achieve the following unit of competency:
 

NAT10993005 – Support Changed Behaviours Associated with Dementia

The course equips you with knowledge and tools to understand, prevent, and respond to changed behaviours. Emphasis is placed on identifying underlying causes, using person-centred strategies, and applying ethical, compassionate approaches that maintain dignity and reduce harm.

Pathways to further education

Advanced Skills in Supporting Changed Behaviours provides a valuable stepping stone for learners considering further study, including pathways into programs such as those offered by Queensland University of Technology (QUT). QUT has a strong focus on dementia-related research and education, particularly in the area of responsive behaviours.

The units delivered in this course complement that work by building enhanced and applied knowledge, moving through the tiers within the National Dementia Education and Training Standards Framework (NDETSF), better preparing learners for future university-level study in dementia care, health sciences, or related fields.
 

What you’ll learn

Advanced Skills in Supporting Changed Behaviours builds clinical practice skills to:

• identify changed behaviours, triggers and patterns
• work with others to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of implemented behaviour support strategies
• work within your scope of practice and frameworks
• implement and review support strategies
• follow continuous improvement processes.
   

For more information, contact the Centre for Dementia Learning on 1300 336 368. Terms and conditions apply for online courses. RTO Provider number 2512.