Sutton Parents Forum

With Yvonne Newbold

 Solutions, Strategies, Approaches and Thinking Differently

 What is SEND Violent and/or Challenging Behaviour (VCB)

• The Stigma of VCB and how it effects the whole family
• Why VCB Happens, looking at extreme anxiety and it’s causes in children and young people with a neurodevelopmental condition such as an intellectual disability, autism including PDA or ADHD
• Diagnostic overshadowing
• Reducing meltdowns
• How all behaviour is communication
• The Fight and Flight Response
• What anxiety can look like in children and young people
• Looking at it from a child’s perspective and working outwards from there including
• Common Causes of Anxiety in SEND children ❖ Sensory Issues ❖ Communication ❖ Rigid Routines ❖ Resistance to change ❖ Processing speed ❖ Transitions ❖ Theory of Mind❖ Inflexible thinking ❖ Masking