Behaviours That Challenge For healthcare professionals and volunteers who work with individuals who may display behaviours that challenge.

About the Trainer

Dr Will Curvis is a Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Tutor with extensive experience across inpatient and outpatient clinical health and neuropsychology services. His clinical background includes neurorehabilitation, A&E, Major Trauma, stroke, and acute inpatient neurosurgery settings. Alongside his clinical work, he contributes to the Clinical Psychology programme at Lancaster University, supporting the training and development of future psychologists.

Training Description

Behaviours That Challenge is designed for healthcare professionals and volunteers who work with individuals who may display behaviours that challenge. The training focuses on understanding why such behaviours occur, with particular emphasis on the role of the brain injury and context of occurrence rather than viewing behaviour in isolation.

Participants will explore the neurological, psychological, and environmental factors that contribute to behaviours that challenge, alongside the stages of a crisis and how to recognise early warning signs. The session supports attendees to make informed judgements about when behaviour is escalating and when intervention may be required.

Please note: this course does not include de-escalation techniques or hands-on physical intervention methods. The focus is on understanding, prevention, and appropriate non-physical responses.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Understand the difference between “behaviour that challenges” and “challenging behaviour”
• Identify common reasons why individuals display behaviours that challenge
• Understand the role of specific brain areas and networks in behaviour regulation
• Understand and learn to identify and observe triggers
• Recognise the stages of a crisis and early indicators of escalation
• Make informed decisions about when behaviour requires intervention
• Understand recovery needs for individuals and for staff or carers following incidents

Course schedule

Reserve your place today for just £115 + VAT.

Discounted rates are available for Headway Corporate Members and Approved Provider Care Units.  

Please note a direct email address will need to be provided for each attendee. All joining instructions will be sent to this email address two days before the training is scheduled to start.  

Other information 

For larger groups we can deliver our training directly to your organisation or team which can be a more cost-effective option, depending on attendee numbers. To make an enquiry please complete the form on our group training sessions page and a member of the team will be in touch. 

For any other information please contact a member of our Training Team.