Test Your Knowledge on Supporting Individuals with Disabilities

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Duty of Care and the Least Restrictive Approach for Supporting Individuals with Disabilities

Support workers have a duty of care to protect the safety, wellbeing, and rights of those they support.
Using a restrictive practice without legal justification is against the law and includes physical restraint, medical restraint, or seclusion.
People with disabilities have the right to make unwise decisions, but this right is not absolute and may need to be limited to prevent harm.
The least restrictive approach prioritizes positive, proactive, and person-cantered approaches to address challenging behaviours.
Person-centred planning involves working closely with individuals to understand their needs, preferences, and goals.
Offering choices and modifications to activities can reduce the use of restrictive practices.
Changes to the environment can make a big difference in reducing challenging behaviours.
Positive reinforcement can be a powerful tool in reducing challenging behaviours.
Teaching new skills to individuals with disabilities can help them better manage their behaviours and reduce the need for restrictive practices.
Any use of restrictive practices must be based on individualized assessments and regularly monitored and evaluated.
Restrictive practices should only be used when there are no less restrictive alternatives available.
The focus must be on maximizing the individual's freedom and autonomy while minimizing the use of restrictive practices and removing them at the earliest possible opportunity.

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Do you work with individuals with disabilities? This quiz will test your knowledge on the duty of care and the least restrictive approach for supporting them. Learn about the legal implications of using restrictive practices, the importance of person-centred planning, and strategies for reducing challenging behaviours without resorting to restrictive measures. Take this quiz to enhance your understanding of how to better support individuals with disabilities while maximizing their freedom and autonomy.