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D1- Evaluate the impact on an individual’s wellbeing of using reactive rather than proactive strategies
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Unit 29D1- Evaluate the impact on an individual’s wellbeing of using reactive rather than proactive
strategies
In my previous tasks, I have deeply spoken about reactive and proactive strategies, but what is the
impact on an individual’s wellbeing of using reactive rather than proactive strategies? Well, below I
will evaluate.
The impact on an individual’s wellbeing of using reactive rather than proactive strategies
In previous tasks I have explained the difference between proactive and reactive strategies,
however, for this task, I will explain again. Proactive strategies are techniques used to prevent
challenging behaviour from happening. Proactive strategies are the strategies that are used ongoing
in an attempt to reduce the likelihood of an occurrence of challenging behaviour. Differently to
proactive strategies, reactive strategies are techniques that are used during an incident of
challenging behaviour. No matter how good proactive strategies are, there will always be the need
for reactive strategies. Reactive strategies are reactions to challenging behaviour, with the main goal
of trying to cut short the behaviour to minimize damage.
With the two explained their differences labelled, what is the impact on an individual’s wellbeing of
using reactive rather than proactive strategies? Well, I will evaluate below.
The effects on the physical, intellectual, emotional, and social wellbeing of an individual following
the use of reactive strategies over proactive strategies
The implementation and use of both proactive and reactive strategies can possibly affect an
individual’s wellbeing, but why does the use of only reactive strategies have a bigger effect. Like I
mentioned above, being dealt with reactively, means being dealt with at the time of the behaviour,
not before or after. So reactive strategies act as a reliever to relieve the challenging behaviour,
however, acting as relievers following the use of a reactive strategy to stop challenging behaviour
may lead a person to feel physically and emotionally effected following a reactive strategy such as
physical restraint. This is because the use of a reactive strategy such as physical restraint can lead to
injury, mistrust and possibly have long term emotional effects. In comparison with a proactive
strategy such as role modelling, a reactive strategy such as physical restraint can have a bigger
impact on wellbeing as it involves the use of restraint a measure that must only be used in the worst
circumstances. The reactive strategy physical restraint could affect an individual’s physical wellbeing
as it could be detrimental to health and lead to physical injury or illness. In turn, the use of physical
restraint can affect emotional wellbeing also, maybe the individual being restrained becomes fearful
of the restrainer and loses trust in them and maybe the application of this intervention makes the
individual being restrained become withdrawn from others, be afraid of others and lose confidence.
Overall, the application of physical restraint comes with its downsides, especially emotionally,
indifference with proactive strategies, restraint has a much bigger influence and effect on wellbeing.
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