Helping you with challenging behaviour

Someone with challenging behaviour might:

• hit other people or objects like a wall
• kick other people or objects like a door
• get very upset
• scream, shout, or cry
• throw things
• hurt themselves

Challenging behaviour can make it difficult for someone to do every day things like making friends, going to the park, or getting on with brothers and sisters.

Challenging behaviour can be caused by lots of different things. For example:

• feeling upset because you can not do something having a pain
• the people around you
• the room or space around you.

Difference between challenging behaviour and learning disability:

• Challenging behaviour is not a learning disability.
• People with a learning disability are more likely to show challenging behaviour.
• This is because people with a learning disability can find it hard to let other people know what they want, need or feel.