The Central Adelaide Health Network (CALHN) Complex Behaviour Program is a selection of courses designed to develop the skills, knowledge and understanding for supporting a person experiencing complex behaviour. 

Courses provided are the SA Health Introduction to Preventing and Responding to Challenging Behaviour, an online only module, Preventing and Responding to Complex Behaviour (PRCB), Safety Interventions (SI) Foundation, single day courses and Behaviour Support Training (BST), a 2 day course.

Your training recommendations may be based on where you work. More information is provided within the Program.

Aim: to provide clinicians with the skills and knowledge to support a person experiencing complex behaviour.

Intended audience: CALHN Clinical staff

Key documents:

• Our Commitment to Quality - CALHN*
• National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards
• SA Health Challenging Behaviours Strategic Framework

How this Program works

Step one:

All staff are required to complete the SA Health Introduction to Preventing and Responding to Challenging Behaviour module on employment and Minimising Restrictive Practices module, both are required as pre-requisite learning prior to booking any of the specialty courses. 

Staff are encouraged to revisit these modules as a refresher prior to attendance.

Step two:

Once the pre-requisite modules are marked as completed, you will be able to enrol into the specialty course on the page below.

Recommended training pathways have been developed to assist you in choosing the appropriate course/s based on your learning objectives and the level of occurrence in your role. Click to reveal training pathways.

Specialty Courses

Preventing and Responding to Complex Behaviours (PRCB)

Focus: – prevention, recognition, intervention (de-escalation and support escalation) and recovery

Duration: 8 hours

Safety Interventions (SI) Foundation

Focus: – recognition, de-escalation and disengagement

Duration: 8.5 hours

Behaviour Support Training (BST) - Blended PRCB and SI Program (2 Days)

Training available from mid 2025

Focus: – prevention, recognition, intervention (de-escalation and support escalation), disengagement and recovery

Duration: 15 hours (2 day course)

Complex Behaviour Program annual refreshers

*available on completion of initial full day course

PRCB – online module – 30 min equivalent (from early 2025)

Safety Intervention / BST – workshop 1.5hrs (book through Safety Interventions course)

Links to External Resources

Though there are commonalities in the way anxiety and behaviours of concern are expressed, and the way we should respond is essentially the same, there are some circumstances there may be need for variation. Consider the person living with dementia, who may have difficulty recalling what has occurred and may not be able to participate in future response planning.