The Controller in Their Hands Might Be the Calmest Tool in the Room…
Video games get dismissed as pure entertainment, but used thoughtfully, they can be a genuinely effective tool for helping residents regulate emotion and reduce anxiety. The key word is thoughtfully — game choice, structure, and screen-time balance all matter. Direct Care Training’s Group Living Course 1265: Assisting the Group Home Resident to Use Video Games […]
Not Every Challenging Moment Is a Crisis — Staff Need to Know the Difference…
Treating every difficult behavior like an emergency wears staff out and can escalate situations that didn’t need to escalate at all — while missing the signs of an actual crisis puts everyone at risk. Direct Care Training’s Behavior and Crisis Intervention Training for Caregivers teaches staff to tell the difference and respond to each appropriately. […]