Consideration as to whether somebody has ‘challenging behaviour’ is the point for attention in this first care domain.
Examples of what can be considered challenging behaviour are given as including aggression, which can be via violence or passive non-aggressive behaviour, severe disinhibition, intractable noisiness or restlessness, resistance to necessary care and treatment, severe fluctuations in mental state, extreme frustration associated with communication difficulties, inappropriate interference with others and/or identified high risk of suicide.
It should be noted that this is not intended as an exhaustive list but rather examples of what can constitute challenging behaviour.
In the behaviour domain needs are scored in range from no needs through to priority, the stepped range being no needs, low, moderate, high, severe and at the top end of the spectrum, priority.