2.2 How behaviour may be a symptom of something else

Qualification: NCFE CACHE Level 2 Certificate in Understanding Behaviour that Challenges
Unit: Unit 01: Understand behaviour that challenges
Learning outcome: 2 Understand the reasons why people present with behaviour that is perceived as challenging
Assessment criteria: 2.2. How behaviour may be a symptom of something else

• A number of factors could lead an individual to behave in certain ways.
• Individuals could have an underlying mental health condition that causes them to behave in a particular way.
• Medication can cause behaviours such as feeling drowsy, tired and irritable.
• Some individuals are sensitive to certain circumstances such as noise and heat levels which can trigger behaviours.
• Socially an individual may be struggling so they resort to behaving in a certain way to express this struggle.