[SA] Where I work, our effort is to get the residents to talk about their problems first, instead of exploding in chaos and then talking about what is bothering them. Sometimes we have to put hands on them for the safety of ourselves including the resident involved. We all desire, hope, pray, call it what you will that a resident will choose calmness over agression in handling their problems/tension. As you say Krimel, it's hard, at times, to say which way it will be. For instance, a resident now is peeking in her aggressive behavior. No hands on yet, but it is very, very close. She has punched a hole in the wall, and when I stand near her, especially when she is angry, I really have no idea what's going on in her head, and I doubt she does either. She is losing control, and I am constantly alert as I stand near here, thinking, she might try to punch me, I'm really not sure, so I watch for any sudden movements and stand in a way that will provide me with hopefully a head start in protecting myself.
[Krimel] As I have said many times uncertainty, chance, and luck are central to our existence. Our ability to remember the past and model the future is effective in reducing the consequences of this fundamental unknown. I have read so many philosophers who acknowledge this at one point or another from Russell to Platt. I am surprised that so few have taken it as a central tenant of their thought. moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
