Coping with Violence and Aggression

Synopsis: Series of 21 trigger films - short sequences of potentially violent situations shot from the point of view of a member of staff coming on to the scene - designed to initiate role plays and/or discussions of the possible ways to handle such situations. They illustrate possible confrontations in residential/day care institutions (for staff working with adolescents, the elderly, the mentally ill or handicapped); the domestic environment (for any staff, social workers, probation officers, housing officers, etc. who may have to visit clients in their homes); reception areas (appropriate for any local or central governent department; a library, pub or alleyway (designed to explore general fears about meeting and coping with violence).
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of production: 1986
Notes: Reviewed in ‘Health Visitor’ Vol 60 (1/87).
Documentation: Accompanying booklet.
Uses: Staff in the social, health or voluntary services.*
Subjects: Social welfare
Keywords: aggression; trigger videos; violent behaviour; welfare services

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Notes: A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.

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