The staff development coordinator planning to teach the use of physical management techniques
when clients become assaultive should stress the importance of
a. spontaneity and surprise.
b. practice and teamwork.
c. caution and superior size.
d. diversion and physical outlets.
B
Intervention techniques are learned behaviors and must be practiced to be used in a smooth,
organized fashion. Every member of the intervention team should be assigned a specific task to carry
out before beginning the intervention. The other options are useless if the staff does not know how to
use physical techniques and how to apply them in an organized fashion.
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