DES COOKE BCBA
Des has been a Trainer for many years and now runs a training and consultancy company called D.ESCAL8 (pronounced de-escalate).
Des grew up with disabilities as part of his life, with family working in the industry and a close family member with a learning disability. Through his working career Des has assisted many families with their relatives who display distress in an unorthodox manner. Des disagrees with the common use of the outdated term Challenging Behaviour.
Des is also a carer for the Shared Lives Scheme in West Wales. As well as finding this role rewarding, challenging and a lot of fun it also means he has ‘real life’ experience of caring for individuals on a day to day basis.
Through a lot of studying and training Des developed a system which, from numerous testimonials, is different and superior to common training in this field. It is this training that the Family Support Project is committed to bringing to families.
Des runs open courses, not just for family, but also specialist courses for independent carers / therapists / support staff who cannot access training through an employer.
Please see descooke.me for all Des’s work
QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING
2022
- Various Online CPD courses
- Introduction to Process Based Behaviour Therapy
- Mastering Clinical Conversations - Relational Frame Theory
2021
- Various Online CPD courses
- First Aid Training
2020
- Various Online CPD courses
- Prosocial Facilitators Training
2019
- Various Online CPD courses
- Personality Disorder Training
- Mental Health Awareness
- Responsive Communication: sensory processing,communication and autism
- UK-SBA Speakers Series with Andy Bondy (PECS)
2018
- Various Online CPD courses
- Social & Emotional Learning in Schools
- Board Certified Behaviour Analyst
- UK-SBA Speakers Series with Professor Greg Hanley
- First Aid Training
2017
- Advanced Topics in Behaviour Analysis
- Ethical and Professional Conduct of Behaviour Analysts
- Targeted Topics in Behaviour Analysis: Essentials of Organizational Behaviour Management
- Positional Asphyxia Course
- Decreasing, Eliminating, and Replacing Problem Behaviour
- Introduction to Ethical & Professional Conduct of Behaviour Analysts
- Developing, Strengthening and Maintaining Behaviour
- Sensory Process Disorder Awareness Diploma
- Risk Assessment Training
2016
- Basic Elements of Applied Behaviour Analysis
- Foundations, Concepts, and Principles of Behaviour Analysis
- CTLLS
- Dementia: Understanding and Managing Challenging Behaviour
- Adults at risk (Safeguarding – Protection of Vulnerable Adults (POVA))
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Learning Disabilities and Dementia
- Epipen
2015
- PTLLS
- Learning Disability Equality awareness training
- Mental Capacity Act training
- Quality Management System Training
- Emergency First Aid
2014
- Epilepsy Awareness Training
- Epipen
- Food Safety and Hygiene Course
- Skills for Care (original member of physical interventions focus group)
- SCIF (Social Care Induction Framework – working group in West Wales)
2013
- Adult Placement Award - 3 day
- Epipen
- Adult Placement Award – Medication
- Mental Capacity Act
- Food Safety Awareness
- Safeguarding Essential Awareness
- Epilepsy Awareness
- Learning Disability Equality
PRIOR
- Neuro Linguistic Programming – Master Practitioner
- The Open University
- Master of Science in Psychology (F15)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Social Sciences (D41)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Studies in Education (C27)
- Bachelor of Science (Honours) Open (BD)
- Diploma in Information Technology (D38)
- Exploring cognition: damaged brains and neural networks (DS871)
- Cognitive psychology (D309)
- Child development in families, schools and society (ED840)
- Introduction to research: basic skills and survey methods (DT840)
- The challenge of the social sciences (D820)
- Digital communications (T305)
- Information technology and society (THD204)
