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Page | 0 Foundation Competences: examples capacity to adapt interventions to client need ability to foster and maintain a good intervention alliance knowledge of professional and ethical guidelines Behaviour Change Competences: examples capacity to implement models in a flexible manner capacity to select and apply the most appropriate intervention method ability to take a generic assessment Behaviour Change Techniques: number for each route M = 7 BTCs A = 11 BCTs P = 39 BCTs M = 9 BTCs A = 13 BCTs P = 5 BCTs M = 5 BTCs A = 6 BCTs P = 3 BCTs Low Intensity Interventions Medium Intensity Interventions High Intensity Interventions Health Behaviour Change Competency Framework: Competences to deliver interventions to change lifestyle behaviours that affect health 10/11/2010 Diane Dixon and Marie Johnston

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Foundation Competences:examples

capacity to adapt

interventions to client need

ability to foster and maintain

a good intervention alliance

knowledge of professional and

ethical guidelines

Behaviour Change

Competences:examples

capacity to implement models

in a flexible manner

capacity to select and apply the

most appropriate intervention

method

ability to take a generic

assessment

Behaviour Change Techniques:number for each route

M = 7 BTCs A = 11 BCTs P = 39 BCTs

M = 9 BTCs A = 13 BCTs P = 5 BCTs

M = 5 BTCs A = 6 BCTs P = 3 BCTs Low Intensity

Interventions

Medium Intensity

Interventions

High Intensity

Interventions

Health Behaviour Change

Competency Framework: Competences to deliver interventions to change

lifestyle behaviours that affect health 10/11/2010

Diane Dixon and Marie Johnston

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Contents

page

Executive Summary 2

Background 4

Development of the HBCC Framework 5

The Health Behaviour Change Competency Framework (HBCC) 7

Delivering Behaviour Change 9

Low Intensity Interventions 9

Medium Intensity Interventions 10

High Intensity Interventions

11

Mapping the Health Behaviour Change Competency Framework to the

Knowledge and Skills Framework 13

Competences Described in the Training Manual For Alcohol Brief

Interventions 14

Future Directions 15

Acknowledgements 16

Appendix 1 17

The HBCC Hierarchy and KSF Mapping

Appendix 2 39

Competences described in Alcohol Brief Interventions: Training

Manual NHS Health Scotland, 2009

Appendix 3

How the HBCC was developed 44

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Foundation Competences:examples

capacity to adapt

interventions to client need

ability to foster and maintain

a good intervention alliance

knowledge of professional and

ethical guidelines

Behaviour Change

Competences:examples

capacity to implement models

in a flexible manner

capacity to select and apply the

most appropriate intervention

method

ability to take a generic

assessment

Behaviour Change Techniques:number for each route

M = 7 BTCs A = 11 BCTs P = 39 BCTs

M = 9 BTCs A = 13 BCTs P = 5 BCTs

M = 5 BTCs A = 6 BCTs P = 3 BCTs Low Intensity

Interventions

Medium Intensity

Interventions

High Intensity

Interventions

Executive Summary

This report builds on earlier work described in the document Generic Health Behaviour

Change: a Comprehensive Competency Framework (GHBC-CF). The GHBC-CF described a

comprehensive list of competences required by workers delivering health behaviour change

across different health behaviours and to different clients and client groups. This report

orders those competences into a hierarchical framework: The Health Behaviour Change

Competency Framework (HBCC), designed to support a tiered approach to interventions for

health behaviour change.

The competency framework describes three competency domains:

• Foundation Competences

• Behaviour Change Competences

• Behaviour Change Techniques

Competences within the three domains are organised into three levels characterised by the

intensity of the health behaviour change intervention being delivered:

1. Low intensity interventions

Interventions delivered per protocol (i.e. following an agreed ‘script’) with restricted

flexibility for change by the practitioner. Interventions will primarily be brief and will

include opportunistic delivery. Clients may present with few or mild (but not

moderate or severe) physical co-morbidities (i.e. few of those additional illnesses

which often occur together).

2. Medium intensity

Interventions for which there is a manual but which offer the practitioner some

flexibility in delivery. Interventions might be of longer duration, either in the form of

a longer single session or multiple sessions. Interventions could be delivered

opportunistically or via self-referral or referral from other services. Clients may

present with mild to moderate (but not severe) physical co-morbidities.

3. High intensity

Flexible interventions delivered to match the assessed needs of the client. Typically

interventions will be of longer duration on referral from other services. Clients may

present with moderate or complex physical co-morbidities and may present with

moderate mental health co-morbidities.

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How has the HBCC been Used? The competences described in the Health Behaviour Change Competency Framework

(HBCC) have been mapped to the competences described in the Knowledge and Skills

Framework (KSF). In addition, competences described in NHS Health Scotland’s training

manual for alcohol brief interventions (2009) have been mapped to the competences

described in the HBCC.

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Background

The shift from an acute to a chronic model of health puts human health behaviour at the

centre of health policy and health care delivery. Health behaviours such as smoking, alcohol

consumption, diet and physical activity make a significant contribution to the health status

of individuals, communities and populations. Social patterning of these key health

behaviours also contributes to health inequalities. The Scottish Government has expressed

a commitment to improving the health and wellbeing of the population as a whole and to

reducing Scotland’s health inequalities in particular. Government recognises that changing

the health behaviours of a population will require interventions delivered at individual,

household, community and population levels1. These interventions will vary in scope,

design and the behaviour change techniques employed, but all will benefit from the

application of the science of behaviour change. This science employs theoretical models of

behaviour and behaviour change that have been subjected to rigorous testing and extensive

evaluation.

A model of health that recognises the central role of behaviour and behaviour change has

significant implications for the training of health professionals and other workers

responsible for delivering behaviour change. The Health Behaviour Change Competency

Framework (HBCC) described here orders the competences described in the document

Generic Health Behaviour Change: A Comprehensive Competency Framework into a

hierarchy, to be used to develop training programs for health and other professionals. The

competency hierarchy enables a cumulative approach to training in health behaviour

change. A wide range of staff could receive the basic training required to deliver low

intensity interventions, but this basic training can be built upon to enable staff to acquire

the competences required to deliver more intensive interventions to clients with more

complex needs.

The competency hierarchy has been developed to describe the competences required to

deliver interventions of differing intensity. Three levels of intervention intensity are

described: low, medium and high intensity interventions. The competences required to

deliver each level of intervention have been mapped to the Knowledge and Skills

Framework (KSF). This will enable the HBCC-training framework to be integrated into

current competency frameworks used in the NHS.

The HBCC will be of use to:

• Educators: to develop training programmes to skill the workforce to deliver

interventions at different levels of intensity.

• Employers of frontline staff: to describe competences required for advertised posts

and to assess the competences of applicants.

• Frontline workers: to identify their current skill level within the HBCC training

framework.

• Policy workers: to analyse current training provision.

1 National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (2007). Public Health Guidance 6: Behaviour change

at population, community and individual levels. Available at: www.nice.org.uk/PH6

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Development of the HBCC Framework

The competences within the HBCC were identified by examining the published evidence

base. Several sources of information were consulted2.

• Relevant professional competency frameworks

• Systematic reviews of interventions for behaviour change

• Manuals for behaviour change interventions

• NHS and Health Scotland Skills for Health and competency frameworks for alcohol

brief interventions

Competencies identified in the published evidence base were ordered into three

competency domains: foundation, behaviour change and behaviour change techniques.

Then, competencies within each domain were ordered into the three level hierarchy;

competencies relevant to the delivery of low, medium or high intensity interventions. The

ordering of competencies was carried out independently3 by the authors of this report, who

were aided by their collaborative network of research active and practicing health and

clinical psychologists.

Developed to be Consistent with Behaviour Change Models In addition, the HBCC was developed to take account of the latest work on models of

behaviour and behaviour change. Numerous modals of human behaviour are available. The

question therefore arose as to which model was most suitable for a competency framework

for the delivery of health behaviour change. Unfortunately, there is little evidence available

to determine the use of one model in preference to any other. Indeed, the National

Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, in its review, Behaviour Change at Population,

Community and Individual Levels indicates that the evidence does not support any one

model in particular4. Rather, NICE suggests that training programmes should be based on

competencies and skills, rather than focussed on specific models. The HBCC, therefore,

does not employ any one model of behaviour change; rather, it describes a route MAP to

behaviour change, which includes many of the concepts identified by NICE to be used to

structure and inform interventions.

The route MAP is a useful tool to summarise the central tenets of multiple models of

behaviour change. The MAP describes three routes to behaviour: MOTIVATION

development; ACTION on motivation and PROMPTED or cued routes. Within the HBCC

behaviour change is initiated and maintained through the development of strategies to

increase and maintain motivation and to improve and broaden skills that enable that

motivation to be translated into action. In addition, the HBCC includes a third route, the

prompted or cued route, and this route supports behaviour change without the need for the

constant cognitive effort required by the other routes. The effectiveness of the prompted

2 See Appendix 3 for full details of information sources used in the development of the HBCC

3 Colleagues ordered the competencies independently. This enabled the level of agreement between

colleagues to be calculated. The level of agreement was above 0.7 in both cases (ordering competencies

into domains and ordering into the hierarchy), which is the accepted level for reliability in judgement tasks

such as this. This means the HBCC is not simply a consensus document. 4 Behaviour Change at Population, Community and Individual Levels (2007) National Institute for Health

and Clinical Excellence, Public Health Guidance 6.

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route is strongly supported by the evidence base. The current fashion for ‘nudging’

behaviour change would largely be accounted for by the prompted route.

Developed to be Useful to a Variety of Audiences The HBCC identifies the competencies required to deliver behaviour change interventions

generically, i.e. across different behaviours and via each of the three routes. In addition, it

also identifies behaviour change techniques that promote change via each of the three

routes. As a consequence, the HBCC was developed to provide a tool for:

• Practitioners to structure their work to ensure their clients receive interventions that

target the route(s) most appropriate for them. The HBCC is also consistent with the

model of behaviour change that currently has greatest currency with practitioners,

namely the Stages of Change model. This consistency will ensure the HBCC has face

validity for practitioners.

• Educators to plan training programmes to skill workers to deliver interventions that

exploit all three routes.

• Managers to specify and describe the competences required for particular roles.

• Policy workers to develop policy that employs all routes to promote behaviour change

and to avoid over reliance on any one particular route.

Developed to be Consistent with an Asset Based Approach to Health The HBCC is consistent with an asset based approach to health. The HBCC describes three

competency domains, each of which are designed to deliver the professional skills required

for a collaborative model of health and health behaviour change. Foundation competences

describe communication skills that enable the practitioner to learn from their clients. This

collaborative approach enables a client to speak about the issues that are of greatest

concern to them and what they want to change (as opposed to what the professional thinks

should be of concern and should be changed). The behaviour change competences and the

behaviour change techniques employ and build on these collaborative communication skills

to develop an understanding of a client’s existing skills and abilities and the environment in

which they live their daily life. They build on these existing skills to enable the client to

develop behaviour change strategies suitable for their needs in their environment. For

example, clients identify those skills they already possess which can be garnered to support

their behaviour change activity and the professional and client work together to explore

ways in which any barriers might realistically be overcome. The HBCC is an asset based

approach to health behaviour change.

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Foundation

Competencies

Behaviour

Change

Competencies

Behaviour

Change

Techniques

The Health Behaviour Change Competency

Framework (HBCC)

General Structure of the HBCC Framework The HBCC is organised into three competency domains: foundation,

behaviour change and behaviour change techniques (BCTs). The foundation

and behaviour change competency domains are organised into twelve

competency topics. The BCTs are organised into a MAP of behaviour change,

which is composed of three routes to behaviour change: motivation

development, action on motivation and prompted behaviour.

The competences in each domain are organised into a three level hierarchy.

This hierarchy describes the competences relevant to the delivery of low,

medium and high intensity interventions. The hierarchy is cumulative, in that

competency to work at any given level assumes possession of the

competences described at all lower levels.

Foundation competences The foundation competency domain is described by twelve competency topics. At its core

are the communication skills required to develop an effective intervention alliance.

Additional topics cover the professional and ethical guidelines required for effective practice

with different clients and client groups.

Behaviour change competences The behaviour change competency domain is composed of twelve topics. These topics

cover knowledge of the relationship between behaviour and health status. This domain

requires knowledge of models and theories of behaviour and how these have been used to

develop behaviour change interventions. It describes the general assessment and core

intervention skills required to implement theory based interventions for behaviour change

in practice.

Behaviour Change Techniques This domain delivers the full breadth of behaviour change techniques to the HBC

framework. The 89 techniques relevant to health behaviour change identified in the

literature have been organised into three routes to behaviour and behaviour change:

Motivation development (e.g. motivational interviewing, recording the consequences of

behaviour); Action on motivation (e.g. setting behavioural goals, providing feedback on

performance) and Prompted or cued behaviour (e.g. change the environment to facilitate

the target behaviour, provide rewards contingent on target behaviour being performed).

This MAP of behaviour change can be used to ensure that interventions and training

programmes exploit each route to behaviour change.

The organisation of the HBCC, including the hierarchy of competences, is shown in Figure 1

overleaf and used in simplified form on the cover.

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Delivering Behaviour Change

Competences within the HBCC are organised into a 3 level hierarchy. This hierarchy

describes the competences relevant to the delivery of low, medium and high intensity

interventions. This 3 level hierarchy should be considered a developing rather than

definitive structure for the promotion of health behaviour change.

NHS Scotland recognises that all NHS sectors have a contribution to make to health

improvement. The concept of a health promoting health service, which aims to support the

development of a health promoting culture will require input from the whole workforce. A

change of culture will only be achieved if all staff feel they have a role to play in the

promotion of health. Staff need not necessarily be trained to deliver behaviour change

interventions to make a significant contribution, rather, all staff should have the ability to

identify opportunities to promote health behaviour change, for example through a general

awareness of the role of behaviour in health and an ability to signpost people to suitable

services.

Low Intensity Interventions5

The health promoting health service views every healthcare contact as a health

improvement opportunity. Low intensity interventions represent a skill set that will enable

frontline staff to identify opportunities for brief interventions and to deliver those

interventions as each opportunity for health improvement presents itself.

The term ‘low intensity’ is used to describe interventions that are delivered as described in

an intervention manual, with little or no flexibility to deviate from the described protocol.

Clients receiving low intensity interventions are likely to have few physical co-morbidities

that could be problematic in relation to behaviour change interventions. Low intensity

interventions are exemplified by alcohol brief interventions. The competences required for

delivery of low level interventions can be considered as a core set of competences for

generic health behaviour change. These competences are required by everyone delivering

interventions to change health behaviours.

Competences for Delivery of Low Intensity Interventions

Foundation: Competences from nine of the twelve foundation competency topics are

required for the delivery of low intensity interventions (F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, F7, F9, F10, F12).

In five of the nine topics the majority of individual competences described are required for

delivery of low level interventions.

• F1: knowledge of professional and ethical guidelines.

• F2: ability to make use of supervision.

• F3: knowledge of and ability to work with difference.

• F5: ability to engage client.

• F10: ability to deliver information.

5 Full details of the individual competences within each topic and each domain required for delivery of low level

interventions are provided in Appendix 1

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Behaviour Change: Competences from nine of the twelve behaviour change

competency topics are required for the delivery of low intensity interventions (BC1, BC2,

BC3, BC4, BC7, BC8, BC9, BC10, BC12). In five of the nine a large proportion of the

individual competences are required for delivery of low level interventions.

• BC1: knowledge of health behaviour and health behaviour problems.

• BC2: ability to undertake a generic assessment.

• BC3: knowledge of a model of behaviour change and the ability to employ the model

in practice.

• BC4: ability to agree goals for the intervention.

• BC10: health behaviour problem solving ability.

Behaviour Change Techniques: Competency to deliver 13 behaviour change

techniques is required for the delivery of low intensity interventions. These 13 BCTs

represent each of the three routes to change as follows.

• 5 BCTs via Motivation development.

• 6 BCTs via Action on motivation.

• 3 BCTs via Prompted or cued route to behaviour.

Medium Intensity Interventions6

Medium intensity interventions will primarily be delivered to clients referred from other

services or clients who self-refer. Practitioners at this level will be skilled to deliver

interventions to clients with more complex needs, for example the presence of multiple

physical co-morbidities and/or mild mental health morbidity. Medium intensity

interventions may involve some flexibility in the delivery of an intervention manual. This

flexibility might typically take the form of the practitioner identifying, from a range of BCTs,

those that are best suited to the assessed needs of an individual client. Medium intensity

interventions will generally be of longer duration, and might involve multiple sessions.

These competences are in addition to those required to deliver low intensity interventions.

Competences for Delivery of Medium Intensity Interventions

Foundation: Competences from ten of the twelve foundation topics are required for

delivery of medium level interventions (F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, F6, F7, F9, F10, F12). Delivery of

medium level interventions requires the majority of individual competences in six

competency topics. In addition to the five topics listed above for low intensity

interventions, the majority of competences in topic G6 are also required for delivery of

medium level interventions.

• F6: ability to work with groups of clients.

Behaviour Change: Competences from nine of the twelve behaviour change

competency topics are required for the delivery of medium intensity interventions (BC1,

BC2, BC3, BC4, BC7, BC8, BC9, BC10, BC12). In all nine a large proportion of the individual

competences are required for delivery of medium level interventions. In addition, to the

five topics listed above for low intensity interventions, a large proportion of the individual

6 Full details of the individual competences within each topic and each domain required for delivery of

medium level interventions are provided in Appendix 1

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competences within the following topics are required for delivery of medium level

interventions:

• BC7: capacity to implement behaviour change in a manner that is consonant with its

underlying philosophy.

• BC8: ability to structure consultations.

• BC9: ability to use measures and self-monitoring to guide interventions and to

monitor outcome.

• BC12: ability to end the intervention in a planned manner and to plan for long-term

maintenance of gains.

Behaviour Change Techniques: An additional 27 BCTs have been identified as

relevant to the delivery of medium intensity interventions. These additional BCTs operate

primarily through the Motivation development and Action on motivation routes, although

BCTs that operate via the Prompted or cued route are also included.

• 9 BCTs via Motivation development.

• 13 BCTs via Action on motivation.

• 5 BCTs via Prompted or cued route to behaviour.

High Intensity Interventions7

High intensity interventions are typically flexible interventions that can be tailored to

address the assessed needs of the client. Typically interventions will be of longer duration

and will include multiple sessions. High intensity interventions will be delivered on referral

from other services. Clients might present with moderate or complex physical co-

morbidities and may present with moderate mental health co-morbidities.

These competences are in addition to the competences required to deliver low and medium

intensity interventions.

Competences for Delivery of High Intensity Interventions Foundation: The delivery of high intensity interventions requires additional

competences in five of the foundation competency topics, already required for delivery of

low and medium intensity interventions (F2, F3, F4, F5, F7). In addition, two competency

topics are unique to the delivery of high intensity interventions, namely:

• F8: capacity to adapt interventions in response to client feedback.

• F11: capacity to structure consultations and maintain appropriate pacing.

Behaviour Change: Additional competences are required in four behaviour change

competency topics, which also include competences required for delivery of lower

intensity interventions (BC1, BC3, BC7, BC9). In addition, three competency topics are

unique to the delivery of interventions at the high intensity level:

• BC5: capacity to implement behaviour change models in a flexible but coherent

manner.

• BC6: capacity to select and skilfully apply the most appropriate behaviour change

intervention method.

7 Full details of the individual competences within each topic and each domain required for delivery of high level

interventions are provided in Appendix 1

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• BC11: capacity to manage obstacles to carry out behaviour change.

Behaviour Change Techniques: An additional 57 BCTs have been identified as

relevant to the delivery of high intensity interventions. These additional BCTs operate

primarily through the Prompted or cued route, but BCTs that operate via the Motivation

development and Action on motivation routes are also included.

• 7 BCTs via Motivation development.

• 11 BCTs via Action on motivation.

• 39 BCTs via Prompted or cued route to behaviour.

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Mapping the HBCC Framework to the Knowledge and

Skills Framework (KSF)8

The KSF consists of five competency dimensions: Core, Health & Wellbeing, Estates &

Facilities, Information & Knowledge and General, each of which is composed of sub-

dimensions. The HBCC competences are described by three KSF dimensions:

• Core

• Health & Wellbeing

• Information & Knowledge

KSF Core Dimension

The Core dimension is composed of 6 sub-dimensions; five are relevant to the HBCC:

• Communication

• Personal & people development

• Service improvement

• Quality

• Equality & diversity

KSF Health and Wellbeing Dimension

Health and Wellbeing is largest KSF dimension being composed of 10 sub-dimensions,

four of which are relevant to the HBCC:

• Protection of health & wellbeing

• Enablement to address health & wellbeing needs

• Assessment & treatment planning

• Interventions & treatments

KSF Information & Knowledge Dimension

Two of the three sub-dimensions within the Information and Knowledge dimension are

relevant to the HBCC:

• Information collection & analysis

• Knowledge & information resources

Each KSF sub-dimension is described at four levels of competency, level 1 to level 4. Higher

levels represent more advanced competency within that sub-dimension. The HBCC

competences were also matched to KSF competency levels within the relevant sub-

dimension. For example, the HBCC foundation competency F1.1 describes the national and

local codes of practice which apply to all staff involved in the delivery of healthcare, this

competency matches to KSF Core Communication dimension at competency level 1. The

HBCC as a whole contains competences up to KSF level 3.

8 The complete mapping of each HBCC competency to the KSF is described in Appendix 1.

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Competences Described in the Training Manual

for Alcohol Brief Interventions9

The competency hierarchy at the core of the HBCC has been developed, in part, to facilitate

the development and assessment of training programmes to skill the workforce to deliver

interventions of differing levels of intensity and complexity across all health behaviours. In

addition, the HBCC can be used to identify which competences are being delivered in

existing training programmes for health behaviour change. Currently, health behaviour

change training tends to be delivered within topic silos. However, the competences

described in the HBCC are those required for the delivery of generic health behaviour

change, therefore the HBCC can also be used to identify the competences within training

programmes for particular health behaviours.

The HBCC has been used to analyse the content of the training manual for alcohol brief

interventions (ABIs) used by NHS Health Scotland to train the workforce to deliver ABI’s10

.

The ABI training programme is a 10 unit programme designed to be delivered over an 11

hour period, either as a two-day course or via four shorter sessions.

Table 1 below provides a brief summary of the competency domains delivered in each ABI

training unit. A detailed description of the competences delivered in each unit can be found

in Appendix 2.

Table 1: Competences being delivered in each Alcohol Brief Intervention training unit

ABI Training Unit

HBCC Competency Domain Delivered In

Each Training Unit

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Change BCTs

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M A P

1. Brief interventions: what and why �

2. Attitudes to alcohol � �

3. Barriers and concerns � �

4. Brief intervention observation � � � �

5. Units and drinking limits �

6. Raising the issue of alcohol � �

7. Screening and feedback � � � �

8. Referral: when, where and how? � �

9. Brief interventions delivery: key skills � � � � �

10. Brief interventions delivery: putting it all together competences not described in detail aBCTs = Behaviour Change Techniques and the route to change targeted by the techniques delivered in a particular training unit

Table 1 suggests a focus on foundation and behaviour change competences. As the

workforce is likely to be trained in the majority of foundation competences already, it may

be possible to increase training in behaviour change techniques within the current ABI

training timetable.

9 Alcohol Brief Interventions: Training Manual. NHS Health Scotland, 2009

10 The content analysis is described in full in Appendix 2

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Future Directions

Developing the Evidence Base

Currently we do not have a complete understanding of the effective and necessary

components of behaviour change interventions. That said this evidence base is rapidly

progressing. Two recent meta-analyses11

of interventions to change eating and physical

activity have highlighted the following:

• Less might be more � the use of a larger number of BCTs in interventions is not necessarily related

to better outcomes

• Use of theory based BCTs is associated with more successful outcomes � self-monitoring as a key behaviour change technique

� self-monitoring plus one other behaviour change technique relevant to self-

regulation is additionally effective

To date this work has established the effectiveness of a small number of techniques.

However, that is not to say only a few techniques are effective; at present we lack the

research evidence concerning whether other techniques are or are not effective. Therefore,

there is a need for evidence that can establish the effectiveness or not of a much wider

range of BCTs.

This work focuses on identifying the behaviour change techniques to be included in

interventions. It could usefully be combined with evidence and experience from other

sources that addresses how best complex interventions can be implemented effectively.

Integrating evidence from multiple sources should facilitate the development of

interventions that contain behaviour change techniques of known effectiveness and that are

designed to ensure they can be delivered to clients effectively and efficiently by workers

with the relevant competences.

Using the HBCC In its current form the HBCC is a very comprehensive description of the competences

relevant to the delivery of behaviour change across a wide range of client need. This

introduces a level of complexity into the HBCC that, in its current form, makes it most

suitable for use by policy makers and educators. However, the HBCC could be developed

further.

Development of a Self-Assessment Tool

The HBCC provides a platform for the development of a self-assessment tool for use by

managers and the frontline workforce. Any review of current training provision or

assessment of future training needs would benefit from an understanding of the

knowledge and skills already possessed by the workforce. It is likely that health

professionals already have the majority of the Foundation Competences and may also be

11

Michie, S., C. Abraham, et al. (2009). Effective Techniques in Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Interventions: A

Meta-Regression. Health Psychology 28(6): 690-701. Dombrowski, S., F. F. Sniehotta, et al. (in press). Identifying

active ingredients in complex behavioural interventions for obese adults with obesity-related comorbidities or

additional risk factors for co-morbidities: A systematic review. Health Psychology Review.

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using other the competences described by the HBCC. The HBCC may be used to develop

a simple online self-assessment tool to enable individual workers and managers to

identify:

• the competences currently employed in practice and the level of those competences

• the competences addressed in training already delivered

• additional competences that require training

• new or additional training to increase the level of competence

Development of Competency Based Training Programmes

Competency based training programmes would improve training efficiency because staff

could identify the competences they already possess and seek additional training only in

those competences they currently lack. The Foundation Competences and Behaviour

Change Techniques Competences are largely generic, i.e. they apply equally across

different health behaviours. However, staff could only move between health behaviours

if they also had the competences that are specific to those particular health behaviours.

For example, competency to identify and use appropriate measures of behaviour is

behaviour specific; the measures used to assess alcohol consumption are specific to

alcohol and different from those used to measure smoking. These behaviour specific

competences are primarily described by competences within the Behaviour Change

Competency domain. For example, staff trained in the generic competences (foundation,

behaviour change and behaviour change techniques) at low intensity and low intensity

alcohol specific behaviour change competences could transfer to also deliver low

intensity smoking interventions if they acquired training in low intensity smoking specific

behaviour change competences. A competency focussed approach to training, therefore,

enables training to be delivered very efficiently. It also simplifies the landscape, which

should make learning and delivering health behaviour change easier.

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Professor Ronan O’Carroll (University of Stirling), Dr Vivien Swanson

(University of Stirling), Dr Susan Rasmussen (University of Strathclyde), Dr Zoe Chouliara

(Queen Margaret University) and Professor Pauline Adair (University of Salford) for their

input into the development of the HBCC. We would also especially like to thank Tim Warren

(Scottish Government) for his help, patience and continual support throughout the

development of the HBCC and the GHBC-CF. Finally, we would like to thank colleagues in

NHS-Education Scotland, especially Jane Cantrell; NHS-Health Scotland, in particular Wilma

Reid and Bethan Mitchell; all in the Health Improvement Strategy Division, we are

particularly indebted to Fergus Millan (Healthy Living and Screening Policy Team), Amanda

Adams (Alcohol Policy Team) and Lora Powrie (Drugs Policy Unit); Dr Nicky Thomas

(Consultant Health Psychologist, Guy’s Hospital, London), Oliver Harding (Public Health

Consultant, NHS Forth Valley), Ann Dunbar (PHRU) and Grace Moore (NHS, Ayrshire and

Arran) who provided insightful and helpful input to and feedback on the GHBC-CF and the

first draft of the HBCC.

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rve

nti

on

cli

en

ts r

ece

ive

C

2L1

2.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o w

ork

co

lla

bo

rati

vely

wit

h t

he

su

pe

rvis

or

C1

L2

C2

L2

2.1

. A

n a

bil

ity

to

wo

rk w

ith

th

e s

up

erv

iso

r in

ord

er

to g

en

era

te a

n e

xpli

cit

ag

ree

me

nt

ab

ou

t th

e p

ara

me

ters

of

sup

erv

isio

n (

e.g

. se

ttin

g a

n a

ge

nd

a,

be

ing

cle

ar

ab

ou

t th

e r

esp

ect

ive

ro

les

of

sup

erv

iso

r a

nd

su

pe

rvis

ee

, th

e g

oa

ls o

f su

pe

rvis

ion

an

d a

ny

co

ntr

act

s w

hic

h s

pe

cify

th

ese

fa

cto

rs)

C1

L2

C2

L2

2.2

. A

n a

bil

ity

to

he

lp t

he

su

pe

rvis

or

be

aw

are

of

yo

ur

curr

en

t st

ate

of

com

pe

ten

ce a

nd

yo

ur

tra

inin

g n

ee

ds

C1

L2

C2

L2

2.3

. A

n a

bil

ity

to

pre

sen

t a

n h

on

est

an

d o

pe

n a

cco

un

t o

f cl

ien

t w

ork

un

de

rta

ke

n

C1

L2

C2

L2

2.4

. A

n a

bil

ity

to

dis

cuss

cli

en

t w

ork

wit

h t

he

su

pe

rvis

or

as

an

act

ive

an

d e

ng

ag

ed

pa

rtic

ipa

nt,

wit

ho

ut

be

com

ing

pa

ssiv

e o

r a

void

an

t, o

r d

efe

nsi

ve o

r

ag

gre

ssiv

e

C1

L2

C2

L2

3.

A c

ap

aci

ty f

or

act

ive

le

arn

ing

C

2L2

3.1

. A

n a

bil

ity

to

act

on

su

gg

est

ion

s re

ga

rdin

g r

ele

van

t re

ad

ing

ma

de

by

th

e s

up

erv

iso

r, a

nd

to

in

corp

ora

te t

his

ma

teri

al

into

wo

rk w

ith

cli

en

ts

C2

L2

3.2

. A

n a

bil

ity

to

ta

ke

th

e i

nit

iati

ve i

n r

ela

tio

n t

o l

ea

rnin

g,

by

id

en

tify

ing

re

leva

nt

pa

pe

rs,

bo

ok

s, o

r w

eb

-ba

sed

re

sou

rce

s b

ase

d o

n (

bu

t in

de

pe

nd

en

t o

f)

sup

erv

iso

r su

gg

est

ion

s, a

nd

to

in

corp

ora

te t

his

ma

teri

al

into

wo

rk w

ith

cli

en

ts

C2

L2

IK3

L1

4.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o r

efl

ect

on

th

e q

ua

lity

of

sup

erv

isio

n a

s a

wh

ole

, a

nd

(in

acc

ord

an

ce w

ith

na

tio

na

l a

nd

pro

fess

ion

al

gu

ide

lin

es)

to

se

ek

ad

vic

e f

rom

oth

ers

wh

ere

:

C1

L3

C2

L3

4.1

. th

ere

is

con

cern

th

at

sup

erv

isio

n i

s b

elo

w a

n a

cce

pta

ble

sta

nd

ard

C

1L3

C2

L3

4.2

. w

he

re t

he

su

pe

rvis

or’

s re

com

me

nd

ati

on

s d

evi

ate

fro

m a

cce

pta

ble

pra

ctic

e

C1

L3

C2

L3

4.3

. w

he

re t

he

su

pe

rvis

or’

s a

ctio

ns

bre

ach

na

tio

na

l a

nd

pro

fess

ion

al

gu

ida

nce

(e

.g.

ab

use

s o

f p

ow

er

an

d/o

r a

tte

mp

ts t

o c

rea

te d

ua

l (s

exu

al)

re

lati

on

ship

s)

C1

L3

C2

L3

F3

. K

no

wle

dg

e o

f a

nd

ab

ilit

y t

o w

ork

wit

h d

iffe

ren

ce

K

SF

1.

Kn

ow

led

ge

of

the

po

ten

tia

l si

gn

ific

an

ce f

or

pra

ctic

e o

f so

cia

l a

nd

cu

ltu

ral

dif

fere

nce

, a

cro

ss a

ra

ng

e o

f d

om

ain

s, i

ncl

ud

ing

: C

1L2

C6

L2

1.1

. eth

nic

ity

C

1L2

C6

L2

1.2

. cu

ltu

re

C1

L2

C6

L2

1.3

. ed

uca

tio

n

C1

L2

C6

L2

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1.4

. de

pri

vati

on

le

vel/

SE

S

C1

L2

C6

L2

1.5

. re

lig

ion

C

1L2

C6

L2

1.6

. ge

nd

er

C1

L2

C6

L2

1.7

. ag

e

C1

L2

C6

L2

1.8

. dis

ab

ilit

y

C1

L2

C6

L2

1.9

. se

xua

l o

rie

nta

tio

n

C1

L2

C6

L2

2.

Kn

ow

led

ge

of

the

re

leva

nce

an

d p

ote

nti

al

imp

act

of

soci

al

an

d c

ult

ura

l d

iffe

ren

ce o

n t

he

eff

ect

ive

ne

ss a

nd

acc

ep

tab

ilit

y o

f a

n i

nte

rve

nti

on

fo

r a

ll c

lie

nts

C6

L2

C6

L3

HW

B7

L2

3.

Ab

ilit

y t

o m

ak

e a

pp

rop

ria

te a

dju

stm

en

ts t

o t

he

in

terv

en

tio

n,

wit

h t

he

aim

of

ma

xim

isin

g i

ts p

ote

nti

al

be

ne

fit

to t

he

cli

en

t w

he

re s

oci

al

an

d c

ult

ura

l

dif

fere

nce

im

pa

cts

on

th

e a

cce

ssib

ilit

y o

f in

terv

en

tio

n

HW

B7

L3

F4

. A

bil

ity

to

co

mm

un

ica

te a

nd

wo

rk w

ith

dif

fere

nt

ind

ivid

ua

ls,

gro

up

s a

nd

co

mm

un

itie

s

K

SF

1.

Ab

ilit

y t

o w

ork

an

d c

om

mu

nic

ate

eff

ect

ive

ly w

ith

: C

1L2

1.1

. in

div

idu

als

C

1L2

1.2

. g

rou

ps

C1

L2

1.3

. si

gn

ific

an

t o

the

rs (

incl

ud

ing

: sp

ou

ses,

pa

rtn

ers

, re

lati

ve

, fa

mil

ies,

oth

er

soci

al

gro

up

s)

C1

L2

1.4

. p

eo

ple

in

ow

n a

nd

oth

er

ag

en

cie

s C

1L2

F5

. A

bil

ity

to

en

ga

ge

cli

en

t

K

SF

1.

Ab

ilit

y t

o i

nit

iate

a d

iscu

ssio

n a

bo

ut

po

ten

tia

l h

ea

lth

be

ha

vio

ur

pro

ble

ms

C1

L3

1.1

. a

bil

ity

to

cre

ate

an

en

viro

nm

en

t su

ita

ble

fo

r fr

an

k,

con

fid

en

tia

l d

iscu

ssio

n

C1

L2

1.2

. a

bil

ity

to

exp

lain

wh

y t

he

cli

en

t’s

he

alt

h b

eh

avi

ou

r is

of

inte

rest

C

1L3

1.3

. a

bil

ity

to

in

itia

te d

iscu

ssio

ns

ab

ou

t ri

sky

he

alt

h b

eh

avi

ou

r a

nd

re

spo

nd

to

cli

en

ts w

ho

exp

ress

co

nce

rns

ab

ou

t th

eir

he

alt

h b

eh

avi

ou

r C

1L3

2.

Wh

ile

ma

inta

inin

g p

rofe

ssio

na

l b

ou

nd

ari

es,

an

ab

ilit

y t

o s

ho

w a

pp

rop

ria

te l

ev

els

of

wa

rmth

, co

nce

rn,

con

fid

en

ce a

nd

ge

nu

ine

ne

ss,

ma

tch

ed

to

cli

en

t n

ee

d

C1

L3

3.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o e

ng

en

de

r tr

ust

C

1L2

4.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o d

eve

lop

ra

pp

ort

C

1L2

5.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o a

da

pt

pe

rso

na

l st

yle

so

th

at

it m

esh

es

wit

h t

ha

t o

f th

e c

lie

nt

C1

L3

6.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o a

dju

st t

he

le

vel

an

d s

tru

ctu

re o

f th

e s

ess

ion

to

th

e c

lie

nt’

s n

ee

ds

C1

L3

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7.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o c

on

vey

an

ap

pro

pri

ate

le

ve

l o

f co

nfi

de

nce

an

d c

om

pe

ten

ce

C1

L2

8.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o a

void

ne

ga

tive

in

terp

ers

on

al

be

ha

vio

urs

(su

ch a

s im

pa

tie

nce

, a

loo

fne

ss,

or

insi

nce

rity

) C

1L2

F6

. A

bil

ity

to

wo

rk w

ith

gro

up

s o

f cl

ien

ts

K

SF

1.

Kn

ow

led

ge

of

an

d a

bil

ity

to

dra

w o

n t

his

kn

ow

led

ge

in

pra

ctic

e o

f p

rofe

ssio

na

l a

nd

eth

ica

l fa

cto

rs i

n r

ela

tio

n t

o w

ork

ing

wit

h g

rou

ps

C1

L3

2.

Ab

ilit

y t

o a

pp

ly p

rofe

ssio

na

l a

nd

eth

ica

l st

an

da

rds

wh

en

wo

rkin

g w

ith

gro

up

s C

1L3

3.

Ab

ilit

y t

o e

nsu

re t

he

gro

up

ad

op

ts a

pp

rop

ria

te e

thic

al

sta

nd

ard

s, e

.g.

con

fid

en

tia

lity

an

d r

esp

ect

C

1L3

4.

Ab

ilit

y t

o e

ng

ag

e t

he

gro

up

(se

e a

bil

ity

to

en

ga

ge

cli

en

t a

bo

ve)

C1

L3

5.

Ab

ilit

y t

o r

ep

ort

on

mis

sin

g m

em

be

rs

C1

L3

6.

Ab

ilit

y t

o e

nco

ura

ge

gro

up

dis

cuss

ion

s/d

ida

ctic

pre

sen

tati

on

s C

1L3

7.

Ab

ilit

y t

o c

om

mu

nic

ate

ru

les

go

vern

ing

th

e g

rou

p

C1

L3

8.

Ab

ilit

y t

o e

mp

ha

sis

tha

t e

ach

in

div

idu

al

ha

s a

re

spo

nsi

bil

ity

to

th

e g

rou

p

C1

L3

9.

Ab

ilit

y t

o e

sta

bli

sh a

clo

sed

gro

up

C

1L3

10

. A

bil

ity

to

co

mm

un

ica

te g

rou

p m

em

be

r id

en

titi

es

C1

L3

11

. A

bil

ity

to

co

mm

un

ica

te a

nd

ma

inta

in r

ule

s o

f g

rou

p b

eh

av

iou

r C

1L3

F7

. A

bil

ity

to

fo

ste

r a

nd

ma

inta

in a

go

od

in

terv

en

tio

n a

llia

nce

, a

nd

to

gra

sp t

he

cli

en

t’s

pe

rsp

ect

ive

*

Kn

ow

led

ge

of

the

co

nce

pt

of

the

in

terv

en

tio

n a

llia

nce

K

SF

1.

Kn

ow

led

ge

th

at

the

th

era

pe

uti

c a

llia

nce

is

usu

all

y s

ee

n a

s h

avi

ng

th

ree

co

mp

on

en

ts:

HW

B7

L3

1.1

. th

e r

ela

tio

nsh

ip o

r b

on

d b

etw

ee

n h

ea

lth

pro

fess

ion

al

an

d c

lie

nt

HW

B7

L3

1.2

. co

nse

nsu

s b

etw

ee

n t

he

he

alt

h p

rofe

ssio

na

l a

nd

cli

en

t re

ga

rdin

g t

he

go

als

of

inte

rve

nti

on

H

WB

7L3

1.3

. co

nse

nsu

s b

etw

ee

n t

he

he

alt

h p

rofe

ssio

na

l a

nd

cli

en

t re

ga

rdin

g t

he

te

chn

iqu

es/

me

tho

ds

em

plo

ye

d i

n t

he

in

terv

en

tio

n

HW

B7

L3

1.4

. A

n a

bil

ity

to

dra

w o

n k

no

wle

dg

e t

ha

t a

ll t

hre

e c

om

po

ne

nts

co

ntr

ibu

te t

o t

he

ma

inte

na

nce

of

the

all

ian

ce

HW

B7

L3

Ca

pa

city

to

de

ve

lop

an

d m

ain

tain

th

e a

llia

nce

K

SF

2.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o l

iste

n t

o t

he

cli

en

t’s

con

cern

s in

a m

an

ne

r w

hic

h i

s n

on

jud

gm

en

tal,

su

pp

ort

ive

an

d s

en

siti

ve,

an

d w

hic

h c

on

vey

s a

co

mfo

rta

ble

att

itu

de

wh

en

th

e c

lie

nt

de

scri

be

s th

eir

be

ha

vio

ur

an

d e

xpe

rie

nce

C1

L3

3.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o e

nsu

re t

ha

t th

e c

lie

nt

is c

lea

r a

bo

ut

the

ra

tio

na

le f

or

the

in

terv

en

tio

n b

ein

g o

ffe

red

C

1L3

HW

B7

L3

4.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o g

au

ge

wh

eth

er

the

cli

en

t: a

) u

nd

ers

tan

ds

the

ra

tio

na

le f

or

the

in

terv

en

tio

n,

b)

ha

s q

ue

stio

ns

ab

ou

t it

, o

r c)

is

ske

pti

cal

ab

ou

t th

e r

ati

on

ale

,

an

d t

o r

esp

on

d t

o t

he

se c

on

cern

s o

pe

nly

an

d n

on

-de

fen

siv

ely

C1

L3

HW

B7

L3

5.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o h

elp

th

e c

lie

nt

exp

ress

an

y c

on

cern

s o

r d

ou

bts

th

ey

ha

ve a

bo

ut

the

in

terv

en

tio

n a

nd

/or

the

he

alt

h p

rofe

ssio

na

l, e

spe

cia

lly

wh

ere

th

is r

ela

tes

to m

istr

ust

or

ske

pti

cism

C1

L3

HW

B7

L3

6.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o r

esp

on

d a

pp

rop

ria

tely

to

in

terv

en

tio

ns

in r

esp

on

se t

o d

isa

gre

em

en

ts a

bo

ut

task

s a

nd

go

als

: C

1L3

HW

B7

L3

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6.1

. A

n a

bil

ity

to

ch

eck

th

at

the

clie

nt

is c

lea

r a

bo

ut

the

ra

tio

na

le f

or

the

in

terv

en

tio

n a

nd

to

re

vie

w t

his

wit

h t

he

m a

nd

/or

cla

rify

an

y

mis

un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s

C1

L3

HW

B7

L3

6.2

. A

n a

bil

ity

to

he

lp c

lie

nts

un

de

rsta

nd

th

e r

ati

on

ale

fo

r th

e i

nte

rve

nti

on

th

rou

gh

usi

ng

/dra

win

g a

tte

nti

on

to

co

ncr

ete

exa

mp

les

C

1L3

HW

B7

L3

7.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o u

se h

um

ou

r ju

dic

iou

sly

, u

nd

ers

tan

din

g h

ow

it

can

be

use

d a

s a

n a

id t

o h

elp

cli

en

ts (

e.g

. to

no

rma

lise

th

e c

lie

nt’

s e

xpe

rie

nce

or

to r

ed

uce

ten

sio

n),

bu

t a

lso

re

cog

nis

ing

its

ris

ks

(e.g

. o

f in

vali

da

tin

g t

he

cli

en

t’s

fee

lin

gs,

act

ing

as

a d

istr

act

ion

to

/ a

void

an

ce o

f fe

eli

ng

s, o

r cr

ea

tin

g “

bo

un

da

ry

vio

lati

on

s”)

C1

L3

8.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o r

esp

on

d t

o c

lie

nt’

s h

um

ou

r in

a m

an

ne

r th

at

is c

on

gru

en

t w

ith

its

in

ten

t, a

nd

re

spo

nsi

ve t

o a

ny

im

pli

ed

me

an

ing

s

C1

L3

F8

. C

ap

aci

ty t

o a

da

pt

inte

rve

nti

on

s in

re

spo

nse

to

cli

en

t fe

ed

ba

ck

K

SF

1.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o a

cco

mm

od

ate

iss

ue

s th

e c

lie

nt

rais

es

exp

lici

tly

or

imp

lici

tly

, o

r w

hic

h b

eco

me

ap

pa

ren

t a

s p

art

of

the

pro

cess

of

the

in

terv

en

tio

n:

H

WB

4L3

HW

B7

L3

2.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o r

esp

on

d t

o,

an

d o

pe

nly

to

dis

cuss

, e

xpli

cit

fee

db

ack

fro

m t

he

cli

en

t w

hic

h e

xpre

sse

s co

nce

rns

ab

ou

t im

po

rta

nt

asp

ect

s o

f th

e i

nte

rve

nti

on

C

1L3

HW

B4

L3

3.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o d

ete

ct a

nd

re

spo

nd

to

im

pli

cit

fee

db

ack

wh

ich

in

dic

ate

s th

at

the

cli

en

t h

as

con

cern

s a

bo

ut

imp

ort

an

t a

spe

cts

of

the

in

terv

en

tio

n (

e.g

. a

s

ind

ica

ted

by

no

n-v

erb

al

be

ha

vio

ur,

ve

rba

l co

mm

en

ts o

r si

gn

ific

an

t sh

ifts

in

re

spo

nsi

ve

ne

ss)

HW

B7

L1

F9

. A

bil

ity

to

Ma

na

ge

Exp

ect

ati

on

s o

f th

e I

nte

rve

nti

on

K

SF

1.

Ab

ilit

y t

o c

om

mu

nic

ate

th

e f

req

ue

ncy

an

d d

ura

tio

n o

f co

nsu

lta

tio

ns

C1

L3

HW

B7

L3

2.

Ab

ilit

y t

o c

om

mu

nic

ate

wh

at

is e

xpe

cte

d o

f cl

ien

t b

etw

ee

n c

on

sult

ati

on

s C

1L3

HW

B7

L3

3.

Ab

ilit

y t

o m

an

ag

e e

nd

ing

s C

1L3

HW

B7

L3

3.3

. A

n a

bil

ity

to

sig

na

l th

e e

nd

ing

of

the

in

terv

en

tio

n a

t a

pp

rop

ria

te p

oin

ts d

uri

ng

th

e i

nte

rve

nti

on

(e

.g.

wh

en

ag

ree

ing

th

e i

nte

rve

nti

on

co

ntr

act

, a

nd

esp

eci

all

y a

s th

e i

nte

rve

nti

on

dra

ws

to c

lose

) in

a w

ay

wh

ich

ack

no

wle

dg

es

the

po

ten

tia

l im

po

rta

nce

of

this

tra

nsi

tio

n f

or

the

cli

en

t

C1

L3

HW

B7

L3

3.4

. A

n a

bil

ity

to

re

vie

w t

he

wo

rk u

nd

ert

ak

en

to

ge

the

r C

1L3

HW

B7

L3

3.5

. A

n a

bil

ity

to

sa

y g

oo

db

ye

C

1L3

HW

B7

L3

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F1

0.

Ab

ilit

y t

o d

eli

ve

r in

form

ati

on

KS

F

1.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o d

eli

ver

info

rma

tio

n i

n a

ma

nn

er

tha

t ca

n b

e u

nd

ers

too

d b

y t

he

cli

en

t C

1L3

2.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o g

ive

in

stru

ctio

n i

n a

ma

nn

er

clie

nt

can

fo

llo

w

C1

L3

3.

Ab

ilit

y t

o g

ive

ad

vice

in

a m

an

ne

r th

at

en

ab

les

clie

nt

to c

ho

se w

he

the

r o

r n

ot

to t

ak

e a

dvi

ce

C1

L3

4.

Ab

ilit

y t

o g

ive

ad

vice

ab

ou

t a

dd

itio

na

l re

sou

rce

s (i

ncl

ud

ing

me

dic

ati

on

) a

nd

su

pp

ort

re

leva

nt

to t

he

he

alt

h b

eh

avi

ou

r p

rob

lem

C

1L3

HW

B7

L3

F1

1.

Ca

pa

city

to

str

uct

ure

co

nsu

lta

tio

ns

an

d m

ain

tain

ap

pro

pri

ate

pa

cin

g

K

SF

1.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o m

ain

tain

ad

he

ren

ce t

o a

n a

gre

ed

ag

en

da

an

d t

o ‘

pa

ce’

the

co

nsu

lta

tio

n i

n a

ma

nn

er

wh

ich

en

sure

s th

at

all

ag

ree

d i

tem

s ca

n b

e g

ive

n

ap

pro

pri

ate

att

en

tio

n (

i.e

. e

nsu

rin

g t

ha

t si

gn

ific

an

t is

sue

s a

re n

ot

rush

ed

)

HW

B7

L3

2.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o b

ala

nce

th

e n

ee

d t

o m

ain

tain

ad

he

ren

ce a

nd

pa

cin

g w

hil

e b

ein

g a

pp

rop

ria

tely

re

spo

nsi

ve t

o c

lie

nt

ne

ed

:

HW

B7

L3

2.1

. A

n a

bil

ity

to

str

uct

ure

th

e s

ess

ion

in

a m

an

ne

r w

hic

h i

s co

ng

rue

nt

wit

h s

pe

cifi

c is

sue

s (e

.g.

the

cli

en

t’s

cap

aci

ty t

o c

on

cen

tra

te)

H

WB

7L3

3.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o b

ala

nce

th

e n

ee

d t

o m

ain

tain

an

ap

pro

pri

ate

pa

ce v

fo

llo

win

g u

p i

mp

ort

an

t is

sue

s ra

ise

d b

y t

he

cli

en

t:

HW

B7

L3

3.1

. A

n a

bil

ity

to

use

pro

fess

ion

al

jud

gm

en

t to

de

cid

e w

he

n i

ssu

es

ne

ed

s to

be

pu

rsu

ed

an

d w

he

n t

he

y c

ou

ld a

ct t

o d

ive

rt a

tte

nti

on

fro

m t

he

pri

ma

ry

(an

d a

gre

ed

) fo

cus

of

the

in

terv

en

tio

n

HW

B7

L3

F1

2.

Ab

ilit

y t

o r

eco

gn

ise

ba

rrie

rs t

o a

nd

fa

cili

tato

rs o

f im

ple

me

nti

ng

in

terv

en

tio

ns

K

SF

1.

Ab

ilit

y t

o r

eco

gn

ize

ba

rrie

rs t

o a

nd

fa

cili

tato

rs o

f im

ple

me

nti

ng

in

terv

en

tio

ns

at

the

le

ve

l o

f:

C4

L3

1.1

. O

rga

nis

ati

on

al

ba

rrie

rs a

nd

fa

cili

tato

rs:

C4

L3

1.1

.1.

ava

ila

bil

ity

of

tim

e a

nd

re

sou

rce

s to

en

ab

le i

mp

lem

en

tati

on

of

inte

rve

nti

on

s C

4L3

1.1

.2.

org

an

iza

tio

na

l a

ttit

ud

es

C

4L3

1.1

.3.

pro

visi

on

of

sup

erv

isio

n a

nd

on

go

ing

su

pp

ort

to

pra

ctic

e

C4

L3

1.2

. In

div

idu

al

he

alt

h p

rofe

ssio

na

l b

arr

iers

an

d f

aci

lita

tors

: C

5L3

1.2

.1.

ow

n b

eli

efs

an

d a

ttit

ud

es

to h

ea

lth

be

ha

vio

r a

nd

be

ha

vio

ur

cha

ng

e

C5

L3

1.2

.2.

com

pe

ten

ces

req

uir

ed

to

im

ple

me

nt

inte

rve

nti

on

s C

5L3

1.2

.3.

ad

eq

ua

te p

ost

in

wh

ich

to

de

live

r in

terv

en

tio

ns

C4

L3

C5

L3

1.3

. C

lie

nt

ba

rrie

rs a

nd

fa

cili

tato

rs:

HW

B6

L3

1.3

.1.

be

lie

fs,

att

itu

de

s, h

ea

lth

co

nd

itio

n

HW

B6

L3

1.3

.2.

soci

al

an

d p

hy

sica

l e

nvi

ron

me

nt

HW

B6

L3

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Be

ha

vio

ur

Ch

an

ge

Co

mp

ete

ncy

Do

ma

in

BC

1.

Kn

ow

led

ge

of

He

alt

h b

eh

av

iou

r a

nd

he

alt

h b

eh

av

iou

r p

rob

lem

s

KS

F

Kn

ow

led

ge

of:

1.

Co

mm

on

he

alt

h b

eh

avi

ou

r p

rob

lem

s d

uri

ng

ass

ess

me

nt

an

d w

he

n c

arr

yin

g o

ut

inte

rve

nti

on

s, i

ncl

ud

ing

kn

ow

led

ge

of

na

tio

na

l g

uid

eli

ne

s fo

r h

ea

lth

be

ha

vio

urs

, e

.g.

alc

oh

ol

con

sum

pti

on

lim

its,

re

com

me

nd

ed

ph

ysi

cal

act

ivit

y l

eve

ls e

tc

HW

B6

L3

HW

B7

L3

2.

Fa

cto

rs a

sso

cia

ted

wit

h t

he

de

ve

lop

me

nt

an

d m

ain

ten

an

ce o

f h

ea

lth

be

ha

vio

urs

H

WB

7L3

3.

Th

e u

sua

l p

att

ern

s o

f h

ea

lth

be

ha

vio

ur

pro

ble

ms

HW

B7

L3

4.

Th

e w

ay

s in

wh

ich

he

alt

h b

eh

avi

ou

r p

rob

lem

s ca

n i

mp

act

on

he

alt

h a

nd

fu

nct

ion

ing

H

WB

7L3

5.

Th

e u

sua

l k

no

wle

dg

e a

nd

mis

info

rma

tio

n t

ha

t p

eo

ple

ma

y h

ave

ab

ou

t h

ea

lth

be

ha

vio

ur

pro

ble

ms

HW

B7

L3

6.

Ma

in t

erm

s a

nd

co

nce

pts

use

d i

n e

pid

em

iolo

gy

an

d t

he

ba

sis

of

calc

ula

tio

ns

rela

ted

to

th

ese

te

rms

HW

B7

L3

7.

Dif

fere

nt

mo

de

ls,

pri

nci

ple

s a

nd

ap

pro

ach

es

to m

an

ag

ing

ris

k

HW

B7

L3

8.

Dif

fere

nt

mo

de

ls,

pri

nci

ple

s a

nd

ap

pro

ach

es

to p

reve

nti

ng

ris

k a

nd

th

rea

ts t

o p

op

ula

tio

n h

ea

lth

H

WB

7L3

9.

Dif

fere

nt

mo

de

ls,

pri

nci

ple

s a

nd

ap

pro

ach

es

to i

mp

rovi

ng

th

e h

ea

lth

of

ind

ivid

ua

ls

HW

B7

L3

BC

2.

Ab

ilit

y t

o u

nd

ert

ak

e a

ge

ne

ric

ass

ess

me

nt

K

SF

1.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o o

bta

in a

ge

ne

ral

ide

a o

f th

e n

atu

re o

f th

e c

lie

nt’

s p

rob

lem

C

1L3

HW

B6

L3

2.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o e

lici

t in

form

ati

on

re

ga

rdin

g h

ea

lth

be

ha

vio

ur

pro

ble

ms

an

d d

iag

no

sis

C1

L3

HW

B6

L3

3.

Ab

ilit

y t

o e

lici

t in

form

ati

on

ab

ou

t p

ast

his

tory

an

d p

rese

nt

life

sit

ua

tio

n

C1

L3

HW

B6

L3

4.

Ab

ilit

y t

o e

lici

t in

form

ati

on

ab

ou

t b

eh

avi

ou

ral

an

d o

the

r ri

sk f

act

ors

fo

r d

ise

ase

C

1L3

HW

B6

L3

5.

Ab

ilit

y s

cre

en

cli

en

t fo

r su

ita

bil

ity

fo

r g

rou

p b

ase

d s

up

po

rt w

he

re a

pp

rop

ria

te

C1

L3

HW

B6

L3

6.

Ab

ilit

y t

o s

cre

en

cli

en

t fo

r su

ita

bil

ity

fo

r b

eh

avi

ou

r ch

an

ge

or

refe

rra

l to

sp

eci

ali

st h

elp

C

1L3

HW

B6

L3

7.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o g

au

ge

th

e c

lie

nt’

s m

oti

vati

on

fo

r a

be

ha

vio

ur

cha

ng

e i

nte

rve

nti

on

C

1L3

HW

B6

L3

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BC

3.

Kn

ow

led

ge

of

a m

od

el

of

be

ha

vio

ur

cha

ng

e a

nd

th

e a

bil

ity

to

un

de

rsta

nd

an

d e

mp

loy

th

e m

od

el

in p

ract

ice

K

SF

1.

Kn

ow

led

ge

of

the

fa

cto

rs c

om

mo

n t

o a

ll b

eh

avi

ou

r ch

an

ge

mo

de

ls a

nd

me

tho

ds:

H

WB

6L3

1.1

. S

up

po

rt f

act

ors

: H

WB

6L3

1.1

.1.

a p

osi

tive

wo

rkin

g r

ela

tio

nsh

ip b

etw

ee

n h

ea

lth

pro

fess

ion

al

an

d c

lie

nt

cha

ract

eri

sed

by

wa

rmth

, re

spe

ct,

acc

ep

tan

ce a

nd

em

pa

thy

, a

nd

tru

st

HW

B6

L3

1.1

.2.

the

act

ive

pa

rtic

ipa

tio

n o

f th

e c

lie

nt

HW

B6

L3

1.1

.3.

he

alt

h p

rofe

ssio

na

l e

xpe

rtis

e

HW

B6

L3

1.1

.4.

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

for

the

cli

en

t to

dis

cuss

ma

tte

rs o

f co

nce

rn

HW

B6

L3

1.2

. Le

arn

ing

fa

cto

rs:

HW

B6

L3

1.1

.1.

info

rma

tio

n

HW

B6

L3

1.1

.2.

ad

vice

H

WB

6L3

1.1

.3.

fee

db

ack

H

WB

6L3

1.1

.4.

cha

ng

ing

exp

ect

ati

on

s o

f p

ers

on

al

eff

ect

ive

ne

ss

HW

B6

L3

1.1

.5.

ass

imil

ati

on

of

pro

ble

ma

tic

exp

eri

en

ces

HW

B6

L3

1.3

. A

ctio

n f

act

ors

: H

WB

6L3

1.3

.1.

be

ha

vio

ura

l re

gu

lati

on

H

WB

6L3

1.3

.2.

cog

nit

ive

ma

ste

ry

HW

B6

L3

1.3

.3.

exp

eri

en

ce o

f su

cce

ssfu

l co

pin

g

HW

B6

L3

2.

Kn

ow

led

ge

of

the

pri

nci

ple

s w

hic

h u

nd

erl

ie t

he

in

terv

en

tio

n b

ein

g a

pp

lie

d,

usi

ng

th

is t

o i

nfo

rm t

he

ap

pli

cati

on

of

the

sp

eci

fic

tech

niq

ue

s w

hic

h

cha

ract

eri

se t

he

mo

de

l

HW

B6

L3

3.

Kn

ow

led

ge

of

th

e p

rin

cip

les

of

the

be

ha

vio

ur

cha

ng

e m

od

el

in o

rde

r to

im

ple

me

nt

the

in

terv

en

tio

n i

n a

ma

nn

er

wh

ich

is

fle

xib

le a

nd

re

spo

nsi

ve

to

cli

en

t

ne

ed

, b

ut

wh

ich

als

o e

nsu

res

tha

t a

ll r

ele

van

t co

mp

on

en

ts a

re i

ncl

ud

ed

HW

B6

L3

4.

Kn

ow

led

ge

of

the

evi

de

nce

ba

se f

or

the

eff

ect

ive

ne

ss o

f b

eh

avi

ou

r ch

an

ge

mo

de

ls

HW

B6

L3

BC

4.

Ab

ilit

y t

o a

gre

e g

oa

ls f

or

the

in

terv

en

tio

n

1.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o h

elp

th

e c

lie

nt

ge

ne

rate

th

eir

ow

n g

oa

ls f

or

the

in

terv

en

tio

n,

an

d t

o r

ea

ch a

sh

are

d a

gre

em

en

t a

bo

ut

the

se,

by

he

lpin

g t

he

m:

H

WB

4L3

HW

B7

L3

1.1

. to

tra

nsl

ate

va

gu

e/a

bst

ract

go

als

in

to s

pe

cifi

c a

nd

co

ncr

ete

go

als

H

WB

4L3

1.2

. to

id

en

tify

go

als

wh

ich

wil

l b

e s

ub

ject

ive

ly a

nd

ob

ject

ive

ly o

bse

rva

ble

an

d p

ote

nti

all

y m

ea

sura

ble

(i.

e.

to e

nsu

re t

ha

t if

ch

an

ge

ta

ke

s p

lace

it

wil

l b

e

no

tice

ab

le t

o t

he

cli

en

t a

nd

to

oth

ers

)

HW

B4

L3

2.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o w

ork

wit

h t

he

cli

en

t to

en

sure

th

at

go

als

are

re

ali

stic

, a

tta

ina

ble

an

d t

ime

ly

HW

B4

L3

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BC

5.

Ca

pa

city

to

im

ple

me

nt

be

ha

vio

ur

cha

ng

e m

od

els

in

a f

lex

ible

bu

t co

he

ren

t m

an

ne

r

K

SF

1.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o i

mp

lem

en

t a

mo

de

l o

f b

eh

avi

ou

r ch

an

ge

in

a m

an

ne

r w

hic

h i

s fl

exi

ble

an

d w

hic

h i

s re

spo

nsi

ve t

o t

he

iss

ue

s th

e c

lie

nt

rais

es,

bu

t w

hic

h a

lso

en

sure

s th

at

all

re

leva

nt

com

po

ne

nts

of

the

mo

de

l a

re i

ncl

ud

ed

HW

B7

L3

2.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o m

ain

tain

ad

he

ren

ce t

o a

mo

de

l w

ith

ou

t in

ap

pro

pri

ate

sw

itch

ing

be

twe

en

mo

da

liti

es

in r

esp

on

se t

o m

ino

r d

iffi

cult

ies

(i.e

. d

iffi

cult

ies

wh

ich

can

be

re

ad

ily

acc

om

mo

da

ted

by

th

e m

od

el

be

ing

ap

pli

ed

)

HW

B6

L3

BC

6.

Ca

pa

city

to

se

lect

an

d s

kil

lfu

lly

to

ap

ply

th

e m

ost

ap

pro

pri

ate

be

ha

vio

ur

cha

ng

e i

nte

rve

nti

on

me

tho

d

1.

An

ab

ilit

y d

raw

on

kn

ow

led

ge

of

be

ha

vio

ur

cha

ng

e m

od

els

an

d m

eth

od

s a

nd

on

pro

fess

ion

al

exp

eri

en

ce i

n o

rde

r to

se

lect

fro

m t

he

co

mp

lete

ra

ng

e o

f

be

ha

vio

ur

cha

ng

e t

ech

niq

ue

s, a

nd

sk

illf

ull

y a

pp

ly t

he

m i

n a

ma

nn

er

wh

ich

is:

HW

B7

L3

HW

B6

L3

1.1

. m

atc

he

d t

o t

he

ne

ed

s a

nd

ca

pa

citi

es

of

the

cli

en

t

HW

B7

L3

HW

B6

L3

1.2

. a

pp

lie

d a

t th

e a

pp

rop

ria

te l

eve

l o

f p

rog

ress

ion

in

th

e p

roce

ss o

f b

eh

avi

ou

r ch

an

ge

H

WB

7L3

HW

B6

L3

BC

7.

Ca

pa

city

to

im

ple

me

nt

be

ha

vio

ur

cha

ng

e i

n a

ma

nn

er

con

son

an

t w

ith

its

un

de

rly

ing

ph

ilo

sop

hy

Ba

sic

ori

en

tati

on

1.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o b

ase

all

he

alt

h p

rofe

ssio

na

l/cl

ien

t co

nta

ct a

nd

co

nd

uct

on

a p

ers

pe

ctiv

e w

hic

h s

ee

s th

e w

orl

d,

incl

ud

ing

in

tera

ctio

ns

wit

h t

he

he

alt

h

pro

fess

ion

al,

fro

m t

he

pe

rsp

ect

ive

of

the

cli

en

t’s

be

lie

fs a

nd

ab

ilit

ies

C1

L3

HW

B7

L3

Ca

pa

city

to

fo

rm a

nd

ma

inta

in a

co

lla

bo

rati

ve

sta

nce

2.

A c

ap

aci

ty t

o f

orm

a c

oll

ab

ora

tive

re

lati

on

ship

wit

h t

he

cli

en

t, b

ase

d o

n a

n a

ctiv

e s

tan

ce w

hic

h f

ocu

ses

on

en

ab

lin

g t

he

cli

en

t a

nd

th

e h

ea

lth

pro

fess

ion

al

to w

ork

as

a t

ea

m

HW

B4

L3

HW

B7

L3

3.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o b

ala

nce

th

e n

ee

d t

o s

tru

ctu

re c

on

sult

ati

on

s a

s a

ga

inst

th

e n

ee

d t

o a

llo

w t

he

cli

en

t to

ma

ke

ch

oic

es

an

d t

ak

e r

esp

on

sib

ilit

y

HW

B7

L3

4.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o a

void

im

ple

me

nti

ng

be

ha

vio

ur

cha

ng

e i

n a

ma

nn

er

wh

ich

be

com

es

did

act

ic,

dir

ect

ive

, in

tell

ect

ua

l o

r co

ntr

oll

ing

H

WB

4L3

HW

B7

L3

Ma

inta

inin

g a

pro

ble

m s

olv

ing

pe

rsp

ect

ive

5.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o a

void

se

ein

g t

he

cli

en

t th

em

selv

es

as

a p

rob

lem

, b

ut

to m

ain

tain

a p

rob

lem

-so

lvin

g a

pp

roa

ch t

o t

he

cli

en

t’s

he

alt

h b

eh

avi

ou

r p

rob

lem

s H

WB

4L3

HW

B7

L3

6.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o m

ain

tain

a p

rob

lem

-so

lvin

g a

ttit

ud

e i

n t

he

fa

ce o

f d

iffi

cult

ies

an

d f

rust

rati

on

s H

WB

4L3

HW

B7

L3

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7

BC

8.

Ab

ilit

y t

o s

tru

ctu

re c

on

sult

ati

on

s

K

SF

1.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o s

tru

ctu

re c

on

sult

ati

on

s H

WB

7L3

2.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o s

ha

re r

esp

on

sib

ilit

y f

or

con

sult

ati

on

str

uct

ure

& c

on

ten

t

HW

B7

L3

2.1

. A

n a

bil

ity

to

be

ap

pro

pri

ate

ly s

tru

ctu

red

(e

spe

cia

lly

in

th

e i

nit

ial

sta

ge

s o

f th

e i

nte

rve

nti

on

), b

ut

als

o t

o a

void

be

com

ing

in

ap

pro

pri

ate

ly d

ida

ctic

H

WB

7L3

3.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o a

gre

e a

nd

ad

he

re t

o a

n a

gre

ed

ag

en

da

H

WB

7L3

3.1

. A

n a

bil

ity

to

wo

rk c

oll

ab

ora

tive

ly w

ith

th

e c

lie

nt

to s

et

a m

utu

all

y a

gre

ed

ag

en

da

at

the

sta

rt o

f e

ach

co

nsu

lta

tio

n

HW

B7

L3

3.2

. A

n a

bil

ity

to

se

t a

n a

ge

nd

a t

ha

t is

: H

WB

7L3

3.2

.1.

ap

pro

pri

ate

to

th

e c

lie

nt’

s h

ea

lth

be

ha

vio

ur

pro

ble

m

HW

B7

L3

3.2

.2.

ap

pro

pri

ate

fo

r th

e l

ev

el

of

pro

gre

ssio

n i

n t

he

pro

cess

of

be

ha

vio

ur

cha

ng

e

HW

B7

L3

3.2

.3.

con

sist

en

t w

ith

th

e s

ha

red

un

de

rsta

nd

ing

of

the

cli

en

t’s

pro

ble

m

HW

B7

L3

3.2

.4.

an

ab

ilit

y t

o p

rio

riti

se a

ge

nd

a i

tem

s, a

nd

se

t a

n a

ge

nd

a w

hic

h f

its

wit

h t

he

tim

e a

vail

ab

le

HW

B7

L3

3.2

.5.

an

ab

ilit

y t

o a

dh

ere

to

th

e a

ge

nd

a

HW

B7

L3

3.3

. A

n a

bil

ity

to

pa

ce t

he

co

nsu

lta

tio

n a

nd

use

tim

e e

ffic

ien

tly

H

WB

7L3

3.3

.1.

an

ab

ilit

y t

o ‘

tim

e m

an

ag

e’

the

co

nsu

lta

tio

n i

n r

ela

tio

n t

o t

he

ag

en

da

H

WB

7L3

3.3

.2.

an

ab

ilit

y t

o p

ace

th

e c

on

sult

ati

on

in

re

lati

on

to

th

e c

lie

nt’

s n

ee

ds

an

d l

ea

rnin

g s

pe

ed

H

WB

7L3

4.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o m

ak

e a

nd

re

vie

w a

ctio

n p

lan

s

HW

B4

L3

4.1

. A

bil

ity

to

pla

n a

ctio

n p

lan

s

HW

B4

L3

4.1

.1.

an

ab

ilit

y t

o w

ork

wit

h t

he

cli

en

t to

ag

ree

ap

pro

pri

ate

an

d m

an

ag

ea

ble

act

ion

pla

ns

H

WB

4L3

4.1

.2.

an

ab

ilit

y t

o w

ork

wit

h c

lie

nt

to i

de

nti

fy s

tra

teg

ies

wh

ich

wil

l h

elp

en

sure

th

at

act

ion

pla

ns

are

ca

rrie

d o

ut

H

WB

4L3

4.2

. A

bil

ity

to

re

vie

w a

ctio

n p

lan

s H

WB

6L3

4.2

.1.

an

ab

ilit

y t

o e

nsu

re t

ha

t a

ctio

n p

lan

s th

at

the

cli

en

t h

as

un

de

rta

ke

n a

re c

are

full

y d

iscu

sse

d a

nd

re

vie

we

d w

ith

th

em

in

th

e n

ext

se

ssio

n,

wit

h

the

aim

of

he

lpin

g t

he

m i

de

nti

fy w

ha

t th

ey

ha

ve l

ea

rne

d

HW

B6

L3

4.2

.2.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o h

elp

cli

en

ts a

pp

rais

e t

he

ou

tco

me

s o

f a

ctio

n p

lan

s:

HW

B6

L3

4.2

.2.1

. w

he

n o

utc

om

es

are

in

lin

e w

ith

th

e p

rio

r e

xpe

cta

tio

ns

of

the

he

alt

h p

rofe

ssio

na

l a

nd

cli

en

t

HW

B6

L3

4.2

.2.2

. w

he

n t

he

re i

s a

dif

fere

nt

ou

tco

me

fro

m t

ha

t w

hic

h h

as

be

en

pre

dic

ted

H

WB

6L3

4.2

.3.

an

ab

ilit

y t

o i

nte

gra

te l

ea

rnin

g f

rom

act

ion

pla

ns

into

th

e s

ess

ion

, a

nd

to

bu

ild

on

th

is l

ea

rnin

g i

n i

de

nti

fyin

g f

urt

he

r a

ctio

n p

lan

s

HW

B4

L3

HW

B6

L3

5.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o u

se s

um

ma

rie

s a

nd

fe

ed

ba

ck t

o s

tru

ctu

re t

he

co

nsu

lta

tio

n

HW

B4

L3

5.1

. A

n a

bil

ity

to

str

uct

ure

th

e c

on

sult

ati

on

by

re

gu

larl

y g

ivin

g f

ee

db

ack

to

th

e c

lie

nt,

an

d b

y e

licit

ing

re

gu

lar

fee

db

ack

fro

m t

he

cli

en

t

HW

B6

L3

5.2

. A

n a

bil

ity

to

eli

cit

an

d r

esp

on

d b

oth

to

ve

rba

l a

nd

no

n-v

erb

al

fee

db

ack

fro

m t

he

cli

en

t th

rou

gh

ou

t th

e c

on

sult

ati

on

(i.

e.

to t

ak

e i

nto

acc

ou

nt

exp

lici

t

sta

tem

en

ts m

ad

e b

y t

he

cli

en

t a

nd

th

eir

em

oti

on

al

rea

ctio

ns)

H

WB

6L3

5.3

. A

n a

bil

ity

to

giv

e v

erb

al

fee

db

ack

to

th

e c

lie

nt

thro

ug

ho

ut

the

se

ssio

n,

by

off

eri

ng

‘ca

psu

le’

sum

ma

rie

s a

nd

by

‘ch

un

kin

g’

imp

ort

an

t (s

ali

en

t)

info

rma

tio

n a

nd

/or

top

ics

HW

B4

L3

HW

B6

L3

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8

5.4

. A

n a

bil

ity

to

in

vite

su

mm

ari

es

fro

m t

he

cli

en

t (t

o c

he

ck t

ha

t th

e h

ea

lth

pro

fess

ion

al

un

de

rsta

nd

s th

e c

lie

nt’

s h

ea

lth

be

ha

vio

ur

pro

ble

ms

an

d t

ha

t th

e

clie

nt

un

de

rsta

nd

s w

ha

t th

e h

ea

lth

pro

fess

ion

al

is s

ay

ing

)

C1

L3

HB

W4

L3

5.5

. A

n a

bil

ity

to

off

er

sum

ma

rie

s a

t th

e s

tart

of

con

sult

ati

on

s (e

.g.

a r

ev

iew

of

pri

or

wo

rk)

an

d a

t th

e e

nd

of

the

se

ssio

n (

cove

rin

g t

he

ma

in p

oin

ts o

f th

e

con

sult

ati

on

)

HW

B4

L3

HW

B6

L3

BC

9.

Ab

ilit

y t

o u

se m

ea

sure

s a

nd

se

lf-m

on

ito

rin

g t

o g

uid

e b

eh

av

iou

r ch

an

ge

in

terv

en

tio

ns

an

d t

o m

on

ito

r o

utc

om

e

K

SF

1.

Kn

ow

led

ge

of

com

mo

nly

use

d q

ue

stio

nn

air

es

an

d r

ati

ng

sca

les

HW

B6

L3

2.

Ab

ilit

y t

o s

ele

ct a

nd

in

terp

ret

me

asu

res:

H

WB

6L3

2.1

. A

bil

ity

to

se

lect

me

asu

res

rele

van

t to

th

e c

lie

nt’

s h

ea

lth

be

ha

vio

ur

pro

ble

m

HW

B6

L3

2.2

. A

n a

bil

ity

to

in

terp

ret

me

asu

res:

H

WB

6L3

2.2

.1.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o i

nte

rpre

t sc

ore

s o

n s

tan

da

rd m

ea

sure

s re

leva

nt

to c

lie

nt’

s h

ea

lth

be

ha

vio

ur

pro

ble

m

HW

B6

L3

2.2

.2.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o d

raw

on

kn

ow

led

ge

re

ga

rdin

g t

he

in

terp

reta

tio

n o

f m

ea

sure

s (e

.g.

ba

sic

pri

nci

ple

s o

f te

st c

on

stru

ctio

n,

no

rms

an

d c

lin

ica

l cu

t-

off

s, r

eli

ab

ilit

y,

vali

dit

y,

fact

ors

wh

ich

co

uld

in

flu

en

ce (

an

d p

ote

nti

all

y i

nva

lid

ate

) te

st r

esu

lts)

HW

B6

L3

2.2

.3.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o b

e a

wa

re o

f th

e w

ay

s in

wh

ich

th

e r

ea

ctiv

ity

of

me

asu

res

an

d s

elf

-mo

nit

ori

ng

pro

ced

ure

s ca

n b

ias

clie

nt

rep

ort

H

WB

6L3

3.

Kn

ow

led

ge

of

self

-mo

nit

ori

ng

:

HW

B6

L3

3.1

. A

n a

bil

ity

to

dra

w o

n k

no

wle

dg

e o

f se

lf-m

on

ito

rin

g f

orm

s d

ev

elo

pe

d f

or

use

in

sp

eci

fic

inte

rve

nti

on

s (a

s p

ub

lish

ed

in

art

icle

s, t

ext

bo

ok

s, m

an

ua

ls o

r

we

b-b

ase

d r

eso

urc

es)

HW

B6

L3

3.2

. K

no

wle

dg

e o

f th

e a

dva

nta

ge

s o

f u

sin

g s

elf

-mo

nit

ori

ng

(to

ga

in a

mo

re a

ccu

rate

co

ncu

rre

nt

de

scri

pti

on

of

be

ha

vio

urs

(ra

the

r th

an

re

lyin

g o

n r

eca

ll),

to h

elp

ad

ap

t th

e i

nte

rve

nti

on

in

re

lati

on

to

cli

en

t p

rog

ress

, a

nd

to

pro

vid

e t

he

cli

en

t w

ith

fe

ed

ba

ck a

bo

ut

the

ir p

rog

ress

)

HW

B6

L3

3.3

. K

no

wle

dg

e o

f th

e r

ole

of

self

-mo

nit

ori

ng

in

be

ha

vio

ur

cha

ng

e (

a m

ea

ns

of

he

lpin

g t

he

cli

en

t to

be

com

e a

n a

ctiv

e,

coll

ab

ora

tive

pa

rtic

ipa

nt

in t

he

ir

ow

n b

eh

avi

ou

r ch

an

ge

by

id

en

tify

ing

an

d a

pp

rais

ing

ho

w t

he

y r

ea

ct t

o e

ve

nts

(in

te

rms

of

the

ir o

wn

ph

ysi

olo

gic

al

rea

ctio

ns,

be

ha

vio

urs

, fe

eli

ng

s a

nd

cog

nit

ion

s))

HW

B6

L3

3.4

. A

n a

bil

ity

to

dra

w o

n k

no

wle

dg

e o

f m

ea

sure

me

nt

to e

nsu

re t

ha

t p

roce

du

res

for

self

-mo

nit

ori

ng

are

re

leva

nt

(i.e

. re

late

d t

o t

he

qu

est

ion

be

ing

ask

ed

), v

ali

d (

me

asu

rin

g w

ha

t is

in

ten

de

d t

o b

e m

ea

sure

d)

an

d r

eli

ab

le (

i.e

. re

aso

na

bly

co

nsi

ste

nt

wit

h h

ow

th

ing

s a

ctu

all

y a

re)

HW

B6

L3

4.

Ab

ilit

y t

o i

nte

gra

te m

ea

sure

s in

to t

he

in

terv

en

tio

n:

H

WB

6L3

4.1

. A

n a

bil

ity

to

use

an

d t

o i

nte

rpre

t re

leva

nt

me

asu

res

at

ap

pro

pri

ate

po

ints

th

rou

gh

ou

t th

e i

nte

rve

nti

on

, w

ith

th

e a

im o

f e

sta

bli

shin

g b

oth

a b

ase

lin

e

an

d i

nd

ica

tio

ns

of

pro

gre

ss

HW

B6

L3

4.2

. A

n a

bil

ity

to

sh

are

in

form

ati

on

gle

an

ed

fro

m m

ea

sure

s w

ith

th

e c

lie

nt,

wit

h t

he

aim

of

giv

ing

th

em

fe

ed

ba

ck a

bo

ut

pro

gre

ss

HW

B6

L3

4.3

. A

n a

bil

ity

to

est

ab

lish

an

ap

pro

pri

ate

sch

ed

ule

fo

r th

e a

dm

inis

tra

tio

n o

f m

ea

sure

s, a

void

ing

ove

r-te

stin

g,

bu

t a

lso

aim

ing

to

co

lle

ct d

ata

at

mo

re t

ha

n

on

e t

ime

po

int

HW

B6

L3

5.

Ab

ilit

y t

o h

elp

cli

en

ts u

se s

elf

-mo

nit

ori

ng

pro

ced

ure

s:

HW

B6

L3

5.1

. A

n a

bil

ity

to

co

nst

ruct

in

div

idu

ali

sed

se

lf-m

on

ito

rin

g f

orm

s, o

r to

ad

ap

t ‘s

tan

da

rd’

self

-mo

nit

ori

ng

fo

rms,

in

ord

er

to e

nsu

re t

ha

t m

on

ito

rin

g i

s

rele

van

t to

th

e c

lie

nt

HW

B6

L3

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5.2

. A

n a

bil

ity

to

wo

rk w

ith

th

e c

lie

nt

to e

nsu

re t

ha

t m

ea

sure

s o

f th

e t

arg

ete

d p

rob

lem

are

me

an

ing

ful

to t

he

cli

en

t (i

.e.

are

ch

ose

n t

o r

efl

ect

th

e c

lie

nt’

s

pe

rce

pti

on

s o

f th

e p

rob

lem

or

issu

e)

HW

B6

L3

5.3

. A

n a

bil

ity

to

en

sure

th

at

self

-mo

nit

ori

ng

in

clu

de

s ta

rge

ts w

hic

h a

re c

lea

rly

de

fin

ed

an

d d

eta

ile

d,

in o

rde

r th

at

the

y c

an

be

mo

nit

ore

d/r

eco

rde

d

reli

ab

ly

HW

B6

L3

5.4

. A

n a

bil

ity

to

en

sure

th

at

the

cli

en

t u

nd

ers

tan

ds

ho

w t

o u

se s

elf

-mo

nit

ori

ng

fo

rms

(usu

all

y b

y g

oin

g t

hro

ug

h a

wo

rke

d e

xam

ple

du

rin

g t

he

con

sult

ati

on

)

HW

B6

L3

6.

Ab

ilit

y t

o i

nte

gra

te s

elf

-mo

nit

ori

ng

in

to t

he

in

terv

en

tio

n

HW

B6

L3

6.1

. A

n a

bil

ity

to

en

sure

th

at

self

-mo

nit

ori

ng

is

inte

gra

ted

in

to t

he

in

terv

en

tio

n,

bo

th i

n t

he

co

nsu

lta

tio

n a

nd

as

pa

rt o

f a

ctio

n p

lan

s, e

nsu

rin

g t

ha

t th

e

ag

en

da

fo

r th

e c

on

sult

ati

on

in

clu

de

s re

gu

lar

an

d c

on

sist

en

t re

vie

w o

f se

lf-m

on

ito

rin

g f

orm

s

HW

B6

L3

6.2

. A

n a

bil

ity

to

gu

ide

an

d t

o a

da

pt

the

in

terv

en

tio

n i

n t

he

lig

ht

of

info

rma

tio

n f

rom

se

lf-m

on

ito

rin

g

HW

B6

L3

BC

10

. A

bil

ity

to

ca

rry

ou

t h

ea

lth

be

ha

vio

ur

pro

ble

m s

olv

ing

K

SF

1.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o i

de

nti

fy h

ea

lth

be

ha

vio

ur

pro

ble

ms

faci

ng

th

e c

lie

nt,

wh

ich

ma

y b

e a

pp

rop

ria

te f

or

a p

rob

lem

so

lvin

g a

pp

roa

ch

HW

B4

L3

2.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o e

xpla

in t

he

ra

tio

na

le f

or

pro

ble

m-s

olv

ing

to

th

e c

lie

nt

C

1L3

HW

B7

L3

3.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o h

elp

th

e c

lie

nt

to s

ele

ct p

rob

lem

s, u

sua

lly

on

th

e b

asi

s th

at

pro

ble

ms

are

re

leva

nt

for

the

cli

en

t a

nd

are

on

es

for

wh

ich

ach

ieva

ble

go

als

ca

n

be

se

t

HW

B4

L3

4.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o h

elp

th

e c

lie

nt

spe

cify

th

e p

rob

lem

(s),

an

d t

o b

rea

k d

ow

n l

arg

er

pro

ble

ms

into

sm

all

er

(mo

re m

an

ag

ea

ble

) p

art

s

HW

B4

L3

5.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o i

de

nti

fy a

chie

vab

le g

oa

ls w

ith

th

e c

lie

nt,

be

ari

ng

in

min

d t

he

cli

en

t’s

reso

urc

es

an

d l

ike

ly o

bst

acl

es

H

WB

4L3

6.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o h

elp

th

e c

lie

nt

ge

ne

rate

(“b

rain

sto

rm”)

po

ssib

le s

olu

tio

ns

H

WB

4L3

7.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o h

elp

th

e c

lie

nt

sele

ct a

pre

ferr

ed

so

luti

on

H

WB

4L3

8.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o h

elp

th

e c

lie

nt

pla

n a

nd

im

ple

me

nt

pre

ferr

ed

so

luti

on

s

HW

B4

L3

9.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o h

elp

th

e c

lie

nt

ev

alu

ate

th

e o

utc

om

e o

f im

ple

me

nta

tio

n,

wh

eth

er

po

siti

ve

or

ne

ga

tive

H

WB

6L3

BC

11

. C

ap

aci

ty t

o m

an

ag

e o

bst

acl

es

to c

arr

yin

g o

ut

be

ha

vio

ur

cha

ng

e

K

SF

1.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o w

ork

co

lla

bo

rati

vely

wit

h c

lie

nt

be

ha

vio

urs

th

at

are

po

ten

tia

lly

co

un

ter-

pro

du

ctiv

e –

fo

r e

xam

ple

, cl

ien

ts w

ho

:

C1

L3

1.1

. fi

nd

it

dif

ficu

lt t

o t

alk

H

WB

6L3

1.2

. te

nd

to

ta

lk t

oo

mu

ch a

nd

/or

fin

d i

t h

ard

to

sta

y f

ocu

sed

H

WB

6L3

1.3

. in

ven

t o

r d

isto

rt m

ate

ria

l

HW

B6

L3

1.4

. a

re p

ers

iste

ntl

y l

ate

H

WB

6L3

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BC

12

. A

bil

ity

to

en

d t

he

in

terv

en

tio

n i

n a

pla

nn

ed

ma

nn

er

an

d t

o p

lan

fo

r lo

ng

-te

rm m

ain

ten

an

ce o

f g

ain

s a

fte

r in

terv

en

tio

n e

nd

s

K

SF

1.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o t

erm

ina

te t

he

in

terv

en

tio

n i

n a

ma

nn

er

wh

ich

is

pla

nn

ed

, a

nd

to

sig

na

l p

lan

s fo

r te

rmin

ati

on

at

ap

pro

pri

ate

po

ints

th

rou

gh

ou

t th

e

inte

rve

nti

on

HW

B7

L3

2.

An

ab

ilit

y t

o p

lan

fo

r m

ain

ten

an

ce o

f b

eh

avi

ou

r ch

an

ge

aft

er

the

en

d o

f th

e i

nte

rve

nti

on

:

HW

B7

L3

2.1

. A

n a

bil

ity

to

he

lp c

lie

nts

id

en

tify

an

d e

lab

ora

te t

he

ir c

on

cern

s a

bo

ut

term

ina

tio

n (

e.g

. w

orr

y t

ha

t th

at

the

y n

ee

d s

up

po

rt t

o m

an

ag

e o

n t

he

ir o

wn

, o

r

tha

t th

ey

wil

l re

lap

se)

HW

B7

L3

2.2

. a

bil

ity

to

he

lp c

lie

nts

id

en

tify

oth

er

reso

urc

es

tha

t m

igh

t h

elp

th

em

ma

inta

in t

he

ir b

eh

avi

ou

r ch

an

ge

(e

.g.

we

igh

twa

tch

ers

, w

eb

site

s, g

ym

me

mb

ers

hip

)

HW

B7

L3

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1

Behaviour Change Techniques

BC

T

cod

ea

Na

me

of

BC

T

Be

ha

vio

ur

Ch

an

ge

Te

chn

iqu

e D

esc

rip

tio

n

KS

F

T

ech

niq

ue

s fo

r M

oti

va

tio

n D

ev

elo

pm

en

t

Lo

w I

nte

nsi

ty I

nte

rve

nti

on

s

M2

0

Re

ass

ura

nce

E

nco

ura

ge

cli

en

t to

be

lie

ve

in

he

rse

lf/h

imse

lf a

nd

th

e p

oss

ibil

itie

s o

f im

pro

vem

en

t (e

.g.

by

no

n-

spe

cifi

c su

pp

ort

ive

co

mm

en

ts e

.g.

‘yo

u’l

l d

o f

ine

’)

C1

L3

M1

7

Ge

ne

ral

info

rma

tio

n

Pro

vid

e g

en

era

l in

form

ati

on

ab

ou

t th

e b

eh

av

iou

r a

nd

be

ha

vio

ur

cha

ng

e

HW

B4

L3

M1

2

So

cia

l su

pp

ort

(em

oti

on

al)

Pro

vid

e &

/or

id p

ote

nti

al

sou

rce

s o

f e

mp

ath

y a

nd

giv

e g

en

era

lise

d p

osi

tive

fe

ed

ba

ck

HW

B4

L3

M1

0

Info

rma

tio

n a

bo

ut

the

be

ha

vio

ur

Pro

vid

e i

nfo

rma

tio

n a

bo

ut

an

tece

de

nts

or

con

seq

ue

nce

s o

f th

e b

eh

av

iou

r, o

r co

nn

ect

ion

s b

etw

ee

n

the

m,

or

be

ha

vio

ur

cha

ng

e t

ech

niq

ue

s

HW

B4

L3

M1

1

Ve

rba

l p

ers

ua

sio

n /

pe

rsu

asi

ve

com

mu

nic

ati

on

Pre

sen

tati

on

of

arg

um

en

ts in

fa

vo

ur

of

the

be

ha

vio

ur

by

a c

red

ible

so

urc

e (

NB

: th

ere

mu

st b

e

ev

ide

nce

of

pre

sen

tati

on

of

arg

um

en

ts;

ge

ne

ral

pro

-be

ha

vio

ur

com

mu

nic

ati

on

do

es

no

t co

un

t)

HW

B4

L3

M

ed

ium

Le

ve

l In

terv

en

tio

ns

M1

(a

lso

A4

)

An

tece

de

nts

&

con

seq

ue

nce

s

Re

cord

an

tece

de

nts

an

d c

on

seq

ue

nce

s o

f b

eh

av

iou

r (e

.g.

soci

al a

nd

en

vir

on

me

nta

l si

tua

tio

ns

an

d

ev

en

ts,

em

oti

on

s, c

og

nit

ion

s)

HW

B4

L3

M8

B

eh

av

iou

ral

exp

eri

me

nts

Ide

nti

fy a

nd

te

st h

yp

oth

ese

s a

bo

ut

the

be

ha

vio

ur,

its

ca

use

s a

nd

co

nse

qu

en

ces,

by

co

lle

ctin

g a

nd

inte

rpre

tin

g d

ata

HW

B4

L3

HW

B6

L3

M1

3

De

cisi

on

-ma

kin

g

Ge

ne

rate

alt

ern

ati

ve c

ou

rse

s o

f a

ctio

n,

an

d p

ros

an

d c

on

s o

f e

ach

, a

nd

we

igh

th

em

up

H

WB

4L3

M1

5

Mo

tiv

ati

on

al

inte

rvie

win

g

Eli

cit

self

-mo

tiv

ati

ng

sta

tem

en

ts &

eva

lua

tio

n o

f o

wn

be

ha

vio

ur

to r

ed

uce

re

sist

an

ce t

o c

ha

ng

e

HW

B4

L3

M2

1

Re

fra

min

g

En

cou

rag

e c

lie

nt

to a

do

pt

a d

iffe

ren

t p

ers

pe

ctiv

e o

n b

eh

av

iou

r in

ord

er

to c

ha

ng

e a

ttit

ud

e (

e.g

. b

y

ask

ing

ho

w p

art

ne

r w

ou

ld s

ee

th

e b

eh

av

iou

r o

r h

ow

th

ey

mig

ht

see

it

wh

en

th

ey

we

re i

ll o

r o

lde

r)

HW

B4

L3

M5

(als

o A

7)

Co

ntr

act

G

en

era

te a

co

ntr

act

of

ag

ree

d p

erf

orm

an

ce o

f ta

rge

t b

eh

av

iou

r w

ith

at

lea

st o

ne

oth

er,

wri

tte

n

an

d s

ign

ed

or

ve

rba

l

HW

B4

L3

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M2

(als

o A

6)

Co

mp

ari

son

P

rov

ide

co

mp

ara

tiv

e d

ata

(cf

sta

nd

ard

be

ha

vio

ur,

pe

rso

n’s

ow

n p

ast

be

ha

vio

ur,

oth

ers

’ b

eh

av

iou

r)

HW

B4

L3

M3

S

oci

al

com

pa

riso

n

Pro

vid

e o

pp

ort

un

itie

s fo

r so

cia

l co

mp

ari

son

, i.

e.

com

pa

riso

n b

etw

ee

n s

elf

an

d o

the

r p

eo

ple

(e

.g.

con

test

s a

nd

gro

up

le

arn

ing

)

HW

B4

L3

M1

6

(als

o A

21

)

So

cia

l S

up

po

rt (

no

n-

spe

cifi

c)

Pro

vid

e a

nd

/or

ide

nti

fy s

ou

rce

s o

f n

on

-sp

eci

fic

soci

al s

up

po

rt

HW

B4

L3

H

igh

In

ten

sity

In

terv

en

tio

ns

M4

D

iscr

ep

an

cy

ass

ess

me

nt:

Hig

hli

gh

t n

atu

re o

f d

iscr

ep

an

cy (

dir

ect

ion

an

d a

mo

un

t) b

etw

ee

n s

tan

da

rd,

ow

n o

r o

the

rs’

be

ha

vio

ur

(go

es

be

yo

nd

sim

ple

se

lf-m

on

ito

rin

g)

HW

B4

L3

M6

F

ea

r a

rou

sal

Ind

uce

ne

ga

tive

(a

ve

rsiv

e)

em

oti

on

al

sta

te a

sso

cia

ted

wit

h t

he

be

ha

vio

ur

H

WB

4L3

M7

A

nti

cip

ate

d r

eg

ret

Ind

uce

exp

ect

ati

on

s o

f fu

ture

re

gre

t a

bo

ut

no

n-p

erf

orm

an

ce o

f b

eh

av

iou

r

HW

B4

L3

M9

C

og

nit

ive

rest

ruct

uri

ng

Ch

an

ge

co

gn

itio

ns

ab

ou

t ca

use

s a

nd

co

nse

qu

en

ces

of

be

ha

vio

ur

HW

B4

L3

M1

9

Pa

rad

oxi

cal

Inst

ruct

ion

s

Inst

ruct

th

e c

lie

nt

to d

o p

reci

sely

th

e o

pp

osi

te o

f w

ha

t co

mm

on

se

nse

wo

uld

dic

tate

in

ord

er

to

sho

w t

he

ab

surd

ity

or

self

-de

fea

tin

g n

atu

re o

f th

e c

lie

nt’

s o

rig

ina

l in

ten

tio

n (

e.g

. sm

ok

ing

ma

ny

mo

re c

iga

rett

es

tha

n t

he

clie

nt

wo

uld

no

rma

lly)

HW

B4

L3

M1

4

Co

pin

g s

tra

teg

ies

Ide

nti

fy b

eh

av

iou

rs t

o b

e u

nd

ert

ak

en

to

avo

id o

r re

du

ce s

tre

sso

rs

HW

B4

L3

M1

8

Ass

ert

ion

Tra

inin

g

A c

om

bin

ati

on

of

tech

niq

ue

s u

sed

to

te

ach

cli

en

t in

terp

ers

on

al

com

mu

nic

ati

on

to

he

lp t

he

m

exp

ress

em

oti

on

s, o

pin

ion

s, a

nd

pre

fere

nce

s (p

osi

tiv

e a

nd

ne

ga

tiv

e)

cle

arl

y,

dir

ect

ly,

an

d i

n a

n

ap

pro

pri

ate

ma

nn

er

(e.g

. fo

r a

cli

en

t w

ho

ea

ts o

r sm

ok

es

foll

ow

ing

in

terp

ers

on

al c

on

flic

t)

HW

B4

L3

T

ech

niq

ue

s fo

r A

ctio

n o

n M

oti

va

tio

n

Lo

w I

nte

nsi

ty I

nte

rve

nti

on

s

A3

S

elf

-Mo

nit

ori

ng

of

be

ha

vio

ur

Re

cord

th

e s

pe

cifi

ed

be

ha

vio

ur

(pe

rso

n h

as

acc

ess

to

re

cord

ed

da

ta o

f b

eh

av

iou

ral

pe

rfo

rma

nce

,

e.g

. fr

om

dia

ry)

HW

B4

L3

A1

G

oa

l se

ttin

g

Ide

nti

fy a

nd

se

t a

be

ha

vio

ura

l g

oa

l

HW

B4

L3

A1

2

Inst

ruct

ion

T

ea

ch n

ew

be

ha

vio

ur

req

uir

ed

fo

r p

erf

orm

an

ce o

f ta

rge

t b

eh

av

iou

r (n

ot

as

pa

rt o

f g

rad

ed

hie

rarc

hy

or

as

pa

rt o

f m

od

ell

ing

) (e

.g.

giv

e c

lea

r in

stru

ctio

ns)

HW

B4

L3

A9

C

op

ing

pla

nn

ing

Id

en

tify

an

d p

lan

wa

ys

of

ov

erc

om

ing

ba

rrie

rs (

no

te,

this

mu

st i

ncl

ud

e i

de

nti

fica

tio

n o

f sp

eci

fic

ba

rrie

rs e

.g.

“pro

ble

m s

olv

ing

ho

w t

o f

it i

nto

we

ek

ly s

che

du

le”

wo

uld

no

t co

un

t)

HW

B4

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A8

A

ctio

n P

lan

nin

g

Ma

ke

a d

eta

ile

d p

lan

of

wh

at

the

cli

en

t w

ill

do

in

clu

din

g,

as

a m

inim

um

, w

he

n,

an

d w

he

re t

o a

ct

HW

B4

L3

A1

0

Go

al

rev

iew

A

sse

ss e

xte

nt

to w

hic

h t

he

go

al/

targ

et

be

ha

vio

ur

is a

chie

ve

d,

ide

nti

fy t

he

fa

cto

rs in

flu

en

cin

g t

his

an

d a

me

nd

go

al

if a

pp

rop

ria

te

HW

B4

L3

M

ed

ium

In

ten

sity

In

terv

en

tio

ns

A4

(a

lso

M1

)

An

tece

de

nts

an

d

con

seq

ue

nce

s

Re

cord

an

tece

de

nts

an

d c

on

seq

ue

nce

s o

f b

eh

av

iou

r (e

.g.

soci

al a

nd

en

vir

on

me

nta

l si

tua

tio

ns

an

d

ev

en

ts,

em

oti

on

s, c

og

nit

ion

s)

HW

B4

L3

A2

S

tan

da

rd

De

cid

e o

n t

he

ta

rge

t st

an

da

rd o

f b

eh

av

iou

r (s

pe

cifi

ed

an

d o

bse

rva

ble

) H

WB

4L3

A5

F

ee

db

ack

P

rov

ide

fe

ed

ba

ck o

f m

on

ito

red

(in

c. s

elf

-mo

nit

ore

d)

be

ha

vio

ur

HW

B6

L3

A6

(a

lso

M5

) C

om

pa

riso

n

Pro

vid

e c

om

pa

rati

ve

da

ta (

cf s

tan

da

rd b

eh

av

iou

r, p

ers

on

’s o

wn

pa

st b

eh

av

iou

r, o

the

rs’

be

ha

vio

ur)

H

WB

4L3

A7

(a

lso

M5

) C

on

tra

ct

Ge

ne

rate

a c

on

tra

ct o

f a

gre

ed

pe

rfo

rma

nce

of

targ

et

be

ha

vio

ur

wit

h a

t le

ast

on

e o

the

r, w

ritt

en

an

d s

ign

ed

or

ve

rba

l

HW

B4

L3

A1

5

Se

lf t

alk

M

ak

e p

lan

ne

d s

elf

-sta

tem

en

ts (

alo

ud

or

sile

nt)

to

im

ple

me

nt

be

ha

vio

ur

cha

ng

e t

ech

niq

ue

s H

WB

4L3

A1

8

Re

laxa

tio

n

Pro

vid

e s

yst

em

ati

c in

stru

ctio

n i

n p

hy

sica

l an

d c

og

nit

ive

str

ate

gie

s to

re

du

ce s

ymp

ath

eti

c a

rou

sal,

an

d t

o i

ncr

ea

se m

usc

le r

ela

xati

on

an

d a

fe

eli

ng

of

calm

HW

B4

L3

A1

9

Tim

e m

an

ag

em

en

t A

pp

ly a

ctio

n p

lan

nin

g t

o t

he

pe

rce

ive

d p

rob

lem

of

sho

rta

ge

of

tim

e

HW

B4

L3

A2

0

Ho

me

wo

rk

Se

t h

om

ew

ork

ta

sks

tha

t re

pe

at

or

bu

ild

on

wo

rk d

on

e w

ith

clie

nt

e.g

. p

erf

orm

me

nta

l re

he

ars

al o

r

oth

er

BC

Ts

HW

B4

L3

A2

1

(als

o M

16

)

So

cia

l S

up

po

rt (

no

n-

spe

cifi

c)

Pro

vid

e a

nd

/or

ide

nti

fy s

ou

rce

s o

f n

on

-sp

eci

fic

soci

al s

up

po

rt

HW

B4

L3

A2

2

Ge

ne

ral

pro

ble

m-

solv

ing

En

ga

ge

cli

en

t in

ge

ne

ral

pro

ble

m-s

olv

ing

H

WB

4L3

A2

4

Av

oid

an

ce

Ide

nti

fy a

nd

ad

vis

e c

lie

nt

to a

vo

id t

ho

se p

art

icu

lar

situ

ati

on

s, a

ctiv

itie

s, e

nv

iro

nm

en

ts,

ind

ivid

ua

ls,

thin

gs,

or

sub

ject

s o

f th

ou

gh

t o

r co

nv

ers

ati

on

th

at

ha

ve a

nti

cip

ate

d n

eg

ati

ve

co

nse

qu

en

ces

HW

B4

L3

A1

1

(a

lso

P8

) G

rad

ed

ta

sks

Se

t e

asy

ta

sks

to p

erf

orm

, m

ak

ing

th

em

in

cre

asi

ng

ly d

iffi

cult

un

til

targ

et

be

ha

vio

ur

is p

erf

orm

ed

H

WB

4L3

H

igh

In

ten

sity

In

terv

en

tio

ns

A1

3

(als

o P

11

) B

eh

av

iou

ral

reh

ea

rsa

l P

rov

ide

or

ide

nti

fy o

pp

ort

un

itie

s fo

r cl

ien

t to

pe

rfo

rm b

eh

av

iou

r (r

ep

ea

ted

ly)

HW

B4

L3

A1

4

(als

o P

14

) R

ole

pla

y P

rov

ide

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

for

clie

nt

to p

erf

orm

be

ha

vio

ur

in s

imu

late

d s

itu

ati

on

s H

WB

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A1

6

(als

o P

17

) Im

ag

ery

U

se p

lan

ne

d im

ag

es

(vis

ua

l, m

oto

r, s

en

sory

) to

im

ple

me

nt

BC

Ts

(in

c. m

en

tal r

eh

ea

rsa

l)

HW

B4

L3

A1

7

Re

lap

se p

reve

nti

on

Id

en

tify

sit

ua

tio

ns

tha

t in

cre

ase

th

e l

ike

lih

oo

d o

f th

e b

eh

av

iou

r n

ot

be

ing

pe

rfo

rme

d a

nd

ap

ply

cop

ing

str

ate

gie

s to

th

ose

sit

ua

tio

ns

HW

B4

L3

A2

3

Bio

fee

db

ack

Use

an

ext

ern

al m

on

ito

rin

g d

ev

ice

to

pro

vid

e a

n i

nd

ivid

ua

l w

ith

in

form

ati

on

re

ga

rdin

g h

is o

r h

er

ph

ysi

olo

gic

al

sta

te,

wh

ich

ma

ny

en

ab

le v

olu

nta

ry c

on

tro

l ove

r a

uto

no

mic

bo

dy

fu

nct

ion

s e

.g.

he

art

rate

fe

ed

ba

ck i

n i

ncr

ea

sin

g p

hy

sica

l a

ctiv

ity

HW

B6

L3

A2

5

Dis

tra

ctio

n

Ide

nti

fy a

lte

rna

tiv

e f

ocu

s fo

r cl

ien

t’s

att

en

tio

n t

o a

void

att

en

tio

n t

o t

rig

ge

rs f

or

pro

ble

ma

tic

be

ha

vio

ur

an

d i

nst

ruct

on

usi

ng

in

pro

ble

ma

tic

situ

ati

on

s.

HW

B4

L3

A2

6

Ra

tio

na

l Em

oti

ve

Th

era

py

Te

ach

th

e c

lie

nt,

usi

ng

a v

ari

ety

of

cog

nit

ive

, e

mo

tive

an

d b

eh

av

iou

ral t

ech

niq

ue

s, t

o m

od

ify

an

d

rep

lace

se

lf-d

efe

ati

ng

th

ou

gh

ts t

o a

chie

ve

ne

w a

nd

mo

re e

ffe

ctiv

e w

ay

s o

f fe

eli

ng

an

d b

eh

av

ing

.

HW

B4

L3

A2

7

So

cia

l S

kil

ls T

rain

ing

T

ea

ch e

ffe

ctiv

e s

oci

al

inte

ract

ion

in

sp

eci

fic

situ

ati

on

s (e

.g.

job

in

terv

iew

s,),

ma

y in

clu

de

te

chn

iqu

es

such

as:

be

ha

vio

ur

reh

ea

rsa

l, c

og

nit

ive

re

he

ars

al,

an

d a

sse

rtiv

en

ess

tra

inin

g

HW

B4

L3

A2

8

(als

o P

37

)

Str

ess

In

ocu

lati

on

Pro

gra

m

Fo

r cl

ien

ts e

xpe

rie

nci

ng

str

ess

co

nsi

de

r u

sin

g S

tre

ss-I

no

cula

tio

n T

rain

ing

(S

IT):

A f

ou

r-p

ha

se

tra

inin

g p

rog

ram

fo

r st

ress

ma

na

ge

me

nt

oft

en

use

d i

n c

og

nit

ive

be

ha

vio

ur

the

rap

y.

HW

B4

L3

A2

9

(als

o P

37

)

An

ge

r C

on

tro

l

Tra

inin

g

A c

om

bin

ati

on

of

tech

niq

ue

s th

at

are

use

d t

o e

na

ble

th

e c

lie

nt

to c

on

tro

l an

ge

r

HW

B4

L3

A3

0

(als

o M

18

) A

sse

rtio

n T

rain

ing

A c

om

bin

ati

on

of

tech

niq

ue

s u

sed

to

te

ach

cli

en

t in

terp

ers

on

al

com

mu

nic

ati

on

to

he

lp t

he

m

exp

ress

em

oti

on

s, o

pin

ion

s, a

nd

pre

fere

nce

s –

po

siti

ve a

nd

ne

ga

tiv

e –

cle

arl

y,

dir

ect

ly,

an

d i

n a

n

ap

pro

pri

ate

ma

nn

er

HW

B4

L3

P

rom

pte

d o

r cu

ed

ro

ute

Lo

w I

nte

nsi

ty I

nte

rve

nti

on

s

P1

5

Mo

de

llin

g

Pro

mp

t o

bse

rva

tio

n o

f th

e b

eh

av

iou

r o

f o

the

rs

HW

B4

L3

P1

8

So

cia

l su

pp

ort

(in

stru

me

nta

l)

Pro

vid

e o

r a

rra

ng

e f

or

oth

ers

to

pe

rfo

rm c

om

po

ne

nt

task

s o

f b

eh

av

iou

r o

r ta

sks

tha

t w

ou

ld

com

pe

te w

ith

be

ha

vio

ur

(e.g

. o

ffe

rin

g c

hil

dca

re)

HW

B4

L3

P2

P

rom

pt

Ide

nti

fy a

sti

mu

lus

tha

t e

lici

ts b

eh

av

iou

r (i

nc.

te

lep

ho

ne

ca

lls

or

po

sta

l re

min

de

rs d

esi

gn

ed

to

pro

mp

t th

e b

eh

av

iou

r)

HW

B7

L3

M

ed

ium

In

ten

sity

In

terv

en

tio

ns

P3

C

on

tin

ge

nt

Re

wa

rd

Ide

nti

fy a

nd

pro

vid

e a

co

nti

ng

en

t v

alu

ed

co

nse

qu

en

ce o

f th

e t

arg

et

be

ha

vio

ur

if a

nd

on

ly i

f th

e

targ

et

be

ha

vio

ur

is p

erf

orm

ed

(re

wa

rds

can

in

clu

de

so

cia

l a

pp

rov

al)

HW

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5

P8

(a

lso

A1

1)

Gra

de

d t

ask

s S

et

ea

sy t

ask

s to

pe

rfo

rm,

ma

kin

g t

he

m i

ncr

ea

sin

gly

dif

ficu

lt u

nti

l ta

rge

t b

eh

av

iou

r is

pe

rfo

rme

d

HW

B7

L3

P1

6

Vic

ari

ou

s

rein

forc

em

en

t

Pro

mp

t o

bse

rva

tio

n o

f th

e c

on

seq

ue

nce

s o

f o

the

rs’

be

ha

vio

ur

HW

B4

L3

P2

1

En

vir

on

me

nta

l ch

an

ge

C

ha

ng

e t

he

en

vir

on

me

nt

in o

rde

r to

fa

cili

tate

th

e t

arg

et

be

ha

vio

ur

(oth

er

tha

n p

rom

pts

, re

wa

rds

an

d p

un

ish

me

nts

, e

.g.

cho

ice

of

foo

d p

rov

ide

d)

HW

B4

L3

P3

9

Tim

e O

ut

Mo

ve

th

e c

lie

nt

aw

ay

fro

m t

he

are

a t

ha

t is

re

info

rcin

g t

he

be

ha

vio

ur,

e.g

. in

stru

ct c

lie

nt

no

t to

go

into

th

e l

oca

l sh

op

fro

m w

hic

h t

he

y b

uy

th

eir

cig

are

tte

s H

WB

4L3

H

igh

In

ten

sity

In

terv

en

tio

ns

P1

D

iscr

imin

ati

ve

(le

arn

ed

) cu

e

Ide

nti

fy a

n e

nv

iro

nm

en

tal s

tim

ulu

s th

at

ha

s b

ee

n r

ep

ea

ted

ly a

sso

cia

ted

wit

h c

on

tin

ge

nt

rew

ard

fo

r

spe

cifi

ed

be

ha

vio

ur

HW

B7

L3

P4

P

un

ish

me

nt

Ide

nti

fy a

nd

pro

vid

e a

co

nti

ng

en

t a

vers

ive

co

nse

qu

en

ce,

if a

nd

on

ly i

f th

e b

eh

av

iou

r is

no

t

pe

rfo

rme

d

HW

B7

L3

P5

O

mis

sio

n

Ide

nti

fy a

nd

re

mo

ve a

co

nti

ng

en

t v

alu

ed

co

nse

qu

en

ce,

if a

nd

on

ly i

f th

e b

eh

av

iou

r is

no

t

pe

rfo

rme

d

HW

B7

L3

P6

N

eg

ati

ve

rein

forc

em

en

t

Ide

nti

fy a

nd

re

mo

ve a

n a

ve

rsiv

e c

on

seq

ue

nce

of

the

be

ha

vio

ur,

if

an

d o

nly

if

the

be

ha

vio

ur

is

pe

rfo

rme

d

HW

B7

L3

P7

T

hre

at

Off

er

futu

re p

un

ish

me

nt

or

rem

ov

al o

f re

wa

rd c

on

tin

ge

nt

on

pe

rfo

rma

nce

H

WB

7L3

P9

S

ha

pin

g

Bu

ild

up

be

ha

vio

ur

by

in

itia

lly

re

info

rcin

g b

eh

av

iou

r cl

ose

st t

o r

eq

uir

ed

be

ha

vio

ur

an

d

syst

em

ati

call

y a

lte

rin

g b

eh

av

iou

r re

qu

ire

d t

o a

chie

ve c

on

tin

ge

nt

rein

forc

em

en

t H

WB

7L3

P1

0

Ch

ain

ing

B

uil

d u

p b

eh

av

iou

r b

y s

tart

ing

wit

h f

ina

l co

mp

on

en

t; g

rad

ua

lly

ad

d c

om

po

ne

nts

ea

rlie

r in

se

qu

en

ce

HW

B7

L3

P1

1

(als

o A

13

) B

eh

av

iou

ral

reh

ea

rsa

l P

rov

ide

or

ide

nti

fy o

pp

ort

un

itie

s fo

r cl

ien

t to

pe

rfo

rm b

eh

av

iou

r re

pe

ate

dly

H

WB

7L3

P1

2

Me

nta

l re

he

ars

al

Pro

vid

e o

pp

ort

un

itie

s fo

r cl

ien

t to

ima

gin

e p

erf

orm

ing

th

e b

eh

av

iou

r re

pe

ate

dly

H

WB

7L3

P1

3

Ha

bit

fo

rma

tio

n

Pro

vid

e o

r id

en

tify

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

for

clie

nt

to p

erf

orm

sa

me

be

ha

vio

ur

in t

he

sa

me

co

nte

xt

rep

ea

ted

ly

HW

B7

L3

P1

4

(als

o A

14

) R

ole

pla

y P

rov

ide

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

for

clie

nt

to p

erf

orm

be

ha

vio

ur

in s

imu

late

d s

itu

ati

on

H

WB

7L3

P1

7

(als

o A

16

) Im

ag

ery

U

se p

lan

ne

d im

ag

es

(vis

ua

l, m

oto

r, s

en

sory

) to

im

ple

me

nt

be

ha

vio

ur

cha

ng

e t

ech

niq

ue

s (i

ncl

.

me

nta

l re

he

ars

al)

HW

B4

L3

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6

P1

9

De

sen

siti

sati

on

Id

en

tify

an

d p

rov

ide

exp

osu

re t

o t

hre

ate

nin

g e

xpe

rie

nce

s

HW

B7

L3

P2

0

Sy

ste

ma

tic

de

sen

siti

sati

on

Pro

vid

e g

rad

ed

exp

osu

re t

o i

ncr

ea

sin

gly

th

rea

ten

ing

exp

eri

en

ces

H

WB

7L3

P2

2

Dif

fere

nti

al

Re

info

rce

me

nt

Arr

an

ge

fo

r re

info

rce

me

nt

of

on

ly s

ele

cte

d b

eh

av

iou

r (e

.g.

pro

vid

e r

ew

ard

of

con

sum

pti

on

of

low

fat

foo

ds

bu

t n

ot

con

sum

pti

on

of

hig

h f

at

foo

ds)

HW

B7

L3

P2

3

Esc

ap

e L

ea

rnin

g

Arr

an

ge

fo

r th

e t

erm

ina

tio

n o

f a

n a

ve

rsiv

e s

tim

ulu

s T

he

pri

nci

ple

is

ide

nti

cal

to t

ha

t o

f n

eg

ati

ve

rein

forc

em

en

t H

WB

7L3

P2

4

Ext

inct

ion

D

isco

nti

nu

e r

ein

forc

em

en

t o

f ta

rge

t b

eh

av

iou

r e

.g.

red

uce

am

ou

nt

of

soci

al

att

en

tio

n t

o s

mo

kin

g

be

ha

vio

urs

H

WB

7L3

P2

5

Flo

od

ing

Exp

ose

cli

en

t d

ire

ctly

to

a m

axi

mu

m-i

nte

nsi

ty a

nxi

ety

-pro

vok

ing

sit

ua

tio

n o

r st

imu

lus,

eit

he

r in

th

e

ima

gin

ati

on

or

in r

ea

lity

. F

loo

din

g t

ech

niq

ue

s a

im t

o r

ed

uce

an

xie

ty t

ha

t is

in

terf

eri

ng

wit

h d

esi

red

be

ha

vio

ur

e.g

. ta

kin

g c

lie

nt

to a

gym

to

ov

erc

om

e a

nxi

ety

ab

ou

t e

ng

ag

ing

in

ph

ysi

cal

act

ivit

y

HW

B7

L3

P2

7

Co

un

ter-

con

dit

ion

ing

Re

wa

rd c

lie

nt

for

resp

on

din

g t

o a

sti

mu

lus

in a

ma

nn

er

tha

t is

in

com

pa

tib

le w

ith

th

eir

pre

vio

us

resp

on

se t

o t

ha

t st

imu

lus,

(e

.g.

rew

ard

cli

en

t fo

r o

rde

rin

g a

so

ft d

rin

k w

he

n t

he

y f

irst

go

to

th

e b

ar

rath

er

tha

n a

n a

lco

ho

lic

dri

nk

)

HW

B7

L3

P2

8

Exp

osu

re

Pro

vid

e s

yst

em

ati

c co

nfr

on

tati

on

wit

h a

fe

are

d s

tim

ulu

s, e

.g.

a p

eri

od

of

wit

hd

raw

al

fro

m n

ico

tin

e

for

a c

lie

nt

wh

o w

an

ts t

o s

top

sm

ok

ing

, e

ith

er

live

or

in t

he

ima

gin

ati

on

(m

ay

en

com

pa

ss a

ny

of

a

nu

mb

er

of

be

ha

vio

ura

l in

terv

en

tio

ns,

in

clu

din

g s

yste

ma

tic

de

sen

siti

zati

on

, fl

oo

din

g,

imp

losi

ve

the

rap

y a

nd

ext

inct

ion

-ba

sed

te

chn

iqu

es)

HW

B7

L3

P2

9

Fa

din

g

Pro

vid

e a

gra

du

al

cha

ng

ing

of

on

e s

tim

ulu

s to

an

oth

er

(oft

en

use

d t

o t

ran

sfe

r st

imu

lus

con

tro

l).

Sti

mu

li c

an

be

fa

de

d o

ut

or

fad

ed

in

, e

.g.

gra

du

ally

in

cre

asi

ng

th

e r

an

ge

of

foo

ds

off

ere

d t

o a

clie

nt

wh

o i

s tr

yin

g t

o c

ho

ose

he

alt

hy

fo

od

s

HW

B7

L3

P3

0

Th

inn

ing

P

rov

ide

a g

rad

ua

l in

cre

ase

in t

he

in

term

itte

ncy

of

rein

forc

em

en

t, (

e.g

. g

rad

ua

lly

in

cre

ase

th

e t

ime

be

twe

en

re

wa

rds)

H

WB

7L3

P3

1

Ha

bit

re

vers

al

Pro

vid

e o

pp

ort

un

itie

s fo

r re

pe

ate

d r

eh

ea

rsa

l of

a n

ew

co

rre

ct r

esp

on

se t

o a

sti

mu

lus

an

d s

top

resp

on

din

g t

o a

pre

vio

usl

y le

arn

ed

cu

e,

(e.g

. cl

ien

t re

spo

nd

s to

a m

orn

ing

co

ffe

e b

rea

k b

y e

ati

ng

a

pie

ce o

f fr

uit

in

ste

ad

of

a p

iece

of

cho

cola

te)

HW

B7

L3

P3

2

Ne

ga

tiv

e p

un

ish

me

nt

Re

mo

ve

a r

ew

ard

as

a c

on

seq

ue

nce

of

a r

esp

on

se.

(e.g

., s

ub

tra

ct m

on

ey

fro

m a

pre

pa

id r

efu

nd

ab

le

de

po

sit

wh

en

clie

nt

smo

ke

s a

cig

are

tte

.

HW

B7

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P3

3

No

nco

nti

ng

en

t

rein

forc

em

en

t

Pro

vid

e a

re

wa

rd i

nd

ep

en

de

ntl

y o

f a

ny

pa

rtic

ula

r ta

rge

t b

eh

av

iou

r.

HW

B7

L3

P3

4

Ov

erc

orr

ect

ion

W

he

n a

clie

nt

exh

ibit

s in

ap

pro

pri

ate

be

ha

vio

ur

ask

th

e c

lie

nt

to r

ep

ea

t th

e b

eh

av

iou

r in

an

ap

pro

pri

ate

bu

t e

xag

ge

rate

d w

ay

HW

B7

L3

P3

6

Re

spo

nse

co

st

Wit

hd

raw

a v

alu

ed

co

mm

od

ity

fro

m t

he

cli

en

t a

s a

re

sult

of

the

ir p

erf

orm

ing

an

un

wa

nte

d

be

ha

vio

ur,

e.g

. lo

ss o

f a

cce

ss t

o d

esi

red

act

ivit

y e

.g 1

hr

of

TV

vie

win

g f

or

ea

ch i

na

pp

rop

ria

te

be

ha

vio

ur

HW

B7

L3

P4

7

Sti

mu

lus

Ge

ne

rali

zati

on

Gu

ide

cli

en

t to

sp

rea

d o

f e

ffe

cts

of

lea

rnin

g a

be

ha

vio

ur

in o

ne

sit

ua

tio

n t

o o

the

r si

mil

ar

situ

ati

on

s

e.g

. e

xerc

ise

s le

arn

ed

in

gym

re

pe

ate

d w

he

n w

ea

rin

g in

form

al c

loth

es

HW

B7

L3

P3

7

Sa

tia

tio

n

Exp

ose

th

e c

lie

nt

to r

ep

ea

ted

exp

osu

re t

o a

re

info

rce

r e

.g.

cho

cola

te,

in o

rde

r to

re

du

ce i

ts

eff

ect

ive

ne

ss o

f a

re

info

rce

H

WB

7L3

P4

0

To

ken

Eco

no

my

Re

info

rce

th

e d

esi

red

be

ha

vio

ur

by

off

eri

ng

to

ken

s th

at

can

be

exc

ha

ng

ed

fo

r sp

eci

al

foo

ds,

tele

vis

ion

tim

e,

pa

sse

s, o

r o

the

r re

wa

rds

HW

B7

L3

P4

2

Cla

ssic

al

Co

nd

itio

nin

g

Pre

sen

t a

ne

utr

al

stim

ulu

s jo

intl

y w

ith

a s

tim

ulu

s th

at

alr

ea

dy

eli

cits

a r

esp

on

se r

ep

ea

ted

ly u

nti

l th

e

ne

utr

al

stim

ulu

s e

lici

ts t

ha

t re

spo

nse

(P

av

lov

ian

Co

nd

itio

nin

g)

e.g

. re

pe

ate

dly

pa

irin

g f

att

y f

oo

ds

wit

h a

dis

like

d f

lav

ou

red

sa

uce

HW

B7

L3

P4

3

Co

vert

Co

nd

itio

nin

g

Pro

vid

e o

pp

ort

un

itie

s fo

r cl

ien

t to

ima

gin

e p

erf

orm

ing

a d

esi

red

be

ha

vio

ur

in a

pro

ble

ma

tic

rea

l-

life

sit

ua

tio

n,

an

d t

o r

ew

ard

him

self

or

he

rse

lf f

or

me

nta

lly

en

ga

gin

g i

n t

he

be

ha

vio

ur.

A

lso

ca

lle

d

cove

rt b

eh

av

iou

ral

rein

forc

em

en

t

HW

B7

L3

P4

4

Co

vert

Se

nsi

tiza

tio

n

Pro

vid

e o

pp

ort

un

itie

s fo

r cl

ien

t to

ima

gin

e p

erf

orm

ing

th

e u

nd

esi

red

be

ha

vio

ur

(e.g

. o

ve

rea

tin

g)

an

d t

he

n i

ma

gin

e a

n u

np

lea

san

t co

nse

qu

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Appendix 2 Competences described in Alcohol Brief Interventions: Training Manual

NHS Health Scotland, 2009

The table below lists the HBCC competency topics described in NHS Health Scotland’s

training manual for ABIs. The behaviour change techniques (BCTs) described in the training

manual are listed according to the route(s) to behaviour change targeted by each BCT

(Motivation development route; Action on motivation route, Prompted or cued route to

change). The content of each ABI training unit is described in detail on the pages that follow

the table below.

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HBCC competency used in each ABI training unita

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is not necessarily the case that all individual competences within a topic are described in a training unit

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Competences described in Alcohol Brief Interventions: Training Manual NHS Health

Scotland, 2009

Unit 1: Brief Interventions: what and why (20mins)

This unit is an information giving session. Data pertaining to alcohol as a public

health problem are presented and the nature of and evidence base for ABIs are

detailed. This unit delivers information relevant to two behaviour change

competency topics: BC1 (health behaviour and health behaviour problems) and

BC3 (knowledge of a model of behaviour change and the ability to understand and

employ the model in practice).

Unit 2: Attitudes to alcohol (45mins)

This unit delivers information and employs a practical session to enable trainees

to elicit and understand their own attitudes to alcohol consumption and a debrief

session to reinforce the practical session. The unit is primarily focussed on the

attitudes of the trainees to alcohol but the unit does suggest this is an opportunity

to discuss misinformation about alcohol, stereotypes associated with alcohol and

population subgroups, including different cultures. As a consequence, this unit is

an important training opportunity in relation to foundation competency F3

(knowledge of and ability to work with difference), which underpins the ability to

deliver interventions equitably to different types of clients, e.g. gender, religion,

age, deprivation, ethnicity and sexuality. Competency topic F12 (barriers to and

facilitators of implementing interventions) is also an important component of this

unit, as is behaviour change topic BC1 (health behaviour and health behaviour

problems).

Potential for development of Unit 2: this unit could include information about

alcohol and different sections of the community as a core component to ensure

the use of alcohol in relation to different groups, e.g. gender, religion, age,

deprivation, ethnicity, sexuality, is always covered by the training.

Unit 3: Barriers and concerns (40mins)

This unit enables trainees to express and discuss their concerns about and identify

possible barriers to delivering ABIs as part of their routine practice. The aim

appears to be to promote and generate positive beliefs towards ABIs within the

trainees. The unit elicits four types of beliefs: beliefs about role legitimacy, role

adequacy, role support and the trainee’s motivation to deliver ABIs. As such it

potentially covers all competences within competency topic F12 (barriers to and

facilitators of implementing interventions). In addition, it addresses professional

issues such as confidentiality within practice and knowledge of referral to other

services, both of which are covered by competences within foundation

competency topic F1 (professional and ethical guidelines).

Unit 4: Brief intervention observation (40mins +)

Video clips are used to illustrate three important skills required for the delivery of

an ABI: establishing rapport and an empathic approach, emphasising personal

responsibility, and listening for readiness to change. These competences are

described in foundation competency topics F5 (ability to engage client) and F7

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(ability to foster and maintain a good intervention alliance, and to grasp the

client’s perspective). This unit also introduces and discusses the theoretical

framework used by the training programme, namely the Stages of Change or

trans-theoretical model. As such this unit addresses behaviour change

competency topic BC3 (knowledge of a model of behaviour change and the ability

to understand and employ the model in practice).

Potential for development of Unit 4: Knowledge of Behaviour Change Theory

The Stages of Change Model provides the theoretical model of behaviour change.

The training model describes the Model in full. There are two potential problems

with this approach: i). the Stages of Change model does not reflect current

models of behaviour change; ii). the Stages of Change Model, as described in the

training manual, presents information to trainees that they will not use in their

practice. As a consequence, there is an opportunity to improve the presentation

of behaviour theory within ABI training. First, behaviour theory now highlights

two pathways to behaviour. One is a conscious path that generates behaviour

through the development of motivation and enabling action on motivation. The

other path is more automatic and recognises a role for the environment, both

physical and social, and a role for emotional factors in the generation of

behaviour. These two pathways are encompassed by the MAP of behaviour

change used in the HBCC. Therefore, the MAP provides a simplified, but more

comprehensive, model of behaviour for training for brief interventions. Second,

the MAP is a closer match to the practical delivery of ABIs. It is likely that MAP

would provide trainees with a theory based structure to guide their practice.

Further, the MAP might give trainees a better understanding of the prompted or

cued route to behaviour change.

Unit 5: Units and drinking limits (40mins)

This unit focuses on measurement of alcohol consumption and national guidance

on alcohol limits for different groups. It addresses the behaviour change

competency topics BC9 (ability to use measures and self-monitoring to guide

behaviour change interventions and to monitor outcome) and BC1 (health

behaviour and health behaviour problems)

Unit 6: Raising the issue of alcohol (30mins)

Competences described in foundation competence topic F5 (ability to engage

client) are core to this unit. In addition, competences in relation to understanding

issues and illnesses associated with alcohol consumption are also delivered in this

unit. These competences are described in behaviour change competency topic

BC1 (health behaviour and health behaviour problems).

Unit 7: Screening and feedback (60mins)

This unit delivers information and uses role play to enable trainees to experience

the screening for an ABI from the perspective of the practitioner and the client. It

involves skills in relation to client assessment and the measurement of their

alcohol consumption, which are addresses by behaviour competency topics BC2

(ability to undertake a generic assessment) and BC9 (ability to use measures and

self-monitoring to guide behaviour change interventions and to monitor outcome).

In addition, this unit describes competences in relation to the ability to engage a

client, including the ability to work with different populations and to deliver

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information effectively. These competences are contained within three

foundation topics F3 (knowledge of and ability to work with difference), F5 (ability

to engage client) and F10 (ability to deliver information).

Unit 8: Referral: when, where and how? (15mins)

This unit focuses on how to identify and respond to clients with possible alcohol

dependence. As such it describes competences required for screening in relation

to dependence and suitability for an ABI. These competences are described in

behaviour change topics BC2 (ability to undertake a generic assessment) and BC9

(ability to use measures and self-monitoring to guide behaviour change

interventions and to monitor outcome). These assessment and measurement

competences are complemented by knowledge about local referral pathways and

additional resources available for clients, which are described in foundation

competences F1 (professional and ethical guidelines) and F10 (ability to deliver

information).

Unit 9: Brief intervention delivery: key skills (150mins)

This unit identifies key components of ABIs and how practitioners can identify the

most appropriate brief intervention approach for each client. It brings together

the information gained from units 5, 6 and 7 and builds on these units to identify

behaviour change techniques relevant to the client’s stage of change. The focus is

on generic communication skills, provision of information following measurement

of client alcohol consumption, enhancing motivation and building confidence in

ability to change. As a consequence this unit described multiple competences

from the HBCC. The foundation competency topics F7 (ability to foster and

maintain a good intervention alliance, and to grasp the client’s perspective) and

F10 (ability to deliver information) are central to this unit. Multiple behaviour

change competency topics are described in this unit, including BC2 (ability to

undertake a generic assessment), BC6 (capacity to select and skillfully apply the

most appropriate behaviour change intervention method), BC8 (ability to structure

consultations), BC9 (ability to use measures and self-monitoring to guide

behaviour change interventions and to monitor outcome), BC10 (health behaviour

problem solving) and BC12 (ability to end the intervention in a planned manner

and to plan for long-term maintenance of gains after intervention ends). This unit

is the first to describe behaviour change techniques (BCTs) in any detail. Multiple

BCTs are described, the majority of which are aimed at the motivation

development and action on motivation routes to behaviour change. Client

motivation to change is developed using techniques from motivational

interviewing (BCT M15: motivational interviewing), including listing positive and

negative aspects of alcohol consumption (BCT M1 and A4: record antecedents and

consequences of behaviour). Motivated clients are helped to translate that

motivation into action primarily through action (BCT A1: identify and set a

behavioural goal) and coping planning (BCT A9: identify and plan ways of

overcoming barriers).

Potential for development of Unit 9: Using Behaviour Change Theory to Support

Practice

Unit 9 describes numerous BCTs. Trainees’ practice might benefit from an

understanding of how these techniques influence behaviour. For example, the

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BCT of Action Planning is underpinned by a general principle that plans are more

effective if the plan details when, where and what behaviour will be performed.

For example, a client who wants to reduce their alcohol consumption might make

the following action plan: I will drink a soft drink between alcoholic drinks, when

I am out with my friends in the pub on Saturday night. The current training

manual tends to describe lots of behaviours that, if enacted, would reduce alcohol

consumption, e.g. drink soft drinks, avoid rounds, put my glass down between

sips. However, these behaviours are more likely to be performed if they are part

of an action plan, i.e. part of a plan that details when and where the behaviour

will be performed. Providing trainees with an understanding of these theory-

based, general principles of behaviour change is likely to result in improved

outcomes.

Unit 10: Brief interventions delivery: putting it all together (135mins)

This unit provides trainees with an opportunity to practice delivering an ABI based

on their own case studies. As a consequence the training manual does not

describe any specific competences within Unit 10. However, it can be anticipated

that trainees will employ the majority of competences delivered in the earlier

units. Precisely which competences are used by trainees in this Unit will depend

on the nature of the case studies described by the trainees to be used to practice

delivering ABIs. Unit 10 also includes a reflective practice log in which each

trainee records details of occasions on which they delivered an ABI and what

components of the ABI were delivered. This reflective practice log is likely to be

very useful. Feedback from practitioners and trainers in response to the GHBC-CF

highlighted the need to ensure that trainees were supported to implement their

training within their usual practice. A reflective practice log might work to

support the implementation of the ABI training.

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Appendix 3 How the Framework was Developed

The HBCC is based on the Generic Health Behaviour Change: A Comprehensive Competency

Framework (GHBC-CF). The competences within the GHBC-CF were identified by examining

the published evidence base.

Several sources of information were consulted.

• Relevant professional competency frameworks

• Systematic reviews of interventions for behaviour change

• Manuals for behaviour change interventions

• NHS and Health Scotland Skills for Health and competency frameworks for alcohol

brief interventions

The competency framework for the delivery of cognitive behaviour therapy13

was identified

as the professional competency framework of most relevance for the delivery of health

behaviour change as; a) it describes competencies for delivery of personal change

interventions and, b) it is a clear, well-developed framework. This framework was adapted

to provide a framework for generic health behaviour change. An iterative process of

adaptation was employed. Other relevant documentation (detailed below) was analysed in

relation to the existing competency framework. These analyses enabled the framework to

be modified to exclude irrelevant competencies and to include health behaviour change

specific competencies.

Of particular importance was the need to identify specific behaviour change techniques to

be included in the GHBC competency framework as these did not form any part of the

competency framework for cognitive behavioural therapy. The most comprehensive review

of specific behaviour change techniques was included in the analyses14

. The GHBC-CF

identified 89 behaviour change techniques, from that review, which were of potential

relevance to health behaviour change. In order to make such a large number of techniques

usable by and useful for policy makers, managers and frontline staff, we mapped each

technique to one or more of three identified routes to behaviour change, namely,

motivation development, action on motivation, prompted or cued behaviour.

Feedback on the GHBC-CF The GHBC-CF was presented to representatives from:

• Health Improvement Strategy Division

• NHS Health Scotland

• NHS Education Scotland

and at meetings:

• British Psychological Society, Division of Health Psychology-Scotland, annual research

meeting

13

Roth AD, Pilling S. The competencies required to deliver effective cognitive behavioural therapy for

people with depression and anxiety disorders. Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT)

Programme. London: Department of Health, 2007. 14

Michie M, Johnston M, Francis J, Hardeman W, Eccles M. From theory to intervention: mapping

theoretically derived behavioural determinants to behaviour change techniques. Applied Psychology: An

International Review 2008;57(4):660-80.

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• Health Scotland: Helping People Change launch event for this new web-based

resource

Feedback was very positive but three issues were highlighted:

1. The GHBC-CF contained language that was considered too technical and a request was

made to revise the GHBC-CF using non-technical language throughout

2. Feedback requested we order the competences into a hierarchy, which would identify

the competences required at different levels of working

3. Colleagues suggested that it would be useful to map the GHBC-CF to the competences

described in relevant dimensions of the Knowledge and Skills Framework.

Use of Non-technical language We have attempted to use lay language wherever possible. Whilst this report has been

written in lay language it has been necessary to retain some technical terminology in the

descriptions of the behaviour change techniques. However, an understanding of this

terminology is not required to understand this report and each technical term used to label

a behaviour change technique is accompanied by a description in the vernacular.

Establishing a Competency Hierarchy The request to develop a hierarchy within the GHBC-CF was addressed by our collegiate

network. Colleagues, who were all chartered psychologists (health and/or clinical),

identified competences required to deliver low, medium, and high intensity health

behaviour change interventions. The hierarchy within the HBCC framework is based on

intensity of intervention15

rather than on the nine career framework levels described in

Skills for Health. The Skills for Health career framework was not adopted as we could not

reliably identify the job titles currently tasked with delivering health behaviour change nor is

there an established career structure for health behaviour change. As a consequence we

adopted a level of intervention approach and described the competences required to

deliver interventions at each level.

Mapping the HBCC Framework to the Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF) Each competency described in the HBCC was compared to the indicators and descriptors of

each competency dimension described in the KSF. This process identified the competency

dimension(s) and level of competency within a KSF dimension that was the best match to

each HBCC competency.

Identifying Competences in Current Training Programmes for Health Behaviour

Change In addition, we have used the HBCC to identify the competences described in NHS Health

Scotland’s training manual for the delivery of alcohol brief interventions in Scotland. A

standard method16

of identifying competences for behaviour change was applied to NHS

Health Scotland’s Alcohol Brief Interventions: Training Manual (2009). Competences

identified within the Training Manual were mapped to competency topics and behaviour

change techniques within the HBCC.

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The levels of intervention were informed by The matrix: a guide to delivering evidence based psychological therapies

in Scotland, December 2008. 16

Abraham, C. and S. Michie (2008). A Taxonomy of Behavior Change Techniques Used in Interventions. Health

Psychology 27(3): 379-387. Michie, S., S. Churchill, et al. (in press). Identifying evidence-based competences required

to deliver individual and group-based behavioural support for smoking cessation. Annals of Behavioral Medicine.