Vibrant Health Education in special need care units aims to introduce preventative and regenerative methodologies that facilitate psychophysical development for those in need. Our objective is to teach staff additional skills needed to reduce challenging behaviours, improve quality of companionship and strengthen the overall health of individuals with special needs. The most frequent outcome of poor care for such individuals is a lack of quality stimulation, which usually leads to retaliating behaviour, when those with special needs do not feel understood. Our studies in the past have shown a radically different change in behaviour as soon as this shift in care occurs, as patients start to communicate and express happiness.

Apart from training and advice from CBF, encouraging the use of social stories for communication and lowering anxiety levels in the environment, there are many social interactive programmes with an already proven track record in improving physiological and psycho-social development. Interacting with autistic individuals for example, requires specific training that does not come under the required NVQ training for special needs. Approaches such as Handle, Son-Rise or Intensive Interaction are offering insights on how to relate more successfully to autistic people, and how to implement a care regime that focuses on individual interaction and building a quality of companionship around their life. Currently, Intensive Interaction is only being used by a few UK councils, as visits from OT, SaLT or by psychologists is still sporadic. Yet these skills are needed in special need care homes every day. Vibrant Health initiative hopes to encourage those and similar programmes to become more widely distributed.

Vibrant Health Education also endeavours to teach staff other preventative and regenerative bioregulatory therapeutic measures, such as a quality of rehydration or organic alkaline diets rich in micronutrients and probiotics; where caffeine and fizzy drinks, processed food, additives, colourings etc are removed from the diet. Nutritionally-rich foods should be of a paramount importance in special care units, as well as additional supplementation of nutrients such as Omega three, vitamin D, Zinc, depending on individual nutritional deficiencies. Vibrant Health Education also aims to encourage and teach staff how to administer side-effect free medication and therapies, such as homeopathic or herbal remedies, Cranio-Sacral Therapy and other touch therapies capable of supporting homeostasis and improving the quality of health and lifestyle.