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Understanding factors that influence staff responses to challenging behaviours: an exploratory interview study
- Author:
- HASTINGS Richard P.
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 8(4), 1995, pp.296-320.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Staff beliefs about challenging behaviours, and their perception of their working environment, are important for two main reasons. Firstly, the manner in which staff define challenging behaviour affects who is labelled as a challenge, and who is referred to specialist services. Secondly, staff views of their working environment may help us to understand why staff interact with people with learning disabilities in apparently counter-habilitative ways outlined in previous research. These issues were investigated in a systematic semi-structured interview of care staff. These findings, and their implications for research and practice, are discussed.
Inter-informant agreement on the motivation assessment scale: another failure to replicate
- Authors:
- THOMPSON Sarah, EMERSON Eric
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 8(3), 1995, pp.203-208.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Evaluates the inter-informant agreement on the Motivation Assessment Scale across 42 topographies of challenging behaviour in five children with severe intellectual disabilities. The results revealed unacceptably low levels of inter-informant agreement on the purported behavioural function of the rated challenging behaviours.
A checklist of challenging behaviour: the development of a survey instrument
- Authors:
- HARRIS Philip, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 7(2), 1994, pp.118-133.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Reports the development of a checklist of challenging behaviour, and the difficulties of measuring changes in aggressive behaviour.
MIETS: a service option for people with mild mental handicaps and challenging behaviour and/or psychiatric problems. 3: Follow-up of the first six clients to be discharged: diverse measures of the effectiveness of the service
- Authors:
- CLARE I.C.H., MURPHY G.H.
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 6(1), 1993, pp.70-91.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
A follow-up study of the first six clients of the Mental Impairment Evaluation and Treatment Service is described.
Symptoms of psychopathology in mothers with a mental handicap
- Author:
- TYMCHUK Alexander J.
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 6(1), 1993, pp.18-35.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Reports on American research using the Psychopathology Instrument for Mentally Retarded Adults (PIMRA).
MIETS: a service option for people with mild mental handicaps and challenging behaviour or psychiatric problems. 2: Assessment, treatment and outcomes for service users and service effectiveness
- Authors:
- MURPHY Glynis, CLARE Isabel
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 4(2), 1991, pp.180-206.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Describes the assessment and treatment programmes of two service users to illustrate the Mental Impairment Evaluation and Treatment Service approach, and gives details of the skill profiles which were used to plan their future placements. Data on the behavioural characteristics of MIETS users at pre-admission and discharge are also presented, together with a discussion of the difficulty of using such measures to evaluate service effectiveness.
MIETS: a service option for people with mild mental handicaps and challenging behaviour or psychiatric problems. 1: Philosophy, service, and service users
- Authors:
- MURPHY G., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 4(1), 1991, pp.41-66.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Explains how the Mental Impairment Evaluation and Treatment Service operates, the referral and assessment procedures, and evaluation of quality of life.
A microcomputer system used for evaluative and experimental behavioural research in mental handicap
- Authors:
- REPP Alan C., FELCE David
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 3(1), 1990, pp.21-32.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Extends the technology of applied behaviour analysis data collection procedures by describing a computer system developed for collecting and analysing observational data. A brief description of the system is followed by examples of four types of research currently undertaken in mental handicap: evaluative, naturalistic, analogue, and experimental research. To conclude, a few weaknesses and strengths of the system are discussed.
Identification and description of adults with mental handicaps showing physically aggressive behaviours
- Author:
- REED Julie
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 3(2), 1990, pp.126-136.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Proposes that, for the purposes of planning for future service provision and resource allocation, the identification of people whose physical aggression is likely to present challenges to those with whom they live and work should also consider the influence of additional factors, such as predictability, emotional arousal, and topographic differences. These may be important variables in staff perceptions and management of physically aggressive behaviour.