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At the pyramid's apex
- Author:
- THOMPSON Audrey
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 13.4.00, 2000, p.18.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Profiles Allan Watson new chief executive of the National Pyramid Trust.
Management of the patient with disruptive vocalisation
- Authors:
- SLOANE Philip D., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 37(5), October 1997, pp.675-682.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Discusses how disruptive vocalisation (DV) is a common problem in the management of cognitively and physically impaired older people. This article reports the results of a consensus meeting in the USA convened to provide guidelines for clinicians and recommendations for researchers in this difficult and little-studied behavioural problem.
The definition of challenging behaviour in practice
- Authors:
- LOWE Kathy, FELCE David
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 23(3), 1995, pp.118-123.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Two studies explored how severely challenging behaviour might be defined in practice. Associations between behaviour and severity of management problem in the first study suggested that outer-directed behaviour tended to be rated as more challenging. The characteristics of people referred to specialist challenging behaviour services were compared in the second study to similarly labelled people not so referred. Differences again highlighted outer-directed behaviour disruptive to the material or social environment.
Turning the tables
- Author:
- TISSIER Gerry
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 24.6.93, 1994, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
When challenging behaviour is exhibited by professionals the users of their services get little help. Talks to a group of men and women in Haringey who have used mental health services and have experienced being 'challenged' by professional behaviour. They describe their feelings and the initiatives taken to overcome this situation.
Residential care: a handbook for newly appointed staff in settings for children with emotional and behavioural difficulties
- Author:
- BARRATT Chris J
- Publisher:
- Association of Workers for Maladjusted Children
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 45p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Practical handbook designed for new staff. Attempts to identify some of the issues new staff are likely to encounter, and to provide pointers to encourage the development of a basic core of knowledge and skills.
Creating a trauma-sensitive culture in residential treatment
- Authors:
- FARRAGHER Brian, YANOSY Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Therapeutic Communities: the International Journal of Therapeutic Communities, 26(1), Spring 2005, pp.92-109.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The authors offer a first hand account of turning the Andrus Children's Centre into a trauma-informed program for over 150 children. They describe the impact of traumatic experience on the children in care and on the organisations that serve them and then tell the story of how their staff is using the Sanctuary Model to bring about changes for children, the staff and the organisation as a whole. The article includes four case examples.
Working with young people in secure accommodation: from chaos to culture
- Author:
- ROSE Jim
- Publisher:
- Brunner-Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 204p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Hove
This book examines the function of secure units and offers a balanced insight into the challenges presented to society by young offenders. The relationships formed in this setting are key for determining to what extent staff achieve their objective of reducing offending by young people. Contents include identifying the underlying problems of each offender; how staff can identify and deal with potential problems as early as possible; professional issues for management and staff; practical suggestions for simple reforms which could dramatically reduce the rate of re-offending.
Attachment in mental health institutions: a critical review of assumptions clinical implications and research strategies
- Authors:
- SCHUENGEL C., IJZENDOORN M.H. Van
- Journal article citation:
- Attachment and Human Development, 3(3), December 2001, pp.304-323.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Attachment is relevant to institutionalised treatment and the therapeutic process in three identifiable ways: patients bring their mental representations of previous and existing attachment relationships to the treatment; attachment is relevant to the extent to which a therapeutic alliance is established and maintained. The outcome of the treatment may be related to attachment. Presents a review of attachment concepts which reveals that the several theoretical, conceptual and empirical questions remain to be answered before evidence-based clinical attachment guidelines can be formulated concerning patient-staff relationships.
Campaign: no fear. Zero tolerance
- Author:
- WHITE Caroline
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 16.9.99, 1999, p.31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Brent staff have had to face abuse from older clients and their relatives at homes across the borough. Looks at how the department has responded.
Campaign: no fear. Active support
- Authors:
- INMAN Kendra, BRAITHWAITE Ray
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 16.9.99, 1999, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The first author reports on how effective backing from their local authority has helped Sheffield's mental health staff to deal with violent incidents; and the second author looks at how to manage aggression.