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New guidance on the use of restrictive physical interventions
- Author:
- HARRIS John
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 9(2), April 2004, pp.23-31.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
In June 2002 the Government issued long-awaited guidance on the use of restrictive physical interventions. The guidance is particularly addressed to staff working with adults and children with learning disabilities (including those with autistic spectrum disorders) and to those in special school settings responsible for pupils with severe behavioural difficulties associated with learning difficulties and/or autistic spectrum disorders. Describes the development of the guidance, the areas of practice it covers and its implications for managers, professionals, staff working directly service users and family carers. Asks why do we need new guidance on the use of restrictive physical interventions? Who will be affected by the guidance? How was the guidance developed? What does the guidance say? What needs to be done to implement the guidance? What still needs to be done?
Time to make up your mind: why choosing is difficult
- Author:
- HARRIS John
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 31(1), 2003, pp.3-8.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article gives an overview of the current understanding of the concept of choice. It concludes that aspirations to promote choice for people with learning disability are undermined by conceptual confusion about the meaning of choice, inappropriate methods for helping people to make choices and an absence of applied research to guide practice in service settings. This review is designed to establish a conceptual framework for examining choice and empowerment for people with learning disability, and to describe the implications for future research and practice.
Physical interventions: from policy to practice
- Author:
- HARRIS John
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adult Protection, 3(2), May 2001, pp.18-22.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article considers good practice in the use of physical interventions. It describes work undertaken to establish a consensus around policy principles in relation to the use of personal restraints in response to violent behaviour by adults and children with a learning disability or autism. It highlights the benefits of clear local and national policies and identifies work required to promote good practice.
Abuse by any other name: a critique of some current approaches to behaviour management
- Authors:
- ALLEN David, HARRIS John
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 3(6), February 2000, pp.188-189.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
This article argues that the routine brutality exposed in the BBC's MacIntyre Under Cover documentary on a residential home for people with learning disabilities demands action to improve restraint and challenging behaviour management techniques throughout learning disabilities services.