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Pain signals
- Author:
- DONOVAN Jim
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 5.11.97, 1997, pp.60-62.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Explains the range of ways people with learning disabilities have to show that they are in pain.
Bereavement and grief in adults with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- HOLLINS Sheila, ESTERHUYZEN Alexander
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 170, June 1997, pp.497-501.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Reports the results of the first systematic study of the reaction of people with learning disabilities to bereavement. The study used a semi-structured bereavement questionnaire along with the Aberrant Behaviour Checklist (ABC), the Psychopathology Instrument for Mentally Retarded Adults (PIMRA) and the Life Events Checklist. Results found significant differences between bereaved and non-bereaved samples. The study also found that staff and carers did not usually attribute behaviour problems to the bereavement and its concomitant life events, nor was there a recognition of psychopathology due to bereavement. Concludes that the impact in terms of psychiatric and behavioural morbidity of loss of a parent, with its concomitant life events, in adults with learning disabilities has been underestimated.
Behavioural misdiagnosis
- Author:
- REEVES Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 7.5.97, 1997, pp.44-45.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Discusses how neurological disorders in people with learning difficulties may be responsible for confusing signals for both clients and health care professionals.
Behaviours in young people with intellectual disability: preliminary findings and implications for injury
- Authors:
- SHERRARD Jennifer, TONGE Bruce J., EINFELD Stewart L.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 22(1), March 1997, pp.39-48.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This study is a preliminary analysis of part of a major longitudinal multidisciplinary programme examining psychopathology in young people with intellectual disability. The aim is to assess potential behavioural risk factors for injury in a representative community sample of children and adolescents aged 4-18 years in 5 health regions in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Results show the prevalence of potential injury risk behaviours to be significantly higher in the study group than for young people representative of the general community. Behavioural injury risk patterns in the study group tend to reflect those seen in younger aged children in the general community. These findings suggest that children and adolescents with intellectual disability display behaviours which may increase their risk for injury.
With a little help from my friends? Integration and the role of mainstream pupils
- Author:
- ALLAN Julie
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Society, 11(3), September 1997, pp.183-193.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Examines the role of mainstreams pupils in the integration of pupils with special educational needs (SEN), based on their accounts of this process. It is argued that mainstream pupils control the experiences of pupils with SEN in both positive and negative ways and that schools need to become more aware of this if integration is to be successful. Ends with some suggestions as to how schools might guide mainstream pupils' understanding of disability and promote good relationships.
Attributional and emotional determinants of aggression in people with mild intellectual disabilities
- Authors:
- BAKER Warren, BRAMSTON Paul
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 22(3), September 1997, pp.169-185.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Investigates links between anger, hostility, and aggressive behaviour in people with mild intellectual disabilities. Determines (a) whether relationships between anger, hostility, and aggressive behaviour in a sample of people with mild intellectual disabilities were similar to those found in the general population, and (b) whether hostility was linked to aggressive behaviour by the mediating influence of anger. Results suggest that the effect of hostility on aggression is mediated by anger. An implication of these findings is that people with mild intellectual disabilities may benefit from training programs aimed at the cognitive and affective components of aggression.
Challenging behaviour and cerebral palsy
- Author:
- PIMM Paul
- Publisher:
- SCOPE
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 27p.bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This booklet is a basic introduction with a view to providing a greater understanding of challenging behaviour particularly as it relates to adults with cerebral palsy. Some broad strategies for managing challenging behaviour are discussed. Contents include: personal risk factors in cerebral palsy; reasons for challenging behaviour; management of challenging behaviour in cerebral palsy; post assessment; some key learning points; the pharmacological approach.