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Challenging behaviour: the prospect for change
- Author:
- MANSELL Jim
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 22(1), 1994, pp.2-5.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Considers the current situation for people with learning disabilities who also have challenging behaviour, and how that situation can be improved.
Moral questions
- Author:
- TURNBULL John
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 7.12.94, 1994, p.59.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Argues that the evidence for using positive interventions in all cases is not yet convincing.
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.
Punishing interventions
- Author:
- REEVES Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 7.12.94, 1994, pp.57-58.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Argues that aversive behavioural interventions have no place in the care of people with learning disabilities.
Sharing 'good stories' about people
- Author:
- CRAYDEN Stephen
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 7(4), April 1994, pp.13-14.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Describes a practical workshop on Gentle Teaching which took place in a residential setting for six people with learning difficulties who also have challenging behaviour.
Legal issues arising from the care and control of children with learning disabilities who also present severe challenging behaviour: a guide for parents and carers
- Author:
- LYON Christina
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 51p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Short, practical guide aimed at people who look after children with learning difficulties and challenging behaviour.
Evaluation of a community facility for people with learning disabilities and behaviour disorder (challenging behaviour)
- Authors:
- ROY Meera, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 22(1), 1994, pp.11-17.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
As part of a resettlement programme in the West Midlands, three young men with learning disabilities and behaviour disorder moved to a flat in the community providing one-to-one staffing. A fourth man received respite care. A multi-professional team evaluated various aspects of their care and found that they showed an increase in engaged behaviour, a decrease in disturbed behaviour and violent incidents, and required less psychotropic medication.
Staff behaviour and challenging behaviour: a reply to Clegg's commentary
- Authors:
- HASTINGS Richard P., REMINGTON Bob
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 33(4), November 1994, pp.445-450.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
In the commentary on the integration of the literature on challenging behaviours and care staff behaviour, Clegg discusses three main issues. Firstly, arguing that a behaviour analytic approach to challenging behaviours is 'deeply impoverished'. Secondly, claiming that the analysis laid the blame for challenging behaviours on the shoulders of care staff. Finally, presenting the philosophical position as objectivist. Replies to these comments by summarizing the richness and considerable potential of an approach to challenging behaviours based on behaviour analytic theory.
Epistemology and learning disabilities: invited commentary on Hastings and Remington
- Author:
- CLEGG J.A.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 33(4), November 1994, pp.439-444.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The effect on service provision of describing a variety of actions as challenging behaviour is discussed: it is suggested that studying stereotyped, aggressive and self-injurious acts in their own right has yielded more useful psychological debate, and ignoring such conceptual thinking leads to implicit theorizing where assumptions go unquestioned. Evidence for the relevance of staff actions on different topographies of client response is critically reviewed, alongside discussion of the authors' rhetoric. The importance of adjusting language and frameworks to make room for alternative conceptualizations is discussed.
Problem behaviour and people with severe learning disabilities: the STAR approach
- Authors:
- ZARKOWSKA Ewa, CLEMENTS John
- Publisher:
- Chapman and Hall
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 311p.,tables,diags.
- Place of publication:
- London
Practical guide for those involved in the daily care, education and development of people with learning disabilities and additional behavioural or emotional disturbances. The aim is to assist professional helpers in understanding the nature of an individual's difficulties and in developing interventions aimed at alleviating them.