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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.
Understanding and responding to challenging behaviour: from theory to practice
- Authors:
- McGILL Peter, CLARE Isabel, MURPHY Glynis
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 1(1), January 1996, pp.9-17.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
While the concept of 'challenging behaviour' is socially defined, it often involves persistent behaviour with serious physical and social consequences for the person and others. Challenging behaviour is relatively common amongst people with learning disabilities and often dealt with poorly. Models for understanding such behaviour have developed over time and can now provide a relatively sophisticated account. Such models are of immense use in understanding the behaviour of individuals and have clear implications for the development of individualised interventions. They also have implications for the design and organisation of services which will more competently support people with challenging behaviour and, as far as possible, prevent its emergence in those at risk.