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A healthy dialogue: challenging the 'psycho-medical monologue' in services for people with challenging behaviours
- Author:
- GOBLE Colin
- Journal article citation:
- Changes an International Journal of Psychology and Psychotherapy, 16(4), Winter 1998, pp.287-293.
This paper explores the transformative potential of dialogue-based approaches in services for people with learning difficulties and challenging behaviours, and the necessity of challenging 'psycho-medical' discourses and culture.
Challenging and inappropriate sexual behaviour in people with learning disabilities: a literature review
- Author:
- BROWN Louise
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Scottish Office
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 67p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Literature review aiming to: describe and assess the quality of evidence from recent research literature relevant to challenging and inappropriate sexual behaviour among people with learning difficulties; to comment on the extent to which current literature adequately addresses the issues surrounding these behaviours; to describe current policy and practice guidance documentation; and to compare the findings of research with policy and practice guidance in Scotland and discuss any implications which this might have for research on this topic.
Children with challenging behaviour: past and present in the United Kingdom
- Authors:
- CHUNG Man Cheung, NOLAN Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Society, 12(4), September 1998, pp.251-262.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The aim of this paper is to give a brief overview of the historical and current understanding of and care for children with learning difficulties who displayed challenging behaviour in the UK. It is clear that challenging behaviour is not a new phenomenon but has existed throughout the history of learning difficulty.
Care staff responses to people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour: a cognitive-emotional analysis
- Authors:
- DAGNAN Dave, TROWER Peter, SMITH Rebecca
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 37(1), February 1998, pp.59-68.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Explores the application of Weiner's cognitive-emotional model of helping behaviour to care staff responses to challenging behaviour of people with learning disabilities. Participants were residential care staff who worked with people with challenging behaviour and who did not. Concludes that attributions and emotions reported by carers in response to challenging behaviour are consistent with Weiner's cognitive-emotional model of helping behaviour. Formulating carer behaviour using such models offers the possibility of using cognitive-behavioural methods in working with staff beliefs, emotions and behaviour in response to challenging behaviour.
Behaviour phenotype for Down's Syndrome
- Authors:
- COLLACOTT Richard A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 172, January 1998, pp.85-89.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
For more than a century, the idea of particular personality/behavioural characteristics being associated with people with Down's Syndrome has been explored, but with inconclusive results. In this research the Disability Assessment Schedule was used to ascertain the behavioural profiles of adults with Down's Syndrome and adults with learning disabilities of other aetiologies. Results found that despite and equal age and developmental quotient, the Down's Syndrome group were less likely to demonstrate maladaptive behaviours. This study confirms there to be a behaviour phenotype among adults with Down's Syndrome. The reasons for this require further research.
An investigation of speech and language therapy to improve the communication environment of people with severe learning disabilities who have communication difficulties and behaviours that challenge services
- Author:
- CHATTERTON Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities for Nursing Health and Social Care, 2(4), December 1998, pp.203-211.
Describes a project which investigates the effect of speech and language therapy on the communication environment in a home for people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour. It uses the principles of: facilitating cares in the understanding of the nature and causes of challenging behaviour, particularly in relation to communication; facilitating carers in understanding the role of the environment and their own communication in relation to the clients challenging behaviour; support carers in developing appropriate activities for the client. Concludes that speech and language therapy was effective in improving the communication environment. The impact of the improved communication environment on challenging behaviours was not measured.
Learning disability care staff's emotional reactions to aggressive challenging behaviours: development of a measurement tool
- Authors:
- MITCHELL Georgia, HASTINGS Richard P.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 37(4), November 1998, pp.441-449.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Describes the development of a rating scale measure of caregivers' emotional reactions to aggressive challenging behaviour, and reports preliminary psychometric data for the scale. Concludes the emotional reactions to aggressive challenging behaviour scale has excellent face and construct validity, and other preliminary psychometric data are promising. Discusses the potential research and clinical applications.
Introduction to challenging behaviour
- Author:
- PIMM Paul L.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 61(7), July 1998, pp.306-310.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Introduces the topic of challenging behaviour based on a review of the relevant literature and from work with people with cerebral palsy who challenge services. Discusses defining a behaviour as challenging, reasons for the behaviour, assessment and management of challenging behaviour.
Hearing loss in people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- YEATES Sybil
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 3(2), April 1998, pp.20-28.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article demonstrates the lack of importance which, until recently, has been accorded to the distinction between hearing loss and learning disability when they occur together. It then emphasises the problems which this has caused, including challenging behaviour. A summary of the causes common to both learning disability and hearing loss is given, along with brief description of tests used to diagnose hearing loss in the learning-disabled. The importance of team work is stressed, together with the necessity of education for all personnel working with the learning-disabled. Some ideas contributing to rehabilitation are suggested and the importance of restoring some hearing even to the most severely handicapped is described.
A risk management dilemma: how day centre staff understand challenging behaviour
- Authors:
- HEYMAN Bob, SWAIN John, GILLMAN Maureen
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 13(2), April 1998, pp.163-182.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Describes a qualitative study which explored the views of staff about challenging behaviour in day centres for people with learning difficulties. They readily cited concrete illustrated incidents of challenging behaviour which involved physical, sexual and verbal assault, noise, non-compliance, non-communication and exposure to danger. Discusses how staff, caring for large numbers of service users en masse, faced a risk management dilemma. Labelling an individual as challenging could forewarn colleagues about possible dangers. However, such strategies could damage the quality of services which a labelled person received, exacerbating the initial problem.