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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.
A survey of referrals to specialist services for people with learning disabilities who have a dual diagnosis or challenging behaviour
- Authors:
- ALLEN David, KERR Mike
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 22(4), December 1994, pp.144-147.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
There exists, as yet, no proven service model for people with learning difficulties who are difficult to serve in community settings. This paper describes an initial survey of referrals to separate services for people with a dual diagnosis or behavioural challenges using a structured rating scale. Few significant differences were evident between the populations using the two services, and those which were found related more to the severity of management problems rather than diagnostic criteria. It is suggested that planners and clinicians should avoid producing overlapping services and concentrate instead on unified multidisciplinary assessment and intervention.