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Moving out
- Authors:
- HATTON Chris, EMERSON Eric
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 19.5.94, 1994, pp.23-25.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Reports on a Department of Health review of the impact of community care on the quality of life of people with learning difficulties and the lessons which should guide future provision.
The long-term effects of behavioural residential special education on children with severely challenging behaviours: changes in behaviour skills
- Authors:
- EMERSON Eric, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 9(3), 1996, pp.240-255.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Information was collected through the retrospective analysis of records and interviews on the characteristics, abilities, challenging behaviours shown and services received by children who attended a behavioural residential special education facility since 1982. Results indicated that, overall, (1) during the mean 2.5 year stay at the facility the children showed significant gains in self-care and communication skills and significant reduction on all indicators of challenging behaviour; (2) that these gains were maintained over the mean 6.5 year follow-up period; but (3) that few additional gains were made during this period. After controlling for initial level of challenging behaviour, greater reductions in challenging behaviour during attendance at the school were observed for children who: prior to entry were living at home; who did not have epilepsy; or who attended the school at a younger age. After leaving school greater improvements were observed by: boys; children who did not have epilepsy; children who were less able; and children who had been followed up for a longer period of time.
The quality and costs of village communities, residential campuses and community-based residential supports for people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- EMERSON Eric, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 5(1), January 2000, pp.5-16.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper provides an overview of the main results of a Department of Health funded research project which investigated the quality and costs of residential supports for people with learning disabilities.