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Learning disabilities: the fundamental facts
- Authors:
- EMERSON Eric, HATTON Chris, FELCE David, MURPHY Glynis
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 56p.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- Rev. ed.
Practical text defining providing basic facts and statistics on people with learning difficulties, concepts of learning disability, community, health needs, service provision and its costs.
Challenging behavior: a barrier to inclusion?
- Author:
- MURPHY Glynis
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 6(2), June 2009, pp.89-90.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Arguably, the most important outcome measure for services to people with intellectual disabilities is quality of life. Quality of life has been defined in numerous ways and may consist of many aspects, including physical, material, and emotional well-being, as well as interpersonal relationships, personal development, self-determination, social inclusion, and civic rights. However, the most important aspect is social inclusion. People with intellectual disabilities who show challenging behaviour, however, often make other people uncomfortable so that social inclusion is more difficult, and evidence suggests that both children and adults with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviour (and their families) have poorer quality of life and more restrictions in their lives than others with intellectual disabilities. Examination of the psychosocial aspects of quality of life indicates that modern services are still not good at providing people with challenging behaviour with opportunities for making relationships, employment, and social inclusion. We need to improve our ability to target these areas of quality of life, particularly social inclusion for people with challenging behaviour.
Services for parents with learning difficulties
- Author:
- MURPHY Glynis
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 1(1), January 1996, pp.29-32.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Commentary on the changes which have occurred in the provision of services and attitudes towards people with learning disabilities who wish to become parents.
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.