Challenging behaviour around challenging behaviour

Interventions for Challenging Behaviour

Knowledge An ability to draw on knowledge that behaviour is defined as 'challenging' when it involves significant risks to the child/young person's physical well-being and/or has a significant impact on their quality of life and their access to ordinary facilities An ability to draw on knowledge that challenging behaviours are more common in children with learning disabilities and in children w...

Grip on Challenging Behaviour

Challenging Behaviour and Learning Disabilities - recent items

People with intellectual disabilities (ID) present with behaviours that challenge community services. Community models of care as alternatives to hospital care exist but are often vary in their function. Certain strategies have been developed to manage challenging behaviour in people with ID. Data from a three-year period on a community-based service for people with ID and challenging behaviour...

Interventions for challenging behaviour in intellectual disability

Challenging behaviour in individuals with intel lectual disabil ity is a complex but common problem that can present diagnostic and management challenges for healthcare professionals. All behaviour serves a purpose, has an origin and meaning, and is therefore produced by an interaction between an individual and their environment. Challenging behaviour is a socially constructed, dynamic concept ...

Staff training and challenging behaviour: who needs it?

Staff working directly with people who have challenging behaviour in learning disability services need to be D good at what they do. These staff are trained by their employers to manage and to treat challenging behaviours and to improve the quality of life of people in their care. While such training is generally well evaluated by care staff, there is limited evidence that training alone change...