Understanding and Responding to Behaviour that Challenges in Intellectual Disabilities addresses the need for an up-to-date handbook which, while well-grounded in research and latest clinical practice, is essentially non-academic and accessible for staff occupying many roles, for example, support workers and managers in learning disability service settings, community learning disability teams, psychologists, psychiatrists and other professionals who may find themselves supporting a person with an intellectual disability from time to time, as well as family members and students of both mental health and intellectual disability.
The new edition is a complete revision and updating of content, aiming to address key knowledge requirements and concerns of people working in the field, with opportunities for reflection and professional development. The content is illustrated by case studies to help the reader explore how to best to address issues in practice.
Part 1: Clearer Values
Foreword: Responding to a changing world
Peter Baker & Tony Osgood
What is behaviour that challenges?
Edwin Jones
Behaviour that challenges: how big is the problem?
Jon Mason
Positive behavioural support
Anne McDonald
Legal considerations
Rachel Forrester-Jones
Listening to people using services
Tony Osgood
Part 2: Gaining a Better Understanding
Assessing behaviour that challenges
Laurence Patterson & Jenna Szymanski
Communication and behaviour that challenges
Jill Bradshaw
Conceptualising quality of life
Julie Beadle-Brown
Part 3: Delivering Support
Practice leadership and behaviour that challenges
Roy Deveaux
Building a good rapport
Maria Hurman
Getting the environment right
Sandy Toogood
Keeping people safe - reactive strategies
John Shephard
Learning new ways of behaving
Ciara Padden & Shelley Brady
Cognitive approaches to behaviour that challenges
Stephen C. Oathamshaw
The use of medication for the management of behaviours that challenge in people with intellectual disabilities
Shoumitro Deb
Part 4: Lessons Learned
We're in this together: supported staff
Peter Baker & Nick Gore
Working together with families
Isabelle Garnett and Holly Young
Working for change: policy and practice contexts
Viv Cooper
Afterword
Tony Osgood and Peter Baker
