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'Environments of Concern': Reframing Challenging Behaviour within a Human Rights Approach
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Jorgensen, Mikaela; Nankervis, Karen; Chan, Jeffrey – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2023
While disability is recognised by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) as an evolving concept, the language of positive behaviour support has not kept pace with the current human rights-based approach. The widely-used terms 'challenging behaviour' and 'behaviours that challenge' imply that the behaviour…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Disabilities, Labeling (of Persons), Language Usage