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Using Behavioural Skills Training to Treat Aggression in Adults with Mild Intellectual Disability in a Forensic Setting
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Travis, Robert W.; Sturmey, Peter – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2013
Background: Previous studies of anger management in people with intellectual disability failed to control for the effects of the number of provocative stimuli presented and lacked direct measures of behaviour and treatment integrity data. Methods: This experiment systematically assessed and presented discriminative stimuli for aggressive…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Modification, Adults, Behavior Problems
Thinking on Your Feet: Understanding the Immediate Responses of Staff to Adults Who Challenge Intellectual Disability Services
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Ravoux, Peggy; Baker, Peter; Brown, Hilary – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2012
Background: A gap prevails between the conceptualization of good practice in challenging behaviour management and its implementation in intellectual disability services. This study aimed to investigate staff members' perspectives of managing clients with challenging behaviours in residential services. Materials and Methods: Semi-structured…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Interviews, Caregivers, Caregiver Attitudes
Carers' Responses to Challenging Behaviour: A Comparison of Responses to Named and Unnamed Vignettes
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Dagnan, Dave – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2012
Background: The evidence supporting the application of Weiner's motivational model of helping to the behaviour of carers' of people with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviour is inconsistent. One suggested reason for this is that many studies use stimuli that might generate different responses from those to actual instances of…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Vignettes, Mental Retardation, Responses