{"title":"An Audit on Assessment, Interventions and Training Provision in the Management of Patients with Challenging Behaviour & Learning Disability","authors":"Aarohee B. Desai, N. Ranceva, N. Sermin","doi":"10.1179/096979509799103142","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/096979509799103142","url":null,"abstract":"An independent inquiry was launched in March 2007 after a charity highlighted six deaths of people with Learning Disability (LD) in NHS care (BBC news, 2007), most of whom displayed challenging behaviour (CB). The Health Care Commission published two reports on the care of people with LD at Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust (Health-Care Commission Report, 2006) and Sutton and Merton Primary Care Trust (Commission for healthcare audit & inspection report, 2007) after conducting inquiries following concerns expressed about various forms of abuse of people Students You are en titled to a 50 % discount on a subscrip tion to The British Journal of Developm ental Disabi lities","PeriodicalId":412658,"journal":{"name":"The British Journal of Development Disabilities","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131279770","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Study of The Characteristics of Clients with Learning Disability Admitted to A Short Term Assessment and Treatment Unit in Oxfordshire","authors":"","doi":"10.1179/096979509799103197","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/096979509799103197","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":412658,"journal":{"name":"The British Journal of Development Disabilities","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127010630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Beadle‐Brown, J. Mansell, B. Whelton, A. Hutchinson
{"title":"People with Learning Disabilities in ‘Out-of-Area’ Residential Placements: Views of Families, Managers and Specialists","authors":"J. Beadle‐Brown, J. Mansell, B. Whelton, A. Hutchinson","doi":"10.1179/096979509799103133","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/096979509799103133","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":412658,"journal":{"name":"The British Journal of Development Disabilities","volume":"91 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121298175","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interview Room Safety in Learning Disability: A Comparison with General Psychiatric Units","authors":"E. Airuehia, T. Agadagba","doi":"10.1179/096979508799103206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/096979508799103206","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":412658,"journal":{"name":"The British Journal of Development Disabilities","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123643779","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nyunt Nyunt Tin, J. Devapriam, Lammata Bala Raju, S. Bhaumik
{"title":"Use of Atypical Antipsychotics in People with Intellectual Disability –is It Atypical?","authors":"Nyunt Nyunt Tin, J. Devapriam, Lammata Bala Raju, S. Bhaumik","doi":"10.1179/096979508799103288","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/096979508799103288","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":412658,"journal":{"name":"The British Journal of Development Disabilities","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134294811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Didden, I. Proot, G. Lancioni, Rianne van Os, L. Curfs
{"title":"Individuals with Prader-Willi Syndrome and Their Perceptions of Skin-Picking Behaviour","authors":"R. Didden, I. Proot, G. Lancioni, Rianne van Os, L. Curfs","doi":"10.1179/096979508799103260","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/096979508799103260","url":null,"abstract":"Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a genetic disorder associated with abnormal or absent expression of the paternal copy of as yet unidentified maternally imprinted gene(s) at the genetic locus 15q11-13. Three genetic subtypes are involved. The two main genetic subtypes are those with a deletion at the locus 15q11-13, involving chromosome 15 of paternal deletion (deletion 15 genetic subtype; approximately 70% of cases), and those with maternal chromosome 15 uniparental disomy (disomy 15 genetic","PeriodicalId":412658,"journal":{"name":"The British Journal of Development Disabilities","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134411758","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Survey of the Use of an Assessment and Treatment Unit for Adults with Learning Disability in Lanarkshire Over A Six Year Period (2001–2006)","authors":"K. Nawab, L. Findlay","doi":"10.1179/096979508799103279","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/096979508799103279","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":412658,"journal":{"name":"The British Journal of Development Disabilities","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125120987","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Executive Functions in Children with Intellectual Disabilities","authors":"Mirjana Japundža-Milisavljević, Dragana Maćešić-Petrović","doi":"10.1179/096979508799103233","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/096979508799103233","url":null,"abstract":"Executive functions are higher order functions on the top level in the cognitive hierarchy, which implies the presence of basic intellectual functions in respect to which they are superior. Executive functions thus play the role of controller and modulator of cognitive functions. It is believed that the position of executive functions, i.e. the frontal lobe, (Freeman, 2000) is responsible for the overall ability of representation of the outer world. Executive functions are responsible for acquisition of all knowledge. Complexity of identifi cation of the aforementioned functions is refl ected, inter alia, in the fact that one of the requirements for their operation is voluntary attention, which is also an executive function (Ranganath et al., 2003). Impaired ability in self-control as well as emotional instability, carelessness in behaviour, impulsiveness, neglected hygiene, mental rigidity, diffi culties in planning, commencing and implementation of activities and Students You are en titled to a 50 % discount on a subscrip tion to The British Journal of Developm ental Disabi lities","PeriodicalId":412658,"journal":{"name":"The British Journal of Development Disabilities","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127649516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Review of Evaluation of Sexual Abuse Prevention Training Programmes for People with Mental Handicap","authors":"","doi":"10.1179/096979508799103224","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/096979508799103224","url":null,"abstract":"People with mental handicap have high vulnerability to sexual abuse (Lumley and Scotti, 2001). Sexual abuse of this population is serious. According to the study of Stromsness (1993), nearly 80% of women with mild mental handicap had been sexually abused. This underscores the need for sexual abuse prevention education. The training should be carefully planned to enable the participants to execute appropriate skills in actual sexual abuse situation. In situ assessment, though controversial, seems to be the only effective evaluation method and in situ training enhances the generalization of the skills to real life situations (Miltenberger et al., 1999).","PeriodicalId":412658,"journal":{"name":"The British Journal of Development Disabilities","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132315986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Move from Hospital: An Even Longer Term Follow Up of Challenging Behaviour Levels","authors":"","doi":"10.1179/096979508799103251","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/096979508799103251","url":null,"abstract":"Over the last few decades, there has been a major shift in the care of people with learning disabilities away from care in large scale institutions towards smaller more flexible housing options based in the community. This has been supported by both moral and empirical arguments. According to Mansell and colleagues, ”The segregation of disabled people in institutions is a human rights violation in itself. Furthermore, research has shown that institutional care is often of an unacceptably poor quality and represents serious breaches of internationally accepted human rights standards. Evidence from research and evaluation of alternatives to institutional care also supports the transition to services in the community. Where institutions have been replaced by community-based services, the results have generally been favourable” (Mansell et al., 2007). Challenging Behaviour has been defined as “culturally abnormal behaviours of such an intensity, frequency or duration that the safety of the person or others is likely to be placed in serious jeopardy or behaviour that is likely to seriously limit the use of or result in the person being denied access to community facilities” (Emerson, 1995). Challenging behaviours can have a variety of causal and maintaining factors, but it might be expected that there may be higher levels of such behaviour in institutional environments which are often characterised by barren settings, The British Journal of Developmental Disabilities Vol. 54, Part 2, JULY 2008, No. 107, pp. 141-145","PeriodicalId":412658,"journal":{"name":"The British Journal of Development Disabilities","volume":"141 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134465841","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}