Understanding and Intervening with People who present Behavioural Challenges
Subtitle: An Investigative Approach
Publisher: University of Manchester, Mencap and Royal Schools for the Deaf, Joint Training Initiative
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Manchester
Description: Manchester Learning Disability Partnership, 2001
Table of contents: title: UNDERSTANDING AND RESPONDING TO BEHAVIOURAL; title: CHALLENGES:  An Investigative Approach 1; title: 1 Challenging behaviour 3; title: Definitions 3; title: Social construction 4; title: Prevalence - or how much challenging behaviour is there? 6; title: Assumptions of this course 8; title: Issues of power and control 10; title: 2 Resources for understanding:  explanatory concepts 12; title: ‘Pre-scientific’ theory 13; title: Biology 14; title: Behavioural theory 24; title: Social factors 55; title: Developmental issues 62; title: Communication 65; title: 3 Resources for Investigation:  analytic tools 69; title: The nature of causation 69; title: Causal analysis and hypothesis testing 70; title: Hypothesis testing 75; title: Functional analysis ? 75; title: 5 Intervention strategies 75; title: Behavioural interventions 76; title: Biological interventions 84; title: Social interventions 85; title: Developmental interventions 86; title: Communication - based interventions 86; title: A combined approach 87; title: 7 Glossary 91; title: Acknowledgements 92; title: 8 Resources and references 93