Tizard Learning Disability Review: Volume 25 Issue 3

Editorial for ‘A unified approach to behaviours that challenge’

Jill Bradshaw

Care pathways for people with intellectual disabilities who present with behaviours that challenge

Ashok Roy, Peter Baker, Sue Carmichael

Care pathways are being increasingly used in the national health service to outline an anticipated programme of care in relation to a particular illness, condition or set of…

Capable environments

Peter McGill, Jill Bradshaw, Genevieve Smyth, Maria Hurman, Ashok Roy

The purpose of this paper is to outline the role played by different aspects of the social, physical and organisational environments in preventing behaviour described as…

Challenging behaviour and offending behaviours

Harm Boer, Anupama Iyer

The purpose of this paper is to explore three main areas in relation to the interface between challenging behaviour and offending.

Challenging behaviour, inpatient services and governance in England

Theresa Joyce

The purpose of this paper is to describe the current situation in relation to restrictive interventions, and some actions that could be taken to reduce them. The quality of care…

Implementing evidence-based practice: the challenge of delivering what works for people with learning disabilities at risk of behaviours that challenge

Louise D. Denne, Nick J. Gore, J. Carl Hughes, Sandy Toogood, Edwin Jones, Freddy Jackson Brown

There is an apparent disconnect between the understanding of best practice and service delivery in the support of people with learning disabilities at risk of behaviours that…

Commentary on a “unified approach to behaviours that challenge”: my freedom – the perspective of people with learning disabilities

Steve Chapman, Michael Lillis, Sammy Lamb, Matt Clifton, Charlotte Clay

As self-advocate leaders, the authors aim to present the perspective of people with learning disabilities on “Behaviour that Challenges: A Unified Approach”. Building on firsthand…

Commentary on a “unified approach to behaviours that challenge”: getting it right? A family carer perspective

Vivien Cooper

The purpose of this paper is to provide an individual family-carer perspective on navigating the complex child, adult, education, health and social care systems focussing on what…

Commentary on a “unified approach to behaviours that challenge”: a social care provider perspective

John Ockenden

This paper aims to consider the extent to which academic research, as described by the papers in this journal, has helped the large-scale use of positive behaviour support (PBS…

Commentary on a “unified approach to behaviours that challenge”: implementing evidence-based practice – a clinician’s perspective

Steven Carnaby

This paper aims to provide a commentary on papers in this special edition concerning the implementation of evidence-based practice from a clinician’s perspective.

Commentary on a “unified approach to behaviours that challenge”: against consensus – why we need a new field of challenging behaviour studies

Stacy Clifford Simplican

This paper challenges the value of consensus within the field of learning disability. In this commentary, the author argues that consensus threatens to silence multiple…