Tizard Learning Disability Review: Volume 21 Issue 4
Practice, management, research and innovation
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Positive behavioural support for children and adolescents with learning disabilities and behaviour that challenges: an initial exploration of service use and costs
Valentina Iemmi, Martin Knapp, Caroline Reid, Catherine Sholl, Monique Ferdinand, Ariane Buescher, Marija TrachtenbergPositive behavioural support has been considered as a valuable alternative to residential care for children and adolescents with learning disabilities and behaviour that…
Evaluating the costs and cost-effectiveness of interventions for people with learning disabilities and behaviour that challenges: the need to improve the evidence base
Rachael HunterThe purpose of this paper is to provide a commentary on the challenges associated with evaluating the costs and cost-effectiveness of interventions for people with learning…
Conceptualising bereavement in profound and multiple learning disabilities
Hannah YoungBereavement and loss are key factors in poor emotional wellbeing among people with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD). However, little attention has been drawn to…
Supporting people with learning disabilities through a bereavement
Noelle BlackmanThere remains a lack of clarity regarding what constitutes “normal” or “complicated” grief within this client group. The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors that…
Reflections on team culture, structure and function of an intensive support service centred on positive behavioural support
Lawrence A. Patterson, Samuel BerryThe purpose of this paper is to explore experiences of team culture, structure and function of an intensive support service (ISS) within the context of the recent service guidance…
Commentary on “Reflections on culture, structure and function of an intensive support service centred on positive behavioural support”
Sandy ToogoodThe purpose of this paper is to provide a commentary on Patterson and Berry’s paper “Reflections on culture, structure and function of an intensive support service centred on…
Specialist inpatient services for people with learning disabilities across the four countries of the UK
Chris HattonThe purpose of this paper is to compare data from national censuses on specialist inpatient service use by people with learning disabilities across England, Scotland, Wales and…
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