...Freya Elizabeth Rose McCarthy; Stephanie Jane Simpson Purpose The purpose of this paper was to investigate the utility of including emotional development (ED) assessment into a Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) approach in clinical practice with a patient with an intellectual disability (ID...

... to the understanding of ISTs through evaluating one IST’s process and their use of positive behaviour support (PBS) as an intervention. Design/methodology/approach Participants were obtained from the ISTs discharge database, and pre- and post-intervention data from these participants was used for analysis...

... Positive behaviour support Psychotropic medicines Evidence suggests that many people with learning disabilities are prescribed psychotropic medication over a long period of time to manage behaviours, which are challenging. This group of medicines act on the brain and affect our mood, thoughts...

... to. Between January 2014 and April 2018, 32 referrals were accepted by EIS: Intellectual disability Transforming care Challenging behaviour Intensive support Enhanced support Positive behaviour support Systemic Developing enhanced community services for people with significant intellectual...

... of antipsychotic medication. Design/methodology/approach Two interventions were introduced as “tests of change”; an “Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) clinic” and “Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) clinic”. Process (Clinical Global Impression (CGI) and Modified Overt Aggression Scale (MOAS...

... published between 1990 to 2017 that have mentioned fidelity in randomised controlled trials of complex interventions for people with ID and behaviours that challenge based on positive behaviour support or applied behaviour analysis principles. The authors also searched the grey literature and reference...

...Sinead Botterill; Susan Cottam; Alex Fowke; Kate Theodore Purpose Positive behaviour support (PBS) is currently considered best practice for managing challenging behaviour in young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. A key principle of PBS is that all members of the person’s...