...David Gerrard; Jennifer Rhodes; Ruth Lee; Jonathan Ling Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate if positive behavioural support (PBS) can be an effective alternative to medication, and can aid medication reduction in people with a learning disability, autism or both who are prescribed...

...Neil James Purpose – Currently there is no research that explores professionals’ perspectives in supporting carers of a person with an intellectual disability during their relatives admission to a specialist in-patient setting. The purpose of this paper is to report the findings from the second...

... to support and services for people with intellectual disabilities whose behaviour is described as challenging. Design/methodology/approach The paper briefly reviews the main inquiries, subsequent reports and the recommendations made. The common themes are discussed and considered in the light of the most...