... Challenging behaviour Rapport Staff Positive behavioural support The World Health Organisation [ 1 ] states that “high-quality social connections are essential to our mental and physical health and our well-being. Social isolation and loneliness are important, yet neglected, social determinants...

... Limited 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Learning disability STOMP Positive behavioural support Prescribing Psychotropic STAMP This initial success was also supported with significant awareness raising engagement events with self-advocates and family carers...

...Anne MacDonald Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a commentary on some of the issues raised in the paper “Developing a logic model to guide evaluation of impact for learning disability projects: the case of the Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) Academy”. Design/methodology...

...Sandy Toogood Purpose The 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 positive behavioural support”. Design/methodology/approach This paper reviews key ideas presented...

... et al., 1999) and/or Positive Behavioural Support (PBS; Allen et al., 2005) they have a tendency to provide less assistance to more disabled people and more assistance to more able people. Further, the types of assistance provided can be inadequate, i.e. at too low a level...