Provision for people with both learning disabilities and challenging behaviour has “lagged behind” services for other groups, says the author of key guidance published 14 years ago. Services were ...

A clinical practice guideline on challenging behaviour and learning disabilities is being developed for use in the NHS in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Registered stakeholders for this ...

This Social Care Institute for Excellence film looks at how services can be improved for people with behaviours that challenge. Subscribe today to access over 6,000 peer-reviewed clinical articles, ...

The research, conducted by Dimensions in association with the University of Kent's Tizard Centre and the Challenging Behaviour Foundation, and funded by the NHS School for Social Care Research, points ...

I work for Consensus Support, a national learning disability service provider, as part of its positive behaviour intervention team. I work from home in West Sussex, supporting services across the ...

How can you de-escalate the situation when your child displays challenging behaviour? How much should you discipline a child with ADHD or Autism? And how can you work better with your child's school?

In my two decades supporting families as a paediatric occupational therapist, I have seen that behind every child's behaviour, there are underlying reasons, and understanding these reasons empowers us ...

A person with dementia may experience changes in how they respond to sex, be inappropriate or aggressive, mistake a person for someone else, or behave sexually in public. There are ways to manage ...

A learning disability is defined by 3 core criteria: lower intellectual ability (usually an IQ of less than 70), significant impairment of social or adaptive functioning, and onset in childhood.