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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Many students arrive at The Psychology and Challenging Needs Services, a specialist assessment and intervention service working with adults with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour in ...

For a person to live well with dementia they need a range of appropriate treatments, support and activities. A person with a learning disability and dementia may see a psychiatrist specialising in ...

The assessment for dementia is best done by a multidisciplinary team. They should all be specialists in learning disabilities, apart from the GP, who may not be a specialist. This team is likely to ...

The home cares for people with learning disabilities and those with "complex needs" A Dunblane care home run by a company at the centre of abuse allegations is facing closure by the care regulator.