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A conceptual framework for understanding why challenging behaviours occur in people with developmental disabilities
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Hastings, Richard P., Allen, David , Baker, Peter, Gore, Nick, Hughes, J. Carl , McGill, Peter, Noone, Stephen J. and Toogood, Sandy (2013) A conceptual framework for understanding why challenging behaviours occur in people with developmental disabilities. International Journal of Positive Behavioural Support, 3 (2). pp. 5-13. 9.
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Background: To be able to define positive behavioural support (PBS), describe PBS interventions and clarify the individual and organisational competencies needed to support PBS, a clear underlying conceptual framework is needed to identify why challenging behaviours occur.
Method and materials: Non-systematic review and discussion of the state of research and theoretical evidence focusing on vulnerability factors for challenging behaviours, maintaining processes, and the social impact of challenging behaviour.
Results: Understanding challenging behaviour is related most strongly to context. First, challenging behaviours are defined in terms of their social effects. Second, vulnerability factors for challenging behaviour include some biological factors, but mainly psycho-social risks relating to the life situation and inequalities experienced by people with developmental disabilities. Third, social contextual processes are primarily responsible for maintaining challenging behaviours.
Conclusions: PBS is a broad approach to understanding and intervention referring to multiple contributing factors and processes. To describe PBS without reference to an underlying theoretically grounded conceptual framework would lead to an impoverished version of the approach.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR) | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | International Journal of Positive Behavioural Support | ||||
| Publisher: | British Institute of Learning Disabilities | ||||
| ISSN: | 2047-0924 | ||||
| Official Date: | 1 September 2013 | ||||
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| Volume: | 3 | ||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 5-13 | ||||
| Article Number: | 9 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
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