The behaviour and wellbeing of children and adults with severe intellectual disability and complex needs: the Be-Well checklist for carers and professionals
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Oliver, ChrisAdams, Dawn
Allen, Debbie
Crawford, Hayley
Heald, Mary
Moss, Jo
Richards, Caroline
Waite, Jane
Welham, Alice
Wilde, Lucy
Woodcock, Kate
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2020-10-13
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Children and adults with severe intellectual disability and complex needs often show behaviours and distress that carers and professionals find difficult to identify causes for, manage and decrease. The prevailing view is that these behaviours and distress are learned and consequently interventions focus on behavioural techniques. In this article we summarise the findings of research that indicate that behaviour and distress in this population are influenced by transient and stable characteristics or conditions that can interact with aspects of learning, be independent of learning, and interact with each other. These transient and stable characteristics or conditions are: pain and discomfort, sensory sensitivity, anxiety and low mood, sleep problems, atypical emotional regulation, specific cognitive difference, and differences in social behaviour. To aid carers and professionals, we present a checklist of the elements of an assessment process that covers these transient and stable characteristics or conditions and other relevant influences on behaviour and distress such as seizures, medication, learning and communication. We also draw attention to the benefit of identifying the cause of intellectual disability to inform the assessment process.Citation
Oliver, C., Adams, D., Allen, D. et al. (2020) The behaviour and wellbeing of children and adults with severe intellectual disability and complex needs: the Be-Well checklist for carers and professionals, Paediatrics and Child Health, 30(12), pp. 416-424.Publisher
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Paediatrics and Child HealthAdditional Links
https://www.paediatricsandchildhealthjournal.co.uk/article/S1751-7222(20)30157-8/fulltextType
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This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by Elsevier in Paediatrics and Child Health on 13/10/2020, available online: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paed.2020.09.003 The accepted version of the publication may differ from the final published version.ISSN
1751-7222ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.paed.2020.09.003
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