SUMMARY OF CHALLENGING BEHAVIOR
المؤلف:
COSTAS JOANNIDES
المصدر:
Caring for People with Learning Disabilities
الجزء والصفحة:
P42-C3
2025-10-07
268
SUMMARY OF CHALLENGING BEHAVIOR
When dealing with challenging behavior, it is important to recognize the range of behaviors which challenge services, and the effect that these behaviors have on both adults with learning disabilities and those who support them.
These behaviors have causes, many of which are identifiable and many of which are related to either the adult with learning disability’s needs or the adult with a learning disability being unable to communicate his/her needs effectively.
Careful and comprehensive assessment of the causes and functions of behavior is essential. Interactions which are designed to respond to the behavior should be non-aversive (i.e. punishment of challenging behavior is not the intervention of choice).
Ways of responding to challenging behavior include:
• Careful analysis of the environment to ensure that it supports appropriate, rather than challenging behavior.
• Helping adults with learning disabilities to learn new skills and more appropriate ways of expressing their needs.
• Trying ‘treatment’ of the behavior, with advice from other professionals, such as strategies for strengthening appropriate behavior and weakening inappropriate behavior.
• Ensuring that staff know how to react in accordance with clear and agreed guidelines when the challenging behavior does occur.
Challenging behavior will probably not ‘go away’, although, with a reasoned response, it may reduce. Therefore, ways of working with adults with learning disabilities who exhibit challenging behavior need to remain in place permanently.
Long-term, effective support for staff working with adults with learning disabilities who exhibit challenging behavior is essential, as working in these situations is often stressful and difficult.
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