Learning disabilities: promoting 'ordinary life principles'.
People with learning disabilities who present challenging behaviours pose significant problems for staff who are keen to encourage in them a sense of community integration. This article relates the efforts of one group of staff in a community home who devised a programme that helped to transform the behaviours of four clients, enabling them to become actively involved in community activities.
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D000328:Adult; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000451:nursing / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008297:Male; D012112:Residential Facilities