title: Challenging behaviour in children with learning disabilities.
abstract: This article outlines the initial stages of an ongoing experiment to evaluate the comparative efficacy of two different therapeutic interventions--behaviour modification and gentle teaching--in the management of challenging behaviour in children who have learning disabilities. Using a workshop approach, parents are taught the principles and practice of one of these two interventions to enable better management of their child's challenging behaviour. A range of intervention outcomes are then compared with those of a control group. Preliminary analysis of data has been conducted on information gathered from those parents (n = 24) who attended the gentle teaching workshop only. The results indicate that brief intervention training in gentle teaching can have a positive impact upon the challenging behaviour of the child.
authors.affiliation: School of Health, University of Hull.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gates
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wray
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Newell
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods