title: Behaviour problems associated with lack of speech in people with learning disabilities.
abstract: It has been observed in a population of people with learning disabilities that people with good understanding but no speech have significantly more behaviour problems than those with good speech. This observation was confirmed by testing a data set of 3662 people. The purpose of the study was to stress the importance of teaching communication techniques as early as possible in order to pre-empt behaviour problems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Charing Cross and Westminter Medical School, London, England.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bott
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Farmer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rhode
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis