Challenging behaviour : a unified approach - update : Clinical and service guidelines for supporting children, young people and adults with intellectual disabilities who are at risk of receiving abusive or restrictive practices / Report from the Faculties of Intellectual Disability of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the British Psychological Society on behalf of the Learning Disabilities Professional Senate

Contributors. - Foreword. - Executive summary. - Background and purpose. - Values and definitions. - Role, skills and responsibilities. - Multidisciplinary working. - Working with commissioners. - References.

"This report is the result of a joint working group of the learning disability faculties of the British Psychological Society and the Royal College of Psychiatrists, in consultation with the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists... The unifying principle is to improve the quality of life of people whose behaviour challenges services. The report focuses primarily on adults with moderate to severe learning disabilities, although the broad principles outlined are applicable to children and adults of all degrees of intellectual disability. Redefines challenging behaviour, building on past definitions and focusing on the responses that the behaviour evokes in others, including those that are punitive or restrictive." - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY