Person-centred active support : increasing choice, promoting independence and reducing challenging behaviour
By: Beadle-Brown, Julie.
Contributor(s): Hutchinson, Aislinn | Whelton, Beckie.
Series: Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities 25 (4) 2012: 291-307.Publisher: 2012Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): PROFOUND INTELLECTUAL AND MULTIPLE DISABILITIES (PIMD)
| ACTIVE SUPPORT | OUTCOMES | CHOICE | ENGAGEMENT | PARTICIPATION | CHALLENGING BEHAVIOURSummary: Uses observational methodology, combined with staff-rated measures, to explore the impact of the implementation of person-centred active support on the life of 30 people with severe and profound intellectual disabilities living in small group homes. Found that significant increases in both the amount of assistance people received and the quality of that assistance were accompanied by significant increases in engagement, participation, choice-making opportunities and a significant reduction in challenging behaviour.
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Uses observational methodology, combined with staff-rated measures, to explore the impact of the implementation of person-centred active support on the life of 30 people with severe and profound intellectual disabilities living in small group homes. Found that significant increases in both the amount of assistance people received and the quality of that assistance were accompanied by significant increases in engagement, participation, choice-making opportunities and a significant reduction in challenging behaviour.
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