Changing the face of challenging behaviour services: The Special Projects Team

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 237-242

  Allen, David ^a,b   Lowe, Kathy ^a,b   Jones, Edwin ^a,b   James, Wendy ^a   Doyle, Tony ^a   Andrew, Jock ^a   Davies, Dee ^a   Moore, Kate ^a   Brophy, Sam ^a  

^a Special Projects Team   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Challenging behaviour; Learning disability; Positive behavioural support; Service development; Specialist services

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750988253     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2005.00386.x     Document Type: Article

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