Can brief workshop interventions change care staff understanding of challenging behaviours?

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-57

  Dowey, Alan ^a,b,c   Toogood, Sandy ^a,b   Hastings, Richard P ^a   Nash, Susie ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BETSI CADWALADR UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^c WREXHAM MAELOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Applied behaviour analysis; Brief workshop intervention; Causal explanations; Challenging behaviour; Staff training

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845778478     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2006.00339.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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