Developing a therapeutic relationship with a blind client with a severe intellectual disability and persistent challenging behaviour

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 30, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 1318-1327

  Sterkenburg, P ^a   Schuengel, Carlo ^a   Janssen, C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attachment based psychotherapy; Behavior modification; Challenging behavior; Intellectual disability; Psycho physiological stress; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DOWN SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART PREEJECTION PERIOD; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; VAGUS NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BLINDNESS; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53249092031     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280701482597     Document Type: Article

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