Identifying the extent of challenging behaviour in adult learning disability services

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 811-829

  Hayden, Carol ^a,c   Stevens, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Hampshire Social Services Department   (United Kingdom)

^c St George's Building   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Challenging behaviour; Learning disability (adults)

Indexed keywords

EID: 7444238122     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bch103     Document Type: Review

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