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- Title
Is it time to drop the term 'challenging behaviour'?
- Authors
Chan, Jeffrey
- Abstract
'Challenging behaviour' is often associated with a crisis-driven approach to service delivery in which behaviours are assumed to be inherent in the people who exhibit them. Because this approach can lead to labelling, stereotyping and diagnostic overshadowing, the authors of this article argue that the term 'challenging behaviour' should be replaced with 'behaviour of concern' to highlight the ideal response of support staff rather than the challenge they must overcome.
- Subjects
BEHAVIOR disorders; ATTITUDE (Psychology); LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL personnel; PSYCHOLOGY of people with intellectual disabilities; STEREOTYPES; TERMS &; phrases; CRISIS intervention (Mental health services); PREVENTION
- Publication
Learning Disability Practice, 2012, Vol 15, Issue 5, p36
- ISSN
1465-8712
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7748/ldp2012.06.15.5.36.c9131