Understanding and Responding to Behaviour that Challenges in Intellectual Disabilities

Tony Osgood is a Senior Lecturer in Intellectual Disabilities at the Tizard Centre, University of Kent. He teaches on positive behaviour support, autism, intellectual disabilities, human services and challenging behaviour. He has a background in direct support work in the NHS and the private and voluntary sector. He is interested in service organisations, person-centred support, family support, inclusion, diversity, mindfulness and communities of practice. He has taught and lectured in the UK and Europe and has written extensively on a variety of topics. His first book on challenging behaviour, Supporting Positive Behaviour in Intellectual Disabilities & Autism: Practical Strategies for Working with Challenging Behaviour is to be published in 2019.Dr Peter Baker (BCBA-D) is a Senior Lecturer in Intellectual Disability at the Tizard Centre, University of Kent. He worked as a Consultant Clinical Psychologist for the NHS in Sussex for over 20 years where he had leadership responsibilities for learning disability psychology services in East Sussex & Brighton & Hove. He lectures at the Tizard Centre on Certificate, Diploma, Graduate and Masters programmes and is widely published in the area of challenging behaviour and intellectual disability. He is the senior editor of the International Journal of Positive Behaviour Support.

• Part 1: Clearer Values Foreword: Responding to a changing world Peter Baker & Tony OsgoodWhat is behaviour that challenges? Edwin JonesBehaviour that challenges: how big is the problem? Jon MasonPositive behavioural supportAnne McDonaldLegal considerationsRachel Forrester-JonesListening to people using servicesTony OsgoodPart 2: Gaining a Better Understanding Assessing behaviour that challengesLaurence Patterson & Jenna SzymanskiCommunication and behaviour that challengesJill BradshawConceptualising quality of lifeJulie Beadle-BrownPart 3: Delivering Support Practice leadership and behaviour that challengesRoy DeveauxBuilding a good rapportMaria HurmanGetting the environment rightSandy ToogoodKeeping people safe - reactive strategiesJohn ShephardLearning new ways of behavingCiara Padden & Shelley BradyCognitive approaches to behaviour that challengesStephen C. OathamshawThe use of medication for the management of behaviours that challenge in people with intellectual disabilitiesShoumitro DebPart 4: Lessons LearnedWe're in this together: supported staffPeter Baker & Nick GoreWorking together with familiesIsabelle Garnett and Holly YoungWorking for change: policy and practice contextsViv Cooper AfterwordTony Osgood and Peter Baker