Rp. Hastings, STAFF STRATEGIES AND EXPLANATIONS FOR INTERVENING WITH CHALLENGING BEHAVIORS, JIDR. Journal of intellectual disability research, 40, 1996, pp. 166-175
Behavioural models identify the actions of others as an important fact
or in the development and maintenance of challenging behaviours. In th
e present study, 109 care staff were asked about their immediate and l
onger-term intervention strategies for a fictitious young man's challe
nging behaviour. Staff descriptions of long-term interventions were la
rgely consistent with the aims of psychological interventions. However
, their immediate intervention strategies were similar to the counter-
habilitative strategies identified in previous observational and self-
report research. The implications of these results for models of staff
behaviour, staff training, the design of behavioural programmes and f
uture research are discussed.