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Stevenson, Bradley S.; Wood, Charles L.; Iannello, Alana C. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2019
A percentage of individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities engage in severe, dangerous challenging behaviors. Two common approaches for intervening for these behaviors are function-based interventions (FBI), which have been effective at reducing such behaviors, and crisis intervention, which has been shown to increase staff…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Disorders, Intervention, Behavior Modification
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Williams, Don E. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2009
Background: There is little research on the safety of the various types of restraint commonly used with individuals with intellectual disabilities who exhibit severely aggressive or self-injurious behaviour. Method: This study analysed the use of restraint with 209 individuals with intellectual disabilities over a 12-month period. Results: Planned…
Descriptors: Safety, Mental Retardation, Injuries, Accident Prevention