Positive behavioural support as a service system for people with challenging behaviour

Abstract

Challenging behaviours amongst people with learning disabilities are a major concern for carers, clinicians, and policy-makers. Services frequently fail to deliver optimum care practices for this user group, yet there is now considerable evidence as to what components are required to constitute an effective service. This article promotes positive behavioural support as an over-arching service model, and describes how it can help address the needs of members of this population and those who support them.