Low arousal approaches to manage behaviours of concern.
Background Behaviours of concern restrict opportunities and choices for some people with learning disabilities and autism spectrum conditions and often lead to potentially harmful, restrictive and costly interventions. Immediate interventions, for example de-escalation, to manage behaviours of conce...
| Publicado en: | Learning Disability Practice Vol. 21; no. 5; pp. 30 - 37 |
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Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom (The)
9/25/2018
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