This review and meta-analysis followed methodological and reporting guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), [25] Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of ...
When an adult with developmental disabilities becomes aggressive or starts to self-harm, most people assume that professional caregivers know how best to handle such challenging behaviour. But what if ...
A North East specialist treatment centre for people with learning disabilities, mental health problems or severely challenging behaviour has been temporarily closed for six months. It is hoped the ...
It’s surprisingly common for children to have both conditions, CU Boulder researcher Erik Willcutt argues in a recently published paper “A lot of kids tend to have both learning and attentional ...
Anna Sullivan receives funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC). The research reported here was funded by an Australian Research Council Linkage Project (LP110100317) and financial and/or in ...
Intellectual disabilities affect a child’s ability to learn and function at levels considered typical for their age. Learning disabilities affect a child’s ability to master specific skills, like ...
This systematic review suggests that antipsychotic medications may be effective in reducing challenging behaviour among children with intellectual disabilities in the short-term. Aripiprazole and ...