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Regionally Based Teams for the Treatment of Challenging Behaviour: A Three-year Outcome Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2014

Alan Hudson ,
Patrick Wilken ,
Roland Jauernig  and
Gary Radler
Alan Hudson*
Affiliation:
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Patrick Wilken
Affiliation:
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Roland Jauernig
Affiliation:
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Gary Radler
Affiliation:
Department of Health and Community Services, Victoria
*
Department of Psychology and Intellectual Disability Studies, RMIT, Bundoora VIC 3083, Australia
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Abstract

In 1990, 13 regionally based Behaviour Intervention Support Teams (BISTs) were established in Victoria to assist agencies providing support to persons with an intellectual disability who exhibited challenging behaviour. A primary function of the BISTs was to conduct intensive interventions for clients with severe challenging behaviours. The outcomes of the interventions conducted by eight of these teams were monitored over the period from 1991 to 1993. During this time, a total of 134 such interventions were completed by the teams. Many outcome measures were used for each intervention. These included direct observational measures of the challenging behaviours, measures of skill acquisition by the clients, and satisfaction with the results by caregivers. It was concluded that the interventions resulted in a high rate of success (approximately 75%). Additionally, it was concluded that the use of regionally based specialist teams was an effective way of treating severe challenging behaviours that had previously proven difficult to manage.

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Research Article
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Behaviour Change , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , December 1995 , pp. 209 - 215
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Copyright © The Author(s) 1995

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