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Physical Interventions for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: Survey of Use, Policy, Training and Monitoring

Physical Interventions for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: Survey of Use, Policy, Training... Background Perceived problems around the use of physical intervention (PI) to manage challenging behaviour have led to UK initiatives to encourage policy development and accredited training. However, information on PI use and the impact of these initiatives remains limited. Method Adult residential services within an English region were sent a questionnaire regarding PI use, policy, staff training and monitoring/management. Results Physical intervention use was reported by 47% of the services. Of services using PI, 65% reported having a policy governing its use and 79% reported providing staff training. Where restrictive PI was used, comparable figures were 82% for policy and 84% for training. PI use was reported to be monitored in some way by 94% of services. Opinions offered supported the reduction of PI use. Conclusions Physical intervention use is widespread. National guidance on policy and training is widely followed though unimplemented by a minority. The time may be right to more explicitly aim for a reduction in PI use within services. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities Wiley

Physical Interventions for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: Survey of Use, Policy, Training and Monitoring

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Wiley
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© 2009 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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1360-2322
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1468-3148
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10.1111/j.1468-3148.2008.00482.x
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Abstract

Background Perceived problems around the use of physical intervention (PI) to manage challenging behaviour have led to UK initiatives to encourage policy development and accredited training. However, information on PI use and the impact of these initiatives remains limited. Method Adult residential services within an English region were sent a questionnaire regarding PI use, policy, staff training and monitoring/management. Results Physical intervention use was reported by 47% of the services. Of services using PI, 65% reported having a policy governing its use and 79% reported providing staff training. Where restrictive PI was used, comparable figures were 82% for policy and 84% for training. PI use was reported to be monitored in some way by 94% of services. Opinions offered supported the reduction of PI use. Conclusions Physical intervention use is widespread. National guidance on policy and training is widely followed though unimplemented by a minority. The time may be right to more explicitly aim for a reduction in PI use within services.

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Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities – Wiley

Published: Mar 1, 2009

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