This review aims to summarise the available empirical evidence regarding the efficacy and safety of pharmacological interventions for children with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviour.

After appropriately identifying the behavior in a child with autism, a suitable intervention can be used to proactively, or reactively, reduce and replace it. Challenging behaviors can be difficult to ...

The Certificate in Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) prepares educators and related service personnel to address the unique behavioral needs of PreK–12 learners through proactive, ...

A learning disability is defined by 3 core criteria: lower intellectual ability (usually an IQ of less than 70), significant impairment of social or adaptive functioning, and onset in childhood.

An early intervention for autism aimed at helping parents communicate with their child has been shown to have an effect on reducing the severity of autism symptoms, and this reduction continued for ...

Have you ever struggled to speak up when you saw something that troubled you, or not taken action for fear of how it might be perceived by others? The variety of possible ways to engage with the world ...

Parent Network of WNY is now accepting applications for its Family Behavior Support & Advocacy Program. The new program will work with a family to develop a goal and identify challenging behaviors and ...

The search process identified 14,151 records for screening. From this, 14 primary studies were eligible for review. Figure 1 depicts a flow diagram of the selection process. Figure 2 provides an ...

A clinical practice guideline on challenging behaviour and learning disabilities is being developed for use in the NHS in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Registered stakeholders for this ...