Assessing Behaviors Regarded as Problematic: for People with Developmental Disabilities

People with developmental disabilities sometimes behave in ways that others, or they themselves, regard as problematic. This work covers what practitioners can do to make sense of those behaviours so that individuals can be more effectively supported. It offers practical strategies for gathering and analyzing information about behaviours, in partnership with the individual concerned, in order to gain a useful understanding of why a particular behaviour occurs. The inclusion of case histories, with corresponding behaviour plans, clearly shows the real-life application of assessment methods.