Journal
JOURNAL OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES
Volume 19, Issue 1, Pages 69-82Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/1744629514558075
Keywords
challenging behaviour; intellectual disability; staff training
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- St. Amant Foundation
- St. Amant Research Centre
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Many individuals with intellectual disability engage in challenging behaviour. This can significantly limit quality of life and also negatively impact caregivers (e.g., direct care staff, family caregivers and teachers). Fortunately, efficacious staff training may alleviate some negative side effects of client challenging behaviour. Currently, a systematic review of studies evaluating whether staff training influences client challenging behaviour has not been conducted. The purpose of this article was to identify emerging patterns, knowledge gaps and make recommendations for future research on this topic. The literature search resulted in a total of 19 studies that met our inclusion criteria. Articles were separated into four staff training categories. Studies varied across sample size, support staff involved in training, study design, training duration and data collection strategy. A small sample size (n = 19) and few replication studies, alongside several other procedural limitations prohibited the identification of a best practice training approach.
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