Discuss the problems of challenging behaviour in people with learning disabilities

Discuss the problems of challenging behaviour in people with learning disabilities Challenging behaviour has played a major role in why some people with severe learning disabilities fail to live in the community as normal citizens. More than one million people with intellectual disabilities also show additional problematic behaviours (Hill and Bruininks, 1984). These behaviours include aggression, self-injury, inappropriate social or sexual conduct, and destructiveness. The combination of these intellectual and behavioural disabilities is putting carers and …

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