BILD Code of Practice for the Use of Physical Interventions:

Second edition

BILD

2006            ISBN 1 905218 00 1            Price £12.00

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Around half of all people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour are subject to physical interventions. High quality training, to increase staff skills and confidence and reduce injuries among staff and people who use services, is therefore critical.

The BILD Code of Practice provides guidance for trainers and commissioners of training who support adults and children with:

· a learning disability
· an autistic spectrum condition
· special educational needs
· behavioural, emotional and social difficulties

An important reference document since its first publication in 2001, the Code is based on consultation with the Department of Health, the Department for Education and Employment, the Health and Safety Executive and trainers. It has been revised and updated to take account of developments in the field of behaviour management and includes guidance on:

· policies
· best interest criteria
· techniques for physical intervention
· health and safety
· course organisation
· monitoring performance
· evaluation and record keeping
· professional conduct

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Carers’ Guide to Physical Interventions and the Law:

information and advice for parents, carers and care workers supporting children, young people and adults with learning disabilities

Christina Lyon and Alexandra Pimor

2005            ISBN 1 904082 81 5            Price £12.00

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Knowing how and when to use physical interventions in an ethical, safe and legal way is a key issue for many parents and carers of children and adults with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour. The Carers’ Guide to Physical Interventions and the Law provides clear information and advice in this sensitive and important area. It draws on the BILD report Physical Interventions and the Law which is a comprehensive overview for lawyers, practitioners and PI training organisations.

The Carers’ Guide to Physical Interventions and the Law includes up-to-date information and advice for parents, other informal carers and care workers on:

· physical interventions
· employers’ responsibilities
· criminal law
· civil law
· human rights law

The guide also includes a wide range of case studies and definitions of key terms.

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Supporting parents and carers

A trainer’s guide to positive behaviour strategies

Sharon Paley, Chris Stirling and Mark Wakefield

2008           ISBN 978 1 905218 07 3           Price £25.00

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Parents and carers are often the most important influence on a child’s life and yet they very rarely receive training in strategies to help them deal with challenging behaviour. Training delivered by people who are in, or have been in, the same situation as themselves is likely to be more meaningful and produce a more positive response.

This trainer’s guide is intended to provide parents and carers, as well as professional trainers, with materials to deliver training in positive behaviour strategies.

The guide includes a CD-ROM with PowerPoint presentation and handouts and, with the clearly set out session plans, provides a comprehensive course that is designed to be easily understood by those who may have limited
formal training.

Easy Guide to Being Held Safely:

revised edition

BILD

2008            ISBN 1 905218 03 6            Price £7.00

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This booklet provides guidance for children, parents and teachers about being held. Originally developed for use with children with learning disabilities and their teachers, the text has been revised to increase its relevance for all children’s and young people’s services.

This new edition is based on up-to-date guidance from the Department of Health and Department for Education and Skills. Using plain English and clear illustrations, the guide encourages good practice in this difficult area by explaining:

● about being held
● why adults may hold a child
● what the child’s rights are

The booklet includes a 10-point good practice guide.

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Easy Guide to Physical Interventions:

for people with learning disabilities, their carers and supporters

BILD

2002            ISBN 1 902519 97 3            Price £7.00

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‘A helpful reminder to staff of their responsibilities in an area of increasing concern.’ Special

The first easy guide on physical interventions for people with learning disabilities, their carers and supporters, based on new government guidance on the use of physical interventions.

This best-selling guide has been developed with people with learning disabilities, and uses clear language and illustrations to cover:

· why staff may need to use physical interventions people’s rights and the law
· 10-point guides on physical interventions for people with learning disabilities, and for staff
· what should happen after a physical intervention

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Ethical Approaches to Physical Interventions:

responding to challenging behaviour in people with intellectual disabilities

Edited by David Allen

2003            ISBN 1 904082 38 6            Price £20.00

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‘This book is a signature to a decade of change and revolution. It is a salute to a community which has moved mountains and faced up to difficult and traumatic issues and found imaginative and exciting solutions.’ Donal MacIntyre

In the 10 years since physical interventions moved onto the national agenda, much progress has been made.

This book, based on contributions from leading academics and practitioners in the UK and USA, is the first major overhaul of key developments and current best practice in the field.

Ethical Approaches to Physical Interventions includes an overview of current policies and practices, an examination of physical interventions and abusive practice, and a discussion of objectives for the immediate future.

An important reference for commissioners, service providers and physical interventions trainers, as well as anyone concerned with improving our responses to challenging behaviour.

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Good Practice in Physical Interventions:

a guide for staff and managers

2006            ISBN 1 904082 74 2            Price £20.00

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Edited by Sharon Paley and John Brooke

The first handbook for staff and managers on good practice in physical interventions draws together practical guidance from some of the UK’s leading physical interventions trainers and experts.

The handbook covers a wide range of issues including:

• legal and ethical issues
• abuse
• misuse and poor practice
• risk assessment
• using physical interventions in schools and children’s services

The handbook also includes the perspectives of a service user who reflects on her own experience of being restrained.

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Managing Challenging Behaviour: trainer pack

Alice Bradley

2003            ISBN 1 904082 63 7            Discounted price £64.50 (was £129.25)

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A complete package of training materials for managers and trainers, to provide everything staff need to know about working with people with learning disabilities who present challenging behaviour. The pack contains:

· a trainer’s guide with timed session plans, supporting overhead transparencies, course handouts and activity sheets
· a trainer’s reader for the manager or trainer to read before each session
· a CD with overhead transparency masters, course handouts and activity sheets to print out and use
· a workbook for use by participants who cannot attend every session
 

The trainer pack is fully mapped to the Manage Challenging Behaviour units from the Levels 2 and 3 Certificates in Working with People who have Learning Disabilities. Written by an experienced learning trainer and practitioner, the pack covers:

· understanding challenging behaviours – why they occur, and factors that influence behaviour
· the range of functions that challenging behaviour can serve for people with learning disabilities who challenge
· improving the lifestyles of people who challenge
· positive strategies for working with services users that challenge
· policies and procedures, teamwork, the role of observation and record keeping, and responding to service users who may be affected by the challenging behaviour of others
· planned and emergency uses of physical interventions

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Physical Interventions:

a policy framework

revised edition

John Harris, Marion Cornick, Alan Jefferson, Richard Mills

2008            ISBN 1 905 218 044            Price £20.00

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This book gives clear guidance for services developing policies on restrictive physical interventions. It includes examples of good and poor practice, checklists to assist implementation, an agenda for action at the end of each chapter and a summary of key policy principles. Chapter topics include the legal framework, risk assessment and employers’ responsibilities.

The first edition became the key reference for anyone involved in working with
adults and children who, because of their challenging behaviour, may need some
kind of restrictive physical intervention. It has been revised to show how the four
core principles identified in Valuing People (rights, independence, choice and inclusion) apply to the use of restrictive physical interventions. It also takes account of the widespread acceptance of person-centred approaches to service development, the introduction of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and changes in terminology.

The book will be of particular interest to:

● providers and commissioners of adult and children’s services
● schools and teachers of children with a learning disability or autism
● care staff, family carers and parents of children who present challenging behaviour
● OFSTED and CSCI inspectors
● local education authorities
● clinical and educational psychologists
● psychiatrists working with adults and children with autism and learning disabilities
● learning disability and RNMH nurses
● dentists

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Physical Interventions and the Law:

legal issues arising from the use of physical interventions in supporting children, young people and adults with learning disabilities and severe challenging behaviour

Christina Lyon and Alexandra Pimor

2004            ISBN 1 904082 73 4            Price £20.00

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A major reference document providing a comprehensive overview of the law and physical interventions in the UK. The author, Professor Christina Lyon, wrote the best-selling Legal issues arising from the care, control and safety of children with learning disabilities who also present severe challenging behaviour, published by the Mental Health Foundation in 1994. This report updates and develops the earlier report, with new information for services supporting adults, and on the differences in English and Scottish law.

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Risk in Challenging Behaviour:

a good practice guide for professionals

Sharon Powell

2005            ISBN 1 904082 95 5            Price £12.00

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This guide is designed to help with establishing a framework to support individuals with learning disabilities or autistic spectrum disorders whose behaviour challenges services and presents a risk to themselves or others. It sets out in clear and simple terms a structured and systematic approach to the identification, assessment and management of risks associated with challenging behaviours.

The guide includes:

• checklists and pro formas to aid working with and assessing risk
• common problems in risk assessment
• philosophical and organisational issues

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Supporting a Child with Learning Disabilities and Challenging Behaviour

a guide for teachers and classroom assistants

Sharon Powell and Madelyn Green NEW

2005            ISBN 1 904082 88 2            Price £5.00 

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This guide is a practical introduction to supporting a child with a learning disability and challenging behaviour for teachers and classroom assistants. It defines challenging behaviour, identifies the factors that enable it to occur and includes simple and effective strategies that may help and a question and answer section dealing with challenging situations.

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Training Carers in Physical Interventions:

research towards evidence-based practice

David Allen

2001            ISBN 1 902519 76 0            Price £15.00 

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How should carers be trained in physical interventions, given the array of different types of training on offer? And how can trainers evaluate their training, both immediately afterwards and in the long term?

This report provides evidence-based information to:

· alert purchasers and providers to the types of outcomes they can expect from different types of training

· help trainers evaluate their training, with sample measures of direct training outcomes

The report also summarises the current knowledge on training outcomes, based on a review of existing literature and identifies areas for future research.   

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Training Parents and Carers in the Management of Challenging Behaviour

Coming soon

This pack aims to help parents and carers:

● understand challenging behaviour
● consider challenging behaviour as a form of communication
● develop preventative strategies to avoid crises
● acquire practical physical skills which promote the safety of themselves and
the person they support

The pack is divided into three parts:

● a comprehensive training manual including session plans, activities, handouts and CD-ROM with information about co-training by family carers designed to
include everything needed to deliver the theory of managing challenging behaviour
● a guide to teaching personal safety techniques to groups of parents and carers
● an accessible guide on anger management for people with a learning disability and/or autistic spectrum condition

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