Care of adults with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities

Martha Dunworth Fitzgerald, John Sweeney

Enhancing service users’ capacity and capability

John Turnbull, Joanna Saddington, Sharon Wood, Sue Freeman, Lynne Topham

Role of carers’ assessments in behaviour analysis

Anthony McGrath

Reducing harmful sexual behaviour in adolescents

Joshua Wiggins, Sarah Hepburn, Rowena Rossiter

Journal scan

Noticeboard

Diary

Model followers

Sarah Ames

Spiritual compass

Matt Walwyn

Framework for Reducing Restrictive Practices

Terri Dorman

Integrative Psychotherapeutic Approaches to Autism Spectrum Conditions

Abimbola Farinde

Nursing of Autism Spectrum Disorder

Ged Roberts

Government’s benefit reforms raise qualification hurdles

Charlie Callanan

News in brief

Law society demands review of deprivation of liberty standards

Call for surveillance in care settings to keep clients safe

Christian Duffin

Traffic light wristbands will alert staff

Service users act as ‘secret shoppers’ in hospital

Minister visits former resident to check on progress of reforms

Staff need specialist training to manage children with autism

Does safety outweigh privacy?

Colin Parish