Tizard Learning Disability Review: Volume 25 Issue 2

An evaluation of the social validity of the Aberrant Behavior Checklist - Community

Brittany Chan, Peter Baker

This paper aims to evaluate the social validity of the Aberrant Behavior Checklist - Communit y (ABC-C).

Commentary on “An evaluation of the social validity of the Aberrant Behavior Checklist – Community”

Jonathan Mason

The purpose of this paper is to provide a commentary on Chan and Baker’s article on the social validity of the Aberrant Behavior Checklist (ABC) by exploring some of the…

Multisensory rooms: essential characteristics and barriers to effective practice

Joanna Grace

This paper aims to identify the characteristics practitioners consider essential to effective multisensory rooms and the barriers they experience when trying to realise the…

Commentary on “Multisensory rooms: essential characteristics and barriers to effective practice”

Ben Challis, Mark Hildred, Jennie Ruth Bailey

The purpose of this paper is to provide a commentary on Grace’s article on multisensory rooms.

Factors influencing the quality of care learning disabled patients receive in hospital

Alice Durrant

In total, 40% of the deaths of patients with learning disabilities have been classed as avoidable, and there is a known increased risk of harm while inpatients in hospital. This…

Commentary on “Factors influencing the quality of care learning disabled patients receive in hospital”

Tricia Handley

The purpose of this paper is to provide a commentary on Durrant’s paper “Factors influencing the quality of care learning disabled patients receive in hospital”.