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A Review of Individual Service Plan Goals for Learners with Challenging Behaviours
Author(s) -
Sigafoos Jeff,
Kerr Michelle,
Roberts Donna,
Couzens Donna,
Attwood Tony,
White Virginia
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
british journal of learning disabilities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1468-3156
pISSN - 1354-4187
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3156.1994.tb00104.x
Subject(s) - challenging behaviour , recreation , psychology , service (business) , plan (archaeology) , referral , independent living , adaptive behaviour , applied psychology , nonverbal communication , medical education , communication skills , public relations , learning disability , developmental psychology , business , nursing , medicine , marketing , gerontology , ecology , political science , archaeology , biology , history
Individual Service Plans (ISPs) are often used to guide habilitative services for persons with intellectual disabilities. In the present study, we reviewed the types of goals included in the ISPs for 20 nonverbal individuals with severe disabilities and challenging behaviours from a large residential centre in Australia. Most goals focused on reducing challenging behaviour, teaching self‐care and domestic skills or described assessment and referral activities. Relatively little emphasis was given to increasing communication/language, recreation/leisure or community living skills. Behaviour management goals included strategies to suppress challenging behaviour and increase adaptive alternatives, as well as various ecological and physiological approaches. Habilitative services might be improved by including more goals on communication/language, recreation/leisure and community living skills. It is also recommended that behaviour management goals be based on a more thorough assessment of the variables controlling challenging behaviour.