Fifteen-minute consultation: Managing behaviours that challenge in children and young people with intellectual disability
Children and young people who present with behaviour that challenges on a background of intellectual disability commonly present to paediatricians for support. This paper gives a structure to explore the possible biological, psychosocial and environmental underlying problems and suggests ways to assess and address these.
Authors
- Annie Swanepoel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7074-5978)
- Elizabeth Prince (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1726-7193)
- Rosie Laughlin
Institutions
- Northern Essex Community College (US)
- North East London NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Broomfield Hospital (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Archives of Disease in Childhood Education & Practice
- Published
- 2026-02-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2025-329120
- Primary Topic
- Down syndrome and intellectual disability research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00