The use of discovery awareness in intellectual disability services: examining a European approach to challenging behaviour in a UK settingTools Webb, Joseph Charles (2017) The use of discovery awareness in intellectual disability services: examining a European approach to challenging behaviour in a UK setting. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham.
AbstractA series of abuse scandals in recent years have stimulated debate regarding appropriate ways to care for people with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviour, with policy emphasising the need to move beyond reactive and aversive approaches. This thesis presents a qualitative study of the use of Discovery Awareness; a non-aversive video-analysis based approach to challenging behaviour which aims to improve relational aspects of care. Fieldwork was undertaken over a 10 month period in two Assessment and Treatment Units on a single site in the UK. During this period, 7 Discovery Awareness sessions were filmed and 12 interviews were conducted with staff who had experience of attending DA sessions. The filmed DA sessions were analysed using Conversation Analysis (CA) whilst the interview data explored staff accounts and perceptions of using DA in practice.
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