Campaigns

One of the aims of the Challenging Behaviour Foundation is to highlight the issues faced by individuals with challenging behaviour and their families and to influence policy and practice on their behalf.

Some of the issues we have identified include:

Crisis management approach rather than early intervention
Lack of local specialist support and services
Out of area placements, not as a positive choice but as a consequence of a lack of forward planning and crisis management
Lack of awareness of many GPS about the consequences of self-injurious behaviour and lack of appropriate referral
Widespread use of antipsychotic medication to 'treat' challenging behaviour
Lack of appropriate and accessible training for parents in understanding and managing challenging behaviour
The need for access to appropriate and skilled advocacy
Exclusion from respite services

While we currently do not have the capacity to undertake major campaigning work, this is an area of work that we very much want to develop. Our strategy at present is to provide a 'voice' for our families through involvement in a range of Government consultations, national networks and the Learning Disability Task Force, and using our website and newsletter to raise awareness of issues. If you would like to support us in this work we would be delighted to hear from you. There are a number of ways in which you could help, for example:

Sharing your experiences: Real stories and experiences are invaluable in building a 'case' for a campaign

Partnership working: Do get in touch to discuss how you could help us tackle some of these issues.

Financial support: Your financial support could help us develop our work in this area.

We believe we can achieve the most by working together. We look forward to hearing from you!