About the guides
These guides are for families of people with a learning disability and behaviour that challenges.
They explain the
rights
Rights are the things everyone should be allowed to do like have a say, or go to school.
of individuals and their families and include top tips, key points and where to find more useful resources.
They cover topics like understanding
challenging behaviour
Challenging behaviour can be when someone hurts themselves, hits or pinches someone else, or breaks something. Some people might behave like this because they are upset or because people do not understand them.
, what good support looks like, what people need to know if their loved one is sent to an inpatient unit, and how to plan a successful discharge back to the
community
A community is the people and places in an area.
.