Behaviour problems in children with learning disabilities: to what extent do they exist and are they a problem?

Saxby, Helen; Morgan, Hilary

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2214.1993.tb00722.x

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“…In both the present study and that by Saxby & Morgan (1993), most of the behaviours reported by mothers were not felt by them to be definite problems. Such perceived problems represented between 3% and 5% of the total number of behaviours investigated in these studies.…”

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Behaviour Problems Among Children with Down's Syndrome: Prevalence, Persistence and Parental Appraisal

Turner

Sloper

1996

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Changes over time in the pattern of behaviour problems shown by 91 children with Down's syndrome, together with maternal appraisal of the seriousness of reported problems, were investigated through questionnaires completed by mothers. Fiftyfour individual behaviours were studied at mean ages 9 years 2 months and 13 years 9 months. There was a significant decline in the overall frequency of behaviour problems and in some disturbed behaviours, sleeping and toileting problems, and over-activity. Only one problem-lying-became more common. However, many problems were found to be persistent among the same children.While mothers viewed relatively few behaviours as definite problems, a minority faced a multiplicity of perceived problems at both points in time. Running away was a common problem which particularly concerned mothers. Sleeping problems were generally seen as less problematic by Time 2, while stealing had become more so. Some individual problems were associated with the gender, age and developmental level of the children. Results suggest that behaviour problems may become set relatively early in life, and that families may benefit from help in preventing and dealing with problems well before the teenage years.

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“…The average level of reported behaviours (25% in 1986/7, and 22% in 1991, out of the 54 individual behaviours investigated), compares with 28% reported by mothers in a study of 1 to 8-year-old children with intellectual disabilities (Saxby & Morgan, 1993).…”

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Behaviour Problems Among Children with Down's Syndrome: Prevalence, Persistence and Parental Appraisal

Turner

Sloper

1996

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“…It is well-documented that children's sleep difficulties are a considerable stress factor for parents [43]. One hypothesis is that children with ADHD are more liable to wake their parents during the night than non-ADHD children, making their parents more aware of any sleep difficulties [5].…”

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Parental rating of sleep in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

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Jørgensen

Bilenberg

2009

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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Objective: Sleep problems have often been associated with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Parents of those with ADHD and children with ADHD report sleep difficulties more frequently than healthy children and their parents. The primary objective of this paper is to describe sleep patterns and problems of 5 to 11-year-old children suffering from ADHD as described by parental reports and sleep questionnaires. Method: The study included 321 children aged 5–11 years (average age 8.4 years); 45 were diagnosed with ADHD, 64 had other psychiatric diagnoses, and 212 were healthy. One hundred and ninety-six of the test subjects were boys and 125 were girls. A semi-structured interview (Kiddie-SADS-PL) was used to DSM-IV diagnose ADHD and comorbidity in the clinical group. Sleep difficulties were rated using a structured sleep questionnaire (Children Sleep Behaviour Scale). Results: Children diagnosed with ADHD had a significantly increased occurrence of sleep problems. Difficulties relating to bedtime and unsettled sleep were significantly more frequent in the ADHD group than in the other groups. Children with ADHD showed prolonged sleep onset latency, but no difference was shown regarding numbers of awakenings per night and total sleep time per night. Comorbid oppositional defiant disorder appeared not to have an added effect on problematic behaviour around bedtime. Conclusion: Parents of children with ADHD report that their children do not sleep properly more often than other parents. The ADHD group report problems with bedtime resistance, problems with sleep onset latency, unsettled sleep and nightmares more often than the control groups. It may therefore be relevant for clinicians to initiate a closer examination of those cases reporting sleep difficulties

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“…Behavioural interventions have been reported to improve mothers' mood, perceptions of their spouses, and their marriage, as well as their children's behaviour (Quine, 1992b). It has been suggested that both can affect parents' reporting of their child's behaviour (Saxby & Morgan, 1993;Sloper & Turner, 1993), possibly without any quanti able change in child behaviour. If the parents sleep better themselves, parents may have an improved mood.…”

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Behavioural treatment for sleep problems in children with severe intellectual disabilities and daytime challenging behaviour: Effect on mothers and fathers

Wiggs

Stores

2001

British J Health Psychol

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The effects of childhood sleep problems, and their resolution using behavioural interventions, may be different in mothers and fathers. This highlights the need to assess all family members in order to gain a greater understanding of how best to help families as a whole. The improvements in both control and treatment groups indicate that there may be non-specific effects of taking part in the study that played a therapeutic role.

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Behaviour problems in children with learning disabilities: to what extent do they exist and are they a problem?

Cited by 24 publications

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Behaviour Problems Among Children with Down's Syndrome: Prevalence, Persistence and Parental Appraisal

Behaviour Problems Among Children with Down's Syndrome: Prevalence, Persistence and Parental Appraisal

Parental rating of sleep in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Behavioural treatment for sleep problems in children with severe intellectual disabilities and daytime challenging behaviour: Effect on mothers and fathers

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