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| R P HowlinSummaryAffiliation: University of Southampton Country: UK Publications
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Positive perceptions in families of children with developmental disabilitiesRichard P Hastings
Department of Psychology, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, United Kingdom
Am J Ment Retard 107:116-27. 2002..Throughout the discussion, we identify some questions for future research and address some implications for practice...- Stress in UK families conducting intensive home-based behavioral intervention for their young child with autismR P Hastings
Department of Psychology, University of Southampton, Highfield, UK
J Autism Dev Disord 31:327-36. 2001..Implications of these findings for future research and for the support of families engaged in intensive home-based behavioral intervention are discussed... 
Application of a fluorescent dual stain to assess decontamination of tissue protein and prion amyloid from surgical stainless steel during simulated washer-disinfector cyclesR P Howlin
Environmental Healthcare Unit, School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
J Hosp Infect 75:66-71. 2010..The results suggest that current decontamination procedures, combined with immediate processing of surgical instruments, have the potential to be highly effective alone at reducing the risk of surgical transmission of CJD...- Behavior problems of children with autism, parental self-efficacy, and mental healthRichard P Hastings
Centre for Behavioural Research Analysis and Intervention in Developmental Disabilities, Department of Psychology, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Am J Ment Retard 107:222-32. 2002..No evidence for the moderating effect of self-efficacy was apparent for mothers. Methodological issues and the theoretical and practical implications of these results are discussed... - Coping strategies and the impact of challenging behaviors on special educators' burnoutRichard P Hastings
Centre for Behavioural Research Analysis and Intervention in Developmental Disabilities, Department of Psychology, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
Ment Retard 40:148-56. 2002..Implications for future research and for the support of staff working with individuals who have challenging behaviors are discussed... - Behavioural knowledge, causal beliefs and self-efficacy as predictors of special educators' emotional reactions to challenging behavioursR P Hastings
Centre for Behavioural Research Analysis and Intervention in Developmental Disabilities, Department of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
J Intellect Disabil Res 46:144-50. 2002..Researchers and clinicians need to address these issues in staff who work with people with challenging behaviours... - Exploration of psychometric properties of the developmental behavior checklistR P Hastings
Centre for Behavioural Research, Analysis, and Intervention in Developmental Disabilities, Department of Psychology, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
J Autism Dev Disord 31:423-31. 2001..Furthermore, the high levels of internal consistency of the DBC subscales were replicated. Further research and development is needed on the DBC and other instruments for children and adolescents with mental retardation... - Early intensive behavioral intervention: outcomes for children with autism and their parents after two yearsBob Remington
Centre for Behavioural Research Analysis and Intervention in Developmental Disabilities, School of Psychology, University of Southampton, UK
Am J Ment Retard 112:418-38. 2007..Measures of parental well-being, obtained at the same three time points, produced no evidence that behavioral intervention created increased problems for either mothers or fathers of children receiving it... - Longitudinal relationships between sibling behavioral adjustment and behavior problems of children with developmental disabilitiesRichard P Hastings
School of Psychology, University of Wales Bangor, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2AS, UK
J Autism Dev Disord 37:1485-92. 2007..There was no evidence that this putative temporal relationship operated bidirectionally: sibling adjustment did not appear to be related to the behavior problems of the children with developmental disabilities over time... - Expressed emotion in families of children and adults with intellectual disabilitiesRichard P Hastings
School of Psychology, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, United Kingdom
Ment Retard Dev Disabil Res Rev 13:339-45. 2007..Other future research priorities and some implications for practice are also discussed... - Systems analysis of stress and positive perceptions in mothers and fathers of pre-school children with autismRichard P Hastings
School of Psychology, University of Wales Bangor, Gwynedd, UK
J Autism Dev Disord 35:635-44. 2005..In addition, the need is emphasized for more systemic analyses to understand the psychological functioning of children with autism and their siblings and parents... - Use of the questionnaire on resources and stress (QRS-F) with parents of young children with autismEmma Honey
University of Newcastle, UK
Autism 9:246-55. 2005..These analyses lend preliminary support to the convergent validity of the scale. Overall, the data support the use of a total stress score from the 31-item version of the QRS-F in research with parents of young children with autism... - Early intensive behavioral intervention for children with autism: therapists' perspectives on achieving procedural fidelityMatthew D Symes
Center for Behavioural Research Analysis and Intervention in Developmental Disabilities, School of Psychology, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
Res Dev Disabil 27:30-42. 2006.... - Maternal distress and expressed emotion: cross-sectional and longitudinal relationships with behavior problems of children with intellectual disabilitiesRichard P Hastings
School of Psychology, University of Wales Bangor, UK
Am J Ment Retard 111:48-61. 2006..In terms of maternal expressed emotion, criticism and not emotional over-involvement was cross-sectionally but not longitudinally related to children's externalizing behavior problems and to maternal distress... - Life events as correlates of problem behavior and mental health in a residential population of adults with developmental disabilitiesDawn M Owen
School of Psychology, University of Wales Bangor, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2AS, Wales, UK
Res Dev Disabil 25:309-20. 2004..The need for replication of these data, especially using designs allowing causality to be inferred, is emphasized... - Staff reactions to self-injurious behaviours in learning disability services: attributions, emotional responses and helpingCheryl Jones
West Hampshire NHS Trust, Southampton, UK
Br J Clin Psychol 42:189-203. 2003..Close examination of previous studies also reveals very few supportive data of Weiner's original formulation. Therefore, we discuss the potential utility of alternative models in addition to methodological and conceptual issues... - Brief report: Behavioral adjustment of siblings of children with autismRichard P Hastings
School of Psychology, University of Wales Bangor, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DG, Wales, UK
J Autism Dev Disord 33:99-104. 2003..Psychological adjustment of mothers (stress) and the child with autism (behavior problems) were not predictive of sibling behavioral adjustment... - Do challenging behaviors affect staff psychological well-being? Issues of causality and mechanismRichard P Hastings
Richard Hastings School of Psychology, University of Wales Bangor, Wales, UK
Am J Ment Retard 107:455-67. 2002..I propose that staff negative emotional reactions mediate the impact of challenging behaviors on staff stress and evaluate research evidence for this theory... - Early intensive behavioral intervention for children with autism: parental therapeutic self-efficacyRichard P Hastings
Department of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Res Dev Disabil 23:332-41. 2002..Limitations of the study, suggestions for future research, and practical implications are briefly discussed. In particular, we advocate a role for supervisors in analyzing and developing interventions for therapist behavior... - Interactive training for active support: perspectives from staffVasiliki Totsika
School of Psychology, Bangor University, Bangor, Wales, UK
J Intellect Dev Disabil 33:225-38. 2008..Staff (N = 58) working with adults with an intellectual disability (ID) received IT on providing effective assistance for participation in daily activities... - Parental bereavement and the loss of a child with intellectual disabilities: a review of the literatureDeirdre E Reilly
School of Psychology, University of Wales, Bangor, United Kingdom
Intellect Dev Disabil 46:27-43. 2008..In particular, professionals should be aware of dissatisfaction with care pre-loss, disenfranchised grief, and post-loss support needs of family members... - Facilitating factors and barriers to the implementation of intensive home-based behavioural intervention for young children with autismEmma Johnson
Centre for Behavioural Research Analysis and Intervention in Developmental Disabilities, Department of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Child Care Health Dev 28:123-9. 2002..In addition, more general implications for the designers of behavioural intervention programmes are identified... - Mediators' emotional responses to self-injurious behavior: an experimental studyDominique A Mossman
Southampton Community Health Services NHS Trust, UK
Am J Ment Retard 107:252-60. 2002..In particular, self-injury maintained by negative reinforcement was associated with more self-reported negative emotion. Methodological issues and implications for research and practice are discussed... - Towards a behavioral phenotype for Rett syndromeRebecca H Mount
Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom
Am J Ment Retard 108:1-12. 2003.... - Symptoms of ADHD and their correlates in children with intellectual disabilitiesRichard P Hastings
School of Psychology, University of Wales Bangor, Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales LL57 2AS, UK
Res Dev Disabil 26:456-68. 2005..However, a great deal more research is needed to explore the phenomenology of ADHD in intellectual disability and to develop an evidence base for psychosocial intervention... - Coping strategies in mothers and fathers of preschool and school-age children with autismRichard P Hastings
School of Psychology, University of Wales Bangor, Gwynedd, UK
Autism 9:377-91. 2005..Associations were also found between coping strategies and parental stress and mental health. Practical implications are considered including reducing reliance on avoidance coping and increasing the use of positive coping strategies... - Positive contributions made by children with an intellectual disability in the family: mothers' and fathers' perceptionsRichard P Hastings
School of Psychology, University of Wales Bangor, Gwynedd, UK
J Intellect Disabil 9:155-65. 2005..The PCS might also be used in applied settings to help balance the effects of asking families about their difficulties and support needs... - Behavioral adjustment of siblings of children with autism engaged in applied behavior analysis early intervention programs: the moderating role of social supportRichard P Hastings
School of Psychology, University of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DG, Wales, United Kingdom
J Autism Dev Disord 33:141-50. 2003..The implications of these data for future research and for practice are discussed... - Practitioner review: stress intervention for parents of children with intellectual disabilitiesRichard P Hastings
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Unit, School of Psychology, University of Wales Bangor, UK
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 45:1338-49. 2004..The purpose of the present review is to consider the evidence base for psychological intervention to remediate stress in these parents... - Features of autism in Rett syndrome and severe mental retardationRebecca H Mount
Behavioural and Brain Sciences Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, UK
J Autism Dev Disord 33:435-42. 2003..Further work on the characterisation of the behavioral phenotype of genetic disorders such as RS and autism may aid in identifying the neuropathogenic processes that lead from gene-to-brain-to-behavior...