Recent research publications

Stancliffe, Roger J., Harman, Anthony D., Toogood, Sandy and McVilly, Keith, (in press) Staff ratios and active support : a case study, Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities.

 

Stancliffe, Roger J., McVilly, Keith, Radler, G., Mountford, L. and Tomaszewski, P., (in press) Active support, participation and depression, Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities.

 

Larson, S.., O'Nell, S., Hewitt, A., Smith, J., Lankin, K.C., McVilly, Keith and Stancliffe, Roger J., (2008)Introducing active support in the United States : staff training developments and research directions, Journal of intellectual disability research, vol. 52, no. 8-9, pp. 764-764.

 

Beadle-Brown, J, Hutchinson, A and Whelton, R (2008) A better life: The implementation and effect of person-centred active support in the Avenues Trust. Tizard Learning Disability Review, 13 (4), 15-24

Special issue of Journal of intellectual and Developmental Disability (Vol 33 (3), 2008)

Editorial: "Research in active support" by Roger Stancliff, Edwin Jones and Jim Mansell.

Literature review: "Active support: a critical review and commentary" by Roger Stancliff, Edwin Jones, Jim Mansell and Kathy Lowe

 

Articles:

"Interactive Training" by Sandy Toogood

"Interactive training for active support: Perspectives from staff" by Vasiliki Totsika, Sandy Toogood, Richard P. Hastings and Susie Nash

"Initial organisational factors associated with the implementation of active support" by Chris Fyffe, Jeffrey McCubbery and Katharine J. Reid

"The effect of active support training on engagement, opportunities for choice, challenging behaviour and support needs" by Stella Koritsas, Teresa Iacono, David Hamilton and Daniel Leighton.

"Staff behaviour and resident engagement before and after active support training" by Roger J. Stancliffe, Anthony D. Harman, Sandy Toogood and Keith R. McVilly

Opinions and prespectives: "How person-centred is active support?" by Anthony D. Harman and Helen Sanderson

Response: "Active support is person-centred by definition: A response to Harman and Sanderson (2008)" by Edwin Jones and Kathy Lowe

 Other research publications

Mansell, J., Jenkins, J., Felce, D. and de Kock, U. (1984) Measuring the activity of severely and profoundly mentally handicapped adults in ordinary housing. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 22(1), 23-29

Brown, H., Toogood, A. and Brown, V. (1987) Participation in Everyday Activities. Brighton: Pavilion.

Mansell, J., Felce, D., Jenkins, J., de Kock, U. and Toogood, A. (1987) Enabling individual participation, Developing staffed housing for people with mental handicaps (pp. 197-231). Tunbridge Wells: Costello.

Mansell, J. and Beasley, F. (1993) Small staffed houses for people with a severe mental handicap and challenging behaviour. British Journal of Social Work, 23, 329-344.

Mansell, J. (1994) Specialized group homes for persons with severe or profound mental retardation and serious problem behaviour in England. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 15, 371-388.

Mansell, J., Hughes, H. and McGill, P. (1994) Maintaining local residential placements. In E. Emerson, P. McGill, & J. Mansell (Eds.), Severe Learning Disabilities and Challenging Behaviour: Designing High-Quality Services (pp. 260-281). London: Chapman and Hall.

Mansell, J. (1995) Staffing and staff performance in services for people with severe or profound learning disability and serious challenging behaviour. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 39, 3-14.

Felce, D. (1996) Quality of support for ordinary living. In J. Mansell & K. Ericsson (Eds.), Deinstitutionalization and Community Living: Intellectual Disability Services in Britain, Scandinavia and the USA (pp. 117-133). London: Chapman and Hall.

Jones, E., Perry, J., Lowe, K., Allen, D., Toogood, S. and Felce, D. (1996) Active Support: A Handbook for Planning Daily Activities and Support Arrangements for People with Learning Disabilities. Booklet 1: Overview. Cardiff: Welsh Centre for Learning Disabilities Applied Research Unit.

Jones, E., Perry, J., Lowe, K., Allen, D., Toogood, S. and Felce, D. (1996) Active Support: A Handbook for Planning Daily Activities and Support Arrangements for People with Learning Disabilities. Booklet 2: Activity and Support Plans. Cardiff: Welsh Centre for Learning Disabilities Applied Research Unit.

Jones, E., Perry, J., Lowe, K., Allen, D., Toogood, S. and Felce, D. (1996) Active Support: A Handbook for Planning Daily Activities and Support Arrangements for People with Learning Disabilities. Booklet 3: Opportunity Plans. Cardiff: Welsh Centre for Learning Disabilities Applied Research Unit.

Jones, E., Perry, J., Lowe, K., Allen, D., Toogood, S. and Felce, D. (1996) Active Support: A Handbook for Planning Daily Activities and Support Arrangements for People with Learning Disabilities. Booklet 4: Teaching Plans. Cardiff: Welsh Centre for Learning Disabilities Applied Research Unit.

Jones, E., Perry, J., Lowe, K., Allen, D., Toogood, S. and Felce, D. (1996) Active Support: A Handbook for Planning Daily Activities and Support Arrangements for People with Learning Disabilities. Booklet 5: Individual Plans. Cardiff: Welsh Centre for Learning Disabilities Applied Research Unit.

Jones, E., Perry, J., Lowe, K., Allen, D., Toogood, S. and Felce, D. (1996) Active Support: A Handbook for Planning Daily Activities and Support Arrangements for People with Learning Disabilities. Booklet 6: Maintaining Quality. Cardiff: Welsh Centre for Learning Disabilities Applied Research Unit.

Mansell, J. and Elliott, T. E. (1996) Active Support Measure. Canterbury: Tizard Centre.

Jones, E., Perry, J., Lowe, K., Felce, D., Toogood, S., Dunstan, F., Allen, D. and Pagler, J. (1997) Opportunity and the Promotion of Activity among Adults with Severe Learning Disabilities living in Community Housing: The Impact of Training Staff in Active Support. Cardiff: Welsh Centre for Learning Disabilities, University of Wales College of Medicine.

Mansell, J. (1998) Active support (Editorial). Tizard Learning Disability Review, 3(2), 4-6.

Jones, E., Perry, J., Lowe, K., Felce, D., Toogood, S., Dunstan, F., Allen, D. and Pagler, J. (1999) Opportunity and the promotion of activity among adults with severe intellectual disability living in community residences: the impact of training staff in active support. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 43(3), 164-178.

Tindall, B. (1999) Active support: getting it working within an organisation. Tizard Learning Disability Review, 4(1), 32-38.

Felce, D., Bowley, C., Baxter, H., Jones, E., Lowe, K. and Emerson, E. (2000) The effectiveness of staff support: evaluating Active Support training using a conditional probability approach. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 21, 243-255.

Jones, E., Felce, D., Lowe, K., Bowley, C., Pagler, J., Gallagher, B. and Roper, A. (2001) Evaluation of the Dissemination of Active Support Training in Staffed Community Residences. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 106(4), 344-358.

Jones, E., Felce, D., Lowe, K., Bowley, C., Pagler, J., Stong, G., Gallagher, B., Roper, A. and Kurowska, K. (2001) Evaluation of the Dissemination of Active Support Training and Training Trainers. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 14(2), 79-99.

Mansell, J., McGill, P. and Emerson, E. (2001) Development and evaluation of innovative residential services for people with severe intellectual disability and serious challenging behaviour. In L. M. Glidden (Ed.), International Review of Research in Mental Retardation (Vol. 24, pp. 245-298). New York: Academic Press.

Robertson, J., Emerson, E., Gregory, N., Hatton, C., Kessissoglou, S., Hallam, A. and Linehan, C. (2001) Social networks of people with mental retardation in residential settings. Mental Retardation, 39(3), 201-214.

Sanderson, H., Jones, E. and Brown, K. (2001) Essential lifestyle planning and active support, North West Training and Development Team. Manchester.

Felce, D., Jones, E. and Lowe, K. (2002) Active Support: Planning Daily Activities and Support for People with Severe Mental Retardation. In S. Holburn & P. Vietze (Eds.), Person-centered planning : research, practice, and future directions. Baltimore: Paul H Brookes.

Felce, D., Lowe, K. and Jones, E. (2002) Staff activity in supported housing services. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 15(4), 388-403.

Felce, D., Lowe, K. and Jones, E. (2002) Association between the provision characteristics and operation of supported housing services and resident outcomes. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 15(4), 404-418.

Mansell, J., Elliott, T., Beadle-Brown, J., Ashman, B. and Macdonald, S. (2002) Engagement in meaningful activity and ‘active support’ of people with intellectual disabilities in residential care. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 23(5), 342-352.

Smith, C., Felce, D., Jones, E. and Lowe, K. (2002) Responsiveness to staff support: evaluating the impact of individual characteristics on the effectiveness of active support training using a conditional probability approach. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 46, 594-604.

Mansell, J., Beadle-Brown, J., Macdonald, S. and Ashman, B. (2003) Resident involvement in activity in small community homes for people with learning disabilities. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 16(1), 63-74.

Bradshaw, J., McGill, P., Stretton, R., Kelly-Pike, A., Moore, J., Macdonald, S., Eastop, Z. and Marks, B. (2004) Implementation and evaluation of active support. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 17(3), 139-148.

Mansell, J. and Beadle-Brown, J. (2004) Implementation of ‘person-centred active support’ in residential services for people with intellectual disabilities. Canterbury: Tizard Centre.

Mansell, J., Beadle-Brown, J., Ashman, B. and Ockendon, J. (2005) Person-centred active support: a multi-media training resource for staff to enable participation, inclusion and choice for people with learning disabilities. Brighton: Pavilion.

McCubbery, J. and Fyffe, C. (2005) Evaluation of active support pilot project. Bendigo: Authors 

Rhodes, J. (2005). Person-centred active support project. Paper presented at the Conference Australiasian Society for the Study of Intellectual Disabilities, Auckland, New Zealand10-13 October 2005.

Stancliffe, R. J., Harman, A., Toogood, S. and McVilly, K. R. (2007) Australian implementation and evaluation of active support. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 20(3), 211-227.

Mansell et al. (2008) Effect of service structure and organisation on staff care practices in small community homes for people with intellectual disabilities Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disability, 21 (5), 398-413. (download pre-publication copy from Tizard Centre website)