What are the approaches to prevent, treat, and manage these behaviors?
• What is the evidence that these approaches, alone or in combination, eliminate or reduce destructive behaviors? • What are the risks and benefits associated with the use of these approaches for the individual, family, and community? • Based on the answers to the above questions and taking into account (a) the behavior; (b) the diagnosis and functional level of the individual; (c) possible effects on the individual, family, and community; (d) the treatment setting; and (e) other factors, what recommendations can be made at present regarding the use of the different approaches? • What research is needed on approaches for preventing, treating, and managing destructive behaviors in persons with developmental disabilities? The panel first convened in December 1988. Its members were presented with an extensive but preliminary bibliographic search on treatment of destructive behaviors that explored six data bases. This bibliography was updated in August 1989. Detailed plans for the backgrou
