Books by Steve Hardy

Steve Hardy is the training and consultancy manager at the estia Centre, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. He has worked in mental health and challenging behaviour services for people with learning disabilities for 20 years and has widely published in these areas. He is also co-editor of the journal Advances in Mental Health and Learning disabilities. Theresa Joyce is a consultant clinical psychologist and leads the psychology service for adults with learning disabilities at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation trust, where she is also responsible for the implementation of the Mental Capacity Act (2005) and for Safeguarding Adults. Theresa has extensive experience in developing and managing specialist services for people with learning disabilities whose behaviour is described as challenging. She is one of the authors of Challenging Behaviour: A unified approach, which are the clinical and service guidelines published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, British psychological Society and the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.