Linda is a Registered Nurse for people with Learning Disabilities and has worked in leadership roles in Health and Social care services and University lecturer. Previous roles have included commissioning & developing community-based services for with challenging behaviour both within the voluntary sector and health service. This has included developing and managing a specialist Positive Behaviour Support Team within the NHS. This team was awarded as winner of innovation in practice in 2012 for their role for their role in the reduction of the use of restrictive practices in health care settings. 

Linda has been employed as the National Lead for Positive Behaviour Support with a large voluntary organisation across the UK. This national post brought together a team of skilled practitioners to develop and lead on an organisational strategic approach to positive behaviour support. 

As a university lecturer in Scotland, Linda has led the delivery of undergraduate and postgraduate modules on Positive Behaviour Support, she remains a guest lecturer at several universities in the UK.

She has great ambitions to become an avid gardener and improve her running, but all these plans need to be discussed in moments of sunshine with her dog Max.  

What i do

  • Engaging and innovative training rooted in evidence-based practices.

  • Brings thought provoking and inspirational perspective on current topics in learning disability practices.

  • Specialising in person-centred supports, Positive Behaviour Support leadership and quality of life.

  • Focus on understanding new ideas & developing theories and applying these findings to better support learning disability services.

  • Provides a professional working alliance with individuals or small groups to support professional growth and development.

Books & Publications

Hume, L., Khan, N. and Reilly, M. (2024). Enabling Capable Environments Using Practice Leadership: A Unique Framework for Supporting People with Intellectual disabilities and Their Carers. Pavilion Publishing and Media Ltd. https://pavpub.com/catalogue-2024/enabling-capable-environments-using-practice-leadership-a-unique-framework-for-supporting-people-with-intellectual-disabilities-and-their-carers


Hume, L., Delrée, J., & McMeel, A. (2023). Challenging and distressed behaviour in people with intellectual disabilities, the role of intellectual disability nurses. In Learning and Intellectual Disability Nursing Practice 2nd Edition. London, Routledge, pp. 273-298. 

https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003296461

LaVigna, G. W., Hughes, E. C., Potter, G., Spicer, M., Hume, L., Willis, T. J., & Huerta, E. (2022). Needed independent and dependent variables in multi-element behavior support plans addressing severe behavior problems. Perspectives on behavior science, 45(2), 421–444. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40614-022-00331-4

Hume, L., Khan, N. and Reilly, M. (2021) ‘Building capable environments using practice leadership’, Tizard Learning Disability Review, 26(1), pp. 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1108/TLDR-07-2020-0017


Hutchison, Amy & Cunningham, Tracy & Millar, Annie & McWhirter, Caryn & Hume, Linda & Gaughan, Martin. (2016). Taking your time: mindfulness for learning disability nursing students. Learning Disability Practice. 19. 26-30. doi: 10.7748/ldp.2016.e733

Hume, Linda & Paterson, Brodie & Powell, H & Liberman, R.P. & LaVigna, G.W. (2016). Dissemination of evidence-based treatments for aggressive behavior. New Directions in the Treatment of Aggressive Behavior for Persons with Mental and Developmental Disabilities. 713-789.

Liberman, R.P. & LaVigna, G.W. & Hume, Linda & Paterson, Brodie & Powell, H. (2016). Scope of aggressive behavior in people with mental and developmental disabilities. New Directions in the Treatment of Aggressive Behavior for Persons with Mental and Developmental Disabilities. 1-104.

Macdonald, A. Hume, Linda & McGill, Peter. (2010). The use of multi-element behaviour support planning with a man with severe learning disabilities and challenging behaviour. British Journal of Learning Disabilities. 38. 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2009.00602.x.