High Quality Lifestyles (HQL) provides specialist services to People with learning disabilities /Autistic spectrum disorders and who sometimes present with severely challenging behaviours.

HQL are leaders of the provision of specialist services for adults with learning disabilities and / or Autistic spectrum disorder, who sometimes present with severely challenging behaviours.

Our experiences result in emphases being placed upon relationships and interactive styles in conjunction with an integrated and multi-element approach.

HQL is a family run organisation that bases its services (and success) on relationships, the understanding of each other and the value base that we passionately embrace towards valuing people.

HQL now in its 14th year of operation benefiting from a positive reputation is now a leader in the field and has now by demand set up this Web Site.
We hope you find it enjoyable and useful. If you have any ideas of how we can improve then we would like to know, please contact us.

HQL is an independently run organisation providing high quality specialist residential services to people with learning disabilities who may sometimes present severely challenging behaviour.

HQL specialises in services for people with profound, severe and moderate learning disabilities/autism and who sometimes present with severely challenging behaviour.

Examples of the types of challenging behaviour our service users may display include the following:

  • Self injurious behaviour
  • Environmental / property damage
  • Behaviours that restrict the persons access to community facilities

We do not have the expertise for people who present with sexual offending behaviour.

HQL takes an integrated model of service provision including, cognitive-behavioural approaches, attempting to create and understand the feelings and thoughts of others, positive behaviour support which aims to develop substitute skills and excludes the use of punishment and use of medication for affect on behaviour and most importantly to develop and maintain positive and meaningful relationships.