Research has shown that large numbers of adults with learning difficulties have severe hearing impairments, which are going undetected by practitioners. Investigates why hearing problems are not being picked up.
Research has shown that large numbers of adults with learning difficulties have severe hearing impairments, which are going undetected by practitioners. Investigates why hearing problems are not being picked up.
Looks at the problems raised by lack of communication, dealing specifically with people with learning difficulties who do not use language. Suggests positive ways of working with and communicating with this user group.
Looks at the problems raised by lack of communication, dealing specifically with people with learning difficulties who do not use language. Suggests positive ways of working with and communicating with this user group.
Provides a practical framework for social skills training for people with learning difficulties, based on social and psychological principles and drawing on positive values. Also offers exercises and methods on topics such as: relationships; communities and social networks; social skill and social competence; increasing competencies; and evaluating change.
Provides a practical framework for social skills training for people with learning difficulties, based on social and psychological principles and drawing on positive values. Also offers exercises and methods on topics such as: relationships; communities and social networks; social skill and social competence; increasing competencies; and evaluating change.
LAWRENCE Helen, LINDSAY William R., WALKER Phyllis
Journal article citation:
Mental Handicap Research, 8(1), 1995, pp.54-59.
Publisher:
BIMH Publications
The drinking pattern occurring amongst people with learning difficulties in Dundee was investigated. The main conclusions are that fewer individuals actually reported drinking alcohol and fewer weekly units are consumed, than is found in the general population. A need for general alcohol education was identified since only one-third of the sample appreciated the potential dangers associated with alcohol and none knew, specifically, what these dangers might be.
The drinking pattern occurring amongst people with learning difficulties in Dundee was investigated. The main conclusions are that fewer individuals actually reported drinking alcohol and fewer weekly units are consumed, than is found in the general population. A need for general alcohol education was identified since only one-third of the sample appreciated the potential dangers associated with alcohol and none knew, specifically, what these dangers might be.
University of Leicester. Nuffield Community Care Studies Unit
Publication year:
1995
Pagination:
57p
Place of publication:
Leicester
The Health of the Nation document (1992) identified services for mentally disordered offenders (MDOs) as a priority problem. It is against this background that Leicestershire Health has asked for a literature review of services for this client category in order to inform the commissioning process. This review is chiefly concerned with the overall pattern of services which should be available for MDOs and does not include material specific to the technical skills of the various professionals who provide help for MDOs. For example, there is no discussion of the sorts of therapies which can be used for different sorts of offenders. It is assumed that such information will form part of individual professionals' own skills. Information is not given on specific client categories, such as women, ethnic minorities and people with learning disabilities, or on consumer views.
The Health of the Nation document (1992) identified services for mentally disordered offenders (MDOs) as a priority problem. It is against this background that Leicestershire Health has asked for a literature review of services for this client category in order to inform the commissioning process. This review is chiefly concerned with the overall pattern of services which should be available for MDOs and does not include material specific to the technical skills of the various professionals who provide help for MDOs. For example, there is no discussion of the sorts of therapies which can be used for different sorts of offenders. It is assumed that such information will form part of individual professionals' own skills. Information is not given on specific client categories, such as women, ethnic minorities and people with learning disabilities, or on consumer views.
Extended abstract:
Author:DREWETT Alison Title: A literature review of services for mentally disordered offenders Publisher: University of Leicester. Nuffield Community Care Studies Unit, 1995
Summary
This review is chiefly concerned with the overall pattern of services which should be available for mentally disordered offenders (MDOs), and does not include material specific to the technical skills of the various professionals who provide help for MDOs. For example, there is no discussion of the sorts of therapies which can be used for different sorts of offenders. It is assumed that such information will form part of individual professionals' own skills. Information is not given on specific client categories, such as women, ethnic minorities and people with learning disabilities, or on consumer views.
Context
The Health of the Nation document (1992) identified services for mentally disordered offenders (MDOs) as a priority problem. It is against this background that Leicestershire Health asked for a literature review of services for this client category in order to inform the commissioning process.
Contents
The introduction gives the background and explains how the review was carried out, concentrating chiefly on collecting unpublished and less readily available information (‘grey literature') from the varied agencies which purchase and provide services for this client category. Section 2 discusses numbers of mentally disordered offenders and the psychiatric needs of prisoners, those in contact with the probation service, those taken to police stations, and all offenders. Section 3 is about multi-agency working, discussing the problems and concluding that many agencies are now engaging in a multi-disciplinary approach and authorities are beginning to try to identify what works. The following chapters examine some of the services being put in place. Section 4 is on diverting MDOs, asking why this is done, describing where diversion takes place and the numbers identified and diversion schemes, and discussing effectiveness. Secure accommodation for mentally disordered offenders is discussed in Section 5: prisons, special hospitals, regional secure units, and psychiatric wards, ending with service developments in providing a coherent secure service and assessing risk. Section 6 covers community care for MDOs, with sections on training and service problems. The publication concludes that although the principle of providing health care instead of punishment for MDOs is not new, coherent health and social care is not available for all in the UK , and the level depends very much on where they live. Agencies must work together. The comparatively few offenders presenting serious danger tend to distort responses, with the risk of resources being concentrated on them at the expense of the far more numerous others. Some psychopaths may not receive any health care because they are considered untreatable. All parts are interdependent and repercussions of neglect will be felt elsewhere. While, in theory, there is a push towards helping all types of clients have access to generic services, there is nevertheless some call for specific services staffed by for generic professionals.those trained to help MDOs – as if, in practice, generic services were not answering. Given the scale of need, services are unlikely to be able to given all the help all MDOs need, so there must be a balance between providing highly specialised services on the one hand and, on the other, educating staff in generic services so that they are able to respond to the needs of MDOs. Specialist staff should be available in an advisory capacity
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Subject terms:
learning disabilities, literature reviews, mental health services, mentally disordered offenders;
Technology is increasingly seen as the answer for staff working with people with high support needs, exemplified by the costly, hi-tech Snoezelen room where individuals are exposed to a range of sensory, tactile and auditory stimuli. But in our search for ways of helping people with severe disabilities to learn and communicate is this the best use of often limited resources. Suggests that computer technology can offer more valued opportunities for work and relaxation, provided we go about it in the right way.
Technology is increasingly seen as the answer for staff working with people with high support needs, exemplified by the costly, hi-tech Snoezelen room where individuals are exposed to a range of sensory, tactile and auditory stimuli. But in our search for ways of helping people with severe disabilities to learn and communicate is this the best use of often limited resources. Suggests that computer technology can offer more valued opportunities for work and relaxation, provided we go about it in the right way.
Subject terms:
information technology, learning disabilities, computers, communication;
The National Development Team (NDT) has been setting a network of Action Learning Sets of people wanting to learn more about Supported Living and develop it where they live and work.
The National Development Team (NDT) has been setting a network of Action Learning Sets of people wanting to learn more about Supported Living and develop it where they live and work.
Children and Society, 9(3), October 1995, pp.22-40.
Publisher:
Wiley
The article was adapted from a keynote address to the Australian Society for the Study of Intellectual Disability and the National Council on Intellectual Disability, Fremantle, Western Australia, October 1994. Reappraises the relationship between families and professionals in the field of intellectual learning disability after a study by Members of an International Year of the Family Task Force established by the International League of Societies for Persons with Mental Handicap. Summarises some directions for change.
The article was adapted from a keynote address to the Australian Society for the Study of Intellectual Disability and the National Council on Intellectual Disability, Fremantle, Western Australia, October 1994. Reappraises the relationship between families and professionals in the field of intellectual learning disability after a study by Members of an International Year of the Family Task Force established by the International League of Societies for Persons with Mental Handicap. Summarises some directions for change.