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The HARC challenging behaviour project: report 3: user perspectives
- Authors:
- MASON Heidi, SWARBRICK Rebecca, EMERSON Eric
- Publisher:
- University of Manchester. Hester Adrian Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 14p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
In 1994 the Department of Health commissioned the Hester Adrian Research Centre at the University of Manchester and the Centre for Health Economics at the University of York to undertake a series of projects to investigate aspects of challenging behaviour shown by people with learning disability. These projects extended workv previously undertaken at the Hester Adrian Research Centre. In particular they built upon a study of the prevaence of challenging behaviour in the areas served by seven District Health Authorities in the North West of England in 1988.
The HARC challenging behaviour project: summary report
- Authors:
- EMERSON Eric, et al
- Publisher:
- University of Manchester. Hester Adrian Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 21p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
In 1994 the Department of Health commissioned the Hester Adrian Research Centre at the University of Manchester and the Centre for Health Economics at the University of York to undertake a series of projects to investigate aspects of challenging behaviour shown by people with learning disability. These projects extended workv previously undertaken at the Hester Adrian Research Centre. In particular they built upon a study of the prevaence of challenging behaviour in the areas served by seven District Health Authorities in the North West of England in 1988.
Deinstitutionalisation
- Authors:
- EMERSON Eric, HATTON Chris
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 10(1), February 2005, pp.36-40.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Over the last 50 years deinstitutionalisation has dominated social policy development for people with learning disabilities in most of the richest countries. This commemorative issue attempts to place what we have learned about the successes and failures of deinstitutionalisation in the light of 3 themes clearly evident in the work of Tizard and his colleagues: the unrealised potential of people with learning disabilities, the importance of measuring and analysing quality in residential services and the value of applied research.
Residential provision for people with intellectual disabilities in England, Wales and Scotland
- Authors:
- EMERSON Eric, HATTON Chris
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 11(1), 1998, pp.1-14.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Describes the nature and extent of residential provision for people with intellectual disabilities in 1991 in England, Scotland and Wales. Data from the OPCS Census suggest that: (1) substantial regional and national variation existed; (2) overall, the level of provision was significantly lower than Department of Health targets for 1991; (3) the majority of people with intellectual disabilities were living in relatively large-scale congregate care settings; (4) the majority of residents were younger and middle-aged adults; (5) young black men were significantly more likely to be placed in residential provision than their peers from other ethnic groups; (6) young Asian men, young Chinese/Other men and young Asian women were significantly less likely to be placed in residential provision than their peers from other ethnic groups; (7) rates of employment and marriage among residents were markedly lower than for the general population. The results are discussed in relation to national policy aims and existing and future demand for residential provision.
Staff in services for people with learning disabilities: an overview of current issues
- Authors:
- HATTON Chris, EMERSON Eric
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 8(4), 1996, pp.215-236.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Despite the obvious importance of high quality staff performance for achieving the aims of community care policy, it is only recently that attention in the UK has begun to be focussed on staffing issues in services for people with learning disabilities. Discusses possible reasons for this increase in activity and introduces the content of the issue - which concentrates on demonstrating the range of approaches currently being used in UK research concerning staff in-services for people with learning disabilities.
Moving out
- Authors:
- HATTON Chris, EMERSON Eric
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 19.5.94, 1994, pp.23-25.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Reports on a Department of Health review of the impact of community care on the quality of life of people with learning difficulties and the lessons which should guide future provision.
Trends in the identification of children with learning disabilities within state schools in England
- Authors:
- HATTON Chris, EMERSON Eric
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 21(2), 2016, pp.108-112.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present data drawn from the Department for Education (DfE)concerning trends in the number of children identified as having a learning disability within state schools in England. Design/methodology/approach: Data based on the school census conducted by the DfE was examined annually for 2009/2010 to 2014/2015, to determine the number of children identified as having moderate learning difficulty (MLD), severe learning difficulty (SLD) or profound multiple learning difficulty (PMLD) within state schools in England, at two levels: having a Statement of Educational Needs/Education Health Care Plan, or at School Action Plus. Findings: The number of children identified as MLD reduced substantially over time, for both statemented children and children identified at the School Action Plus level. In contrast, the smaller number of statemented children with SLD or PMLD increased over time, in line with increasing school rolls and epidemiological trends. Research limitations/implications: Further work is needed to understand the sharp reduction in the number of children being identified as having MLD within schools, and the educational support being offered to this group of children. Better information is also needed on children with learning disabilities not being educated in the state school sector. Originality/value: This paper highlights important trends in the identification of children with learning disabilities in state schools in England, with consequences for how large groups of children are being supported.
Commentary: our children deserve better
- Author:
- EMERSON Eric
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 19(4), 2014, pp.190-193.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Comments on the paper “Early intervention for children with learning disabilities: making use of what we know” by Nick Gore, Richard Hastings and Serena Brady. lt places the arguments made by Gore et al. in a broader scientific and policy context. It finds the arguments to support increased investment in early intervention and prevention presented to be fully consistent with the broader scientific literature on prevention and the required future direction of English health policy. (Edited publisher abstract)
Anti-social behaviour and police contact among 13- to 15-year-old English adolescents with and without mild/moderate intellectual disability
- Authors:
- EMERSON Eric, HALPIN Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 26(5), 2013, pp.362-369.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This study describes the rates of anti-social behaviour (ASB) among adolescents with/without mild/moderate intellectual disability (MMID) and estimates whether any differences could be attributable to differences in exposure to extraneous risk factors. A secondary analysis of the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England and participants with MMID were identified through data linkage with educational records. Parents of children with MMID were more likely to report police contact, children with MMID were more likely to self-report fighting/public disturbance, shoplifting and graffiti. When controlling for differences in exposure to extraneous risk factors, MMID was associated with increased rates of police contact and self-reported graffiti, no difference in self-reported shoplifting, reduced rates of self-reported fighting/public disturbance and vandalism. Differences in the rates of exposure to extraneous risk factors play an important role in accounting for the differences in the prevalence of self-reported ASB among adolescents with and without MMID. (Edited publisher abstract)
Estimating how many deaths of people with learning disabilities in England could be prevented by better medical care
- Authors:
- GLOVER Gyles, EMERSON Eric
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 18(3), 2013, pp.146-149.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Using the findings of the Confidential Inquiry into Premature Deaths of People with Learning Disabilities, this article estimates the likely annual number of deaths of people with learning disabilities in England that would be amenable to healthcare, or both amenable and preventable. The Inquiry itself examined all deaths of people with learning disabilities aged four years old or older in an area comprising the former Avon metropolitan county and the remainder of the county of Gloucestershire over a two-year period. The study uses two scaling approaches, one based on age profiles of the population of the study area and of the country, the other on General Practice Quality and Outcome Framework (QOF) learning disability register statistics. National estimates of the annual number of deaths either amenable to healthcare or both amenable and preventable were 1,413 using the age-based scaling approach and 1,238 using the QOF-based approach. The two estimates are reasonably close, and represent about three and a half people a day or 25 a week. The likely accuracy of the estimates depends on how representative of the country the study area is. There are reasons for thinking that people with learning disability are, if anything, likely to be more accurately recognised and better treated there. Both influences would have the effect of reducing national estimates using the authors’ methods. This suggests they should be seen as a minimum. (Edited publisher abstract)