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Person centred practice for professionals
- Editors:
- THOMPSON Jeanette, KILBANE Jackie, SANDERSON Helen, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 316p.
- Place of publication:
- Maidenhead
This text offers a range of practical, person centred and evidence based approaches to tackling challenges faced by professionals working with people with learning disabilities. It helps the reader to analyze issues relating to person centred practice and citizenship and considers the implications of this key government initiative for health and social care professionals. The authors aim to support professionals in working through this changing agenda, whilst identifying the interface between their own professional practice and person centred approaches to working with people who have a learning disability. In addition, the book also: explores the historical context of learning disability services and how this has contributed to the development of person centred services; introduces a range of practical person centred thinking tools that can be readily used within professional practice; contains a model to inform the delivery and integration of person centred practice within professional practice; considers the contribution of a range of different professional roles to the person centred and self directed support approach; and finally evaluates the relevance of person centred thinking and planning to people from different cultural backgrounds and those undergoing the transition from adolescence to adulthood.
The emergence of person centred planning as evidence-based practice
- Authors:
- SANDERSON Helen, THOMPSON Jeanette, KILBANE Jackie
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 14(2), April 2006, pp.18-25.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Recent research has demonstrated that person-centred planning leads to positive changes for people. This research shows how person centred planning is associated with benefits in the areas of community involvement, contact with friends, contact with family and choice. This paper briefly describes this research and its recommendations. In addition it explores the implications for managers and professional supporting people with learning disabilities. The research took place over two years in four localities in England.