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An easy guide to direct payments in Scotland: giving you choice and control over your social work services
- Author:
- SCOTTISH CONSORTIUM FOR LEARNING DISABILITY
- Publisher:
- Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 31p.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
A book aimed at people who may be using direct payments. It outlines how direct payments work and the new rules covering direct payments which started in June 2003. It uses picture case studies to illustrate how direct payments work.
Information for all: guidance about making easy information
- Author:
- ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND
- Publisher:
- Royal National Institute for the Blind
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 13 booklets, CD ROM
- Place of publication:
- London
A pack of 13 booklets plus a CD containing an audio summary of each booklet. For anyone who wants to make their information accessible for people with learning disabilities who also have a sight loss including those from black and minority ethnic groups and people who have individual communication needs. Booklets cover: words and language, design and layout, using pictures and symbols, audio, video and computer based information.
The impact of person-centred planning: a summary for service users
- Author:
- ROBERTSON Janet
- Publisher:
- Lancaster University. Institute for Health Research
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Lancaster
Across the UK people are adopting person centred approaches when working towards the goals of an individual/group (not only people with learning disabilities). The Impact of Person Centred Planning, which investigates what PCP can achieve if done well and what inhibits or facilitates the implementation and usefulness of PCP. The report, commissioned by the Department of Health is part of the Learning Disability Research Initiative and part-funded by the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities.
The disability pendulum: the first decade of the Americans with Disabilities Act
- Author:
- COLKER Ruth
- Publisher:
- New York University Press
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 245p.
- Place of publication:
- New York
Signed into law in July 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became effective two years later, and court decisions about the law began to multiply in the middle of the decade. This book presents the first legislative history of the enactment of the ADA in Congress and analyzes the first decade of judicial decisions under the act. It assesses the success and failure of the first ten years of litigation under the ADA, focusing on its three major titles: employment, public entities, and public accommodations. The book argues that despite an initial atmosphere of bipartisan support with the expectation that the ADA would make a significant difference in the lives of individuals with disabilities, judicial decisions have not been consistent with Congress intentions. The courts have operated like a pendulum, at times swinging to a pro-disabled plaintiff and then back again to a pro-defendant stance. The author, whose work on the ADA has been cited by the Supreme Court, offers practical suggestions on where to amend the act to make it more effective in defending disability rights, and also explains judicial hostility toward enforcing the act.
"No fear as long as we work together"
- Authors:
- SOCIAL WORK INSPECTION AGENCY, MENTAL WELFARE COMMISSION FOR SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Social Work Inspection Agency
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 150p.
This report details the follow up joint inspection of Scottish Borders Council and NHS Borders by the Social Work Inspection Agency and the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland. The focus on the inspection is to verify the implementation of their action plan for services for people with learning disabilities. The action plan itself is the response to the Social Work Services Inspectorate and Mental Welfare Commission Reports (May 2004) into the abuse of a number of vulnerable adults with learning disabilities in the Scottish borders region.
Drama scripts for people with special needs
- Author:
- VICKERS Sheree
- Publisher:
- Speechmark
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 126p.
- Place of publication:
- Bicester
Drama in a teaching or group situation requires the confidence to speak in character and the time to develop a role. This book solves this problem by providing the words to speak, an established well-worked lesson plan to use, and an easy format to follow for multiple adaptations and future dramas. It contains scripts and drama-workshop breakdowns designed especially for people with special needs, including those with Learning Difficulties or Autistic Spectrum Disorders. Each script format and workshop plan has been fully worked with groups of varying ages and abilities and includes valuable notes of experience - documenting lessons where the unexpected happened and how it was handled.
'I don't want to sue anyone ...I just want to get a life': inclusive risk assessment: guidance for colleges and other post-16 education providers on implementing the Disability Discrimination Act
- Author:
- ROSE Christine
- Publisher:
- Learning and Skills Development Agency
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 52p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide offers advice on carrying out risk assessments and managing risk for disabled students. This is backed up by examples of case studies. New rules under the DDA mean that educational organisations must remove barriers to learning activities for people with disabilities
Mental health in learning disabilities: a reader
- Editors:
- HOLT Geraldine, HARDY Steve, BOURAS Nick, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 223p.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
- Edition:
- 3rd ed.
This book, like its previous editions, aims to provide the reader with up-to-date information on mental health problems in people with learning disabilities and associated issues. It has been updated and extended with six additional chapters, to reflect latest developments in services and treatment.
Understanding support services for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- BRADLEY Alison
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 104p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Kidderminster
The book is intended for managers and senior practitioners who want to continue their professional development. The purpose of the book is to: highlight issues relevant to managers and senior practitioners with particular emphasis upon the effects of history on support services for people with learning disabilities, the concept of ‘learning disability’ and its implications for support services, person centred approaches to services, social inclusion and the rights of people with learning disabilities; draw upon relevant research studies as the basis for deeper understanding of the issues explored; encourage reflection and subsequent action; and raise issues which should stimulate further discussion and possibly research.
Pressures on learning disability services: the case for review by government of current funding
- Author:
- VERITA
- Publisher:
- Association of Directors of Social Services
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 52p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report, from the Association of Directors of Social Services, talks about money for learning disability services and how it is spent. There are significantly increased numbers of people with learning disabilities, children and adults, in the population. Children are surviving into adulthood with major disabilities and complex needs. Adults are living longer and surviving into older age. The capacity of family carers to care for the extent and diversity of needs is limited.