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Generic family support services: are parents with learning disability cared for?
- Author:
- LLEWELLYN Gwynnyth
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 7(1), 1994, pp.64-77.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Reviews the provision of training provision for parents with learning disability in New South Wales.
A review of Individual Service Plan Goals for learners with challenging behaviours
- Authors:
- SIGAFOOS Jeff, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 22(1), 1994, pp.6-10.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Reviews the types of goals included in Individual Service Plans for 20 people with severe learning disabilities in a large residential centre in Australia.
A survey of dietary problems of adults with learning disabilities in the community
- Authors:
- STEWART Lynette, BEANGE Helen, MACKERRAS Dorothy
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 7(1), 1994, pp.41-50.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Reports the results of an Australian survey, which identified a need for specific nutrition education programmes, in concert with proper nutritional assessment and dietary intervention.
Groupwork with women who have a child with a developmental disability
- Author:
- ARIAS Rosemary
- Journal article citation:
- Australian Social Work, 47(4), December 1994, pp.37-42.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The purpose of this paper is to show how groupwork with a feminist approach can be an effective and empowering form of intervention for women who are mothers of a child with a developmental disability. Women are usually the primary carers and are often isolated with no-one to share their thoughts, feelings and concerns. A group provides an opportunity to bring some of these women together to share their experiences and offer each other emotional support, feedback and practical help. The content of the group looks at issues related to women in general as well as specific issues related to disability.
Disseminating information: a method for human service practitioners
- Authors:
- SMITH N.J., et al
- Journal article citation:
- New Technology in the Human Services, 7(4), Summer 1994, pp.9-14.
- Publisher:
- Centre for Human Service Technology
Describes the development of a computer application, funded by the Australian Department of Health, Housing and Community Services, on the management of menstruation to support parents and practitioners in the care of women with an intellectual disability. The system developed, a hypertext database, provided information in a non-linear manner, allowing users to make their own associations between units of information.
Quality of life for persons with disabilities: international perspectives and issues
- Editor:
- GOODE David
- Publisher:
- Brookline Books
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 218p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge, MA
Comparative study of the quality of life of people with learning difficulties. Includes papers on: quality of life in the Danish context; a six year study of a quality of life model; Australian legislation, service delivery and quality of life; overview of theory and practice in Germany; quality of life and unemployment among people with disabilities in Hungary; the National Quality of Life for Persons with Disabilities Project in the USA; the California quality of life project; towards an understanding of quality of life in people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities; quality of life and ageing; quality of life at school; training staff in quality of life issues; and the concept of quality of life and its current applications in the field of developmental disabilities.