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Jobs for the boys - and girls
- Author:
- CANHAM Kathy
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, December 2008, pp.16-18.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The Realistic Opportunities for Supported Employment (ROSE) project run by Havering College in Essex places people with learning disabilities into paid employment and supports them until they feel able to hold down the job. ROSE has an 80% success rate. This article looks at how the project works.
Intellectual disability in homeless adults: a prevalence study
- Authors:
- OAKES Peter M., DAVIES Ros C.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 12(4), December 2008, pp.325-334.
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Place of publication:
- London
There has been considerable recent interest in the health and associated socio-economic inequalities faced by adults with learning disabilities. A serious and so far under-reported aspect of this is homelessness. This study sought to determine the prevalence of intellectual disability in a homeless population. Fifty people registered at a general practice in north-east England for socially excluded groups, and staying in temporary accommodation for the homeless during 2006-7, were assessed for learning disability. Full-scale and verbal IQ scores for the group were significantly lower than would be expected in the general population, but there was no significant difference in performance IQ. Homeless people are significantly more likely to have an intellectual disability than the general population. The implications for practice and policy development are far reaching. Further work is required to confirm these findings and to explore the experience of homeless people with intellectual disability.
Chopping and changing
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Viewpoint, May 2008, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Mencap/Gateway
Chopsticks is a not-for-profit supported employment scheme in Northallerton that converts wood that no-one else wants and sells it on to local business and people as a carbon-neutral source of fuel. This article presents an overview of the enterprise with employs people with learning disabilities.
Service users satisfaction in a low secure forensic learning disability unit
- Authors:
- WOOD Harry, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 5(2), October 2008, pp.177-191.
- Publisher:
- South West Yorkshire Mental Health NHS Trust and University of Huddersfield
Seven service users completed a semi-structured interview about their experiences of the care that they received in a low secure forensic unity. Data were analysed using content analysis in order to derive a series of key themes whilst acknowledging the individuality of participants’ experiences. Themes were identified relating to two areas: detention and treatment. Findings supported predictions that individuals with learning disability could give valid views about their treatment. There was overlap between the findings of this research and previous studies considering views of mental health/forensic and learning disabled service users.
The Mental Health Act 1983: the impact of the changes introduced by the Mental Health Act 2007 on people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- PARKER Camilla
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 13(4), December 2008, pp.38-43.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article considers the application of the Mental Health Act 1983 to people with learning disabilities, focusing on the definition of 'mental disorder' and the application for admission to hospital under the Mental Health Act 1983. In doing so reference is made to the revised Code of Practice to the Mental Health Act 1983 which can into force in November 2008.
Health checks on the horizon
- Author:
- TAYLOR Amy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 4.12.08, 2008, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
England is to roll out annual health checks for people with learning disabilities. It will draw on the experience in Wales. Hertfordshire is cited as an example of one Council in England who are already providing health checks for people with learning disabilities.
Can facilitators bridge the health gap?
- Author:
- JULIAN George
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, September 2008, pp.35-37.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The author examines the findings of a study highlighting the steps needed to enable people with learning disabilities to get a decent standard of health care.
We hope this is just the beginning
- Author:
- KIRKPATRICK Karyn
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, November 2008, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
KeyRing and Skillnet Group have developed an pilot initiative to raise awareness among prison staff to help to work more effectively with people with learning disabilities. This article discusses the pilot and plans for the future.
New public management and public services for people with an intellectual disability: a review of the implementation of valuing people in England
- Author:
- CUMELLA Stuart
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 5(3), September 2008, pp.178-186.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Public policy for people with an intellectual disability has been shaped since 1945 by universalistic ideas of human rights and social inclusion. These universalistic ideas are increasingly under challenge from consumerist ideas, which is reflected in public policy in the New Public Management (NPM). NPM involves a critique of poor coordination and quality in public services, and proposes the enhancement of consumer choice through a greater diversity of providers and market mechanisms to allow consumers to select between them, partnership arrangements to improve coordination, and target-setting and monitoring by governments. NPM has been widely applied internationally in the reform of public services, and has been implemented for services for people with an intellectual disability in England, following the white paper Valuing People in 2002. There is limited research data on the outcome of this policy, but it indicates that: (1) enhanced choice to be achieved by person-centred planning has probably affected only a minority of those eligible and has not changed access to public services; and (2) partnership boards have primarily existed to convey and manufacture consent for centrally determined policies. These problems match those identified in surveys of NPM in other sectors, but there is an additional concern that the consumerist ideas incorporated in Valuing People may be used by governments to replace, rather than supplement, policies to directly enhance access to public services through such measures as anti-discrimination laws. The review indicates a need to assess policies for people with an intellectual disability, in a wider social context and through international comparative research.
Turning the tables
- Author:
- HUNT Louise
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 23.10.08, 2008, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The Connect Works training programme has been developed by people with learning disabilities to train the personal assistants they might later recruit. Reports on the potential of the scheme.