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Working for Equality: a summary of the Scottish Executive's strategy for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive Equality Unit
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Astron
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Leaflet about the Adults with Incapacity Act
Scottish Executive response to the report of the Disability Rights Task Force
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 18p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Sexuality: policies, beliefs and practice
- Authors:
- MURRAY J., MacDONALD R., LEVENSON V.
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 6(1), 2001, pp.29-35.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
National care standards: care homes for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 82p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This paper sets out the National Care Standards as they apply to care homes for people with learning disabilities.
Raising attainment for pupils with special educational needs
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive. Education Department
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive Education Department
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 18p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Moving home: social integration for adults with intellectual disabilities resettling into community provision
- Authors:
- AGER A., MYERS F., KERR P.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 14(4), December 2001, pp.392-400.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The present study examined levels of social integration for individuals resettling into community provision following the phased closure of Gogarburn Hospital, Edinburgh, UK, and the personal and service-related characteristics which were influential on such integration. The study sample comprised 76 out of 95 individuals consecutively discharged over a 19-month period. Post-move data were collected between 6 and 9 months after community resettlement. At this time, mean 'quality of life' scores, established using the Life Experiences Checklist (LEC), were broadly equivalent to those reported from previous reprovisioning studies in the UK. However, scores in the domains of Relationships and Freedom remained well below general population norms. A pre-move to post-move comparison across the domains of the LEC suggested that the greatest impact of reprovisioning was in the areas of physical quality of residential provision (with overall standards above general population norms) and personal freedoms. Index of Community Involvement (ICI) scores showed a general increase in community presence, although activities requiring a high degree of personal autonomy remained infrequent. Social contacts recorded through diaries suggested a heavy bias towards contacts with staff and other service users as opposed to general community contacts (e.g. neighbours and shop workers). On average, over half the time spent outwith the home was in specialist or segregated service settings. For 18 individuals, there were losses or no gains in community involvement pre-move to post-move. A majority of these individuals were elderly. These findings are discussed in the context of policy targeting community participation, and the need for strengthening service features which encourage higher levels of social integration.
Supply and demand for barrier free and adapted dwellings: data from the Scottish House Condition Survey 1996
- Author:
- SCOTTISH HOMES
- Publisher:
- Communities Scotland/Scottish Homes Research
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Consultation on medical treatments to be specified under Section 48 of Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive. Health Department
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive Health Department
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 24p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Consultation on compulsory treatments for adults with incapacity
Treatment of women with intellectual disabilities who have been involved with the criminal justice system for reasons of aggression
- Authors:
- ALLEN Ronald, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 14(4), 2001, pp.340-347.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
While there has been an increase in research into offenders with intellectual disabilities (IDs), most of this work has been in relation to men who offend. This article investigates some of these issues with regard to five women with IDs. All the subjects had been referred to the service for assessment and treatment for reasons of aggression. All were treated using anger management training. All of the women responded to treatment and data is available for periods between 2.5 and 8 years following the initial referral. The results are discussed in terms of general issues on offending specific issues of treatment and specific issues for the women.