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No one knows: identifying and supporting prisoners with learning difficulties and learning disabilities: the views of prison staff
- Author:
- LOUCKS Nancy
- Publisher:
- Prison Reform Trust
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 58p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report is one in a series of reports and briefing papers from No One Knows. It sets out the views of prison staff in Scotland on how prisoners with learning difficulties and learning disabilities are identified and supported. The report begins with an outline of the aims and methods for this particular study. It then briefly provides the context for prisoners with learning difficulties and learning disabilities in Scotland. The main body of the report covers the views of prison staff regarding how prisoners with learning difficulties or learning disabilities are identified and supported in their prisons. The conclusion sets out the main findings, together with preliminary recommendations for change and ways to build on existing good practice.
Assessing the health of older adults with intellectual disabilities: a user led approach
- Authors:
- FENDER Aileen, MARSDEN Lou, STARR John M.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 11(3), September 2007, pp.223-239.
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Place of publication:
- London
Older adults with intellectual disability are at increased risk of a wide range of health problems. Hitherto, methods to assess these problems have been healthcare-professional-led and largely based on traditional medical models. Following a literature review and focus group work we produced a user-led health assessment that was feasible and acceptable. The assessment was administered to 57 adults with a wide range of intellectual disability aged 40 years and over, living in the community. The assessment took a median of 21 minutes to administer and covered user-led themes of participation/ability, nutrition and hygiene/self-care. A principal component representing a user-led general health measure correlated positively with the number of health problems and the number of drugs. Further studies using such user-led assessments are needed to assess whether they can have a wider application.
Supported employment in Scotland: some issues from research and implications for development
- Authors:
- HUNTER Susan, RIDLEY Julie
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 12(2), April 2007, pp.3-13.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article arises from the authors' experience of undertaking research for the Scottish Executive, following the deliberations of a national working group focusing on employment set up to progress the recommendations of the 'Same as You?' review, Scotland’s equivalent of 'Valuing People'. The article aims to contribute to a debate about the achievements and under-achievements of supported employment in the contemporary Scottish context. The research findings are used to discuss where we are now, some of the main problems, and how policy and practice need to move forward and develop. The author suggest that the time is right to initiate a strategic change in policy and professional practice. Supported employment must be firmly embedded in the wider employment landscape and the practice agenda of professionals, in order to ensure that real, paid jobs in integrated settings become a routine for people with learning disabilities who express these aspirations.
Self advocacy training project: People First Fraserburgh
- Author:
- PEOPLE FIRST FRASERBURGH
- Publisher:
- Outside the Box Development Support
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 25p.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
An accessible report by People First (Fraserburgh) of a project to develop training which will help people with learning difficulties speak up for themselves is presented. The aim of the training is also to help staff who work in local authorities and other jobs understand why people can have difficulty speaking up for themselves.
Adults with learning disabilities implementation of 'The same as you?' Scotland 2006
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive National Statistics
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive National Statistics
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 17p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
National figures for services provided by local authorities in Scotland for adults with learning disabilities are presented. All figures for 2006 relate to the week ending 10 September 2006 and are provisional. This publication is a result of The same as you? review of services for people with learning disabilities, published in May 2000. Its 29 recommendations for developing learning disability services set out a programme for change over 10 years.
Multi-agency inspection of services for people with learning disabilities in Ayrshire: accessible summary
- Author:
- SOCIAL WORK INSPECTION AGENCY
- Publisher:
- Social Work Inspection Agency
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 19p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
An accessible summary of a report of services for people with learning disabilities in North Ayrshire, East Ayrshire and South Ayrshire is presented. The inspection looked at services for people with learning disabilities and their families in each of the three areas and covered services provided by the local council, particularly social work and education, the NHS, and others such as Strathclyde Police. The team of people that came to Ayrshire to check up on how good services were for people with learning disabilities included people with learning disabilities and family carers.
Being a witness: helping people with learning disabilities who go to court: a guide for carers
- Author:
- ENABLE Scotland
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 32p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This booklet is aimed at carers and covers how to help adults with learning disabilities who have been asked to be a witness in a criminal court case or at a children’s hearing court case. An adult witness is someone aged 16 or over. It contains information that informal carers, care workers and advocacy or other staff may find useful before, during and after the court case. The court process and the people present are explained, and what a carer can do in advance, on the day and afterwards is outlined.
Being a witness: I am a witness in court: a guide for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- ENABLE Scotland
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 34p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
A booklet designed for people with learning difficulties about being a witness in court. The booklet describes what a witness is , the experience of going to court, and the roles of the different people in court. It also explains about the help available to someone with learning difficulties who is a witness and where to ask for help.
What's happening?
- Authors:
- BARBARA Tim, et al, (Producers), WILSON Alastair, (Author)
- Publisher:
- Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- DVD
- Place of publication:
- London
The University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, worked with 16 young people with learning disabilities to find out what makes them feel anxious or depressed. Using video and photo diaries the young people talked about how they felt. This DVD presents the experiences of three young people from this study. They talk about how their lives became difficult or unhappy and what helped them to start to feel better. The DVD is intended to help young people, families and practitioners to identify and learn from their experiences.
Making connections: stories of local area co-ordination in Scotland
- Author:
- SCOTTISH CONSORTIUM FOR LEARNING DISABILITY
- Publisher:
- Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 35p.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
This booklet explains the local area coordination approach through stories provided by individuals and their families. These personal accounts show how good things happen when people have control of their own lives and futures and how Local Area Co-ordinators (LACs) can support people to make that happen.