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People with a learning disability getting healthy
- Author:
- THOMAS Gwen
- Journal article citation:
- Llais, 90, Winter 2008, pp.15-17.
- Publisher:
- Learning Disability Wales
The Fit 4 Wales Club was a project that ran in Cardiff to enrol and encourage people with learning disabilities to exercise on a regular basis. This article reports on the projects work.
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.
Abuse: tell someone
- Authors:
- COLLIS Anne, (Producer)
- Publisher:
- Learning Disability Wales
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- DVD
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This interactive DVD has been developed to inform people with learning disabilities across Wales about protecting themselves from harm and abuse. Contents includes information on rights and keeping safe from harm, information outlining what abuse is, and what to do if abuse happens to you or someone you know. The DVD includes a short documentary about abuse, five interactive dramas, a quiz game and an easy to read leaflet. Funded by the Welsh Assembly Government, the DVD is the result of a joint project between All Wales People First, Learning Disability Wales, Mencap Cymru and Caerphilly Social Services.
Screening for learning disability in an adolescent forensic population
- Authors:
- FORD Greta, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology (The), 19(3), September 2008, pp.371-381.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
It is recognised in the literature that learning disability (LD) and learning difficulties are represented in greater proportions among adolescent offenders than in the broader adolescent population. However at this time no common method for identifying these difficulties is used within the youth justice system (YJS) in England and Wales. A sample of 71 young people within the YJS in the north-east of England completed the Hayes Ability Screening Index, together with standard measures of cognitive functioning (Wechsler intelligence scale: WISC-IV and WAIS-III) and adaptive behaviour (Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scales). HASI results were compared to the results of these diagnostic measures to assess the utility of the HASI in identifying those who warrant more detailed assessment for LD. Analysis revealed that in this UK population the HASI did not have adequate specificity to be helpful in identifying which young people should be referred for further assessment by specialist LD services. Future investigations should seek to identify a tool or process which would efficiently identify LD within the YJS in order better to serve the needs of this vulnerable group.
Merthyr Tydfil youth supported employment project
- Author:
- GARFITT Joy
- Journal article citation:
- Llais, 89, Autumn 2008, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Learning Disability Wales
The Youth Supported Project matches teenagers who have learning disabilities with similar aged non-disabled peers to support and assist them to learn their jobs and become independent. This article describes the work of the project which gives young people opportunities to learn and grow together.
Guide of best practice: from the services principles and service responses grant in Wales 2004/05-2006-07 for people with learning disabilities and their families
- Authors:
- WALES. Welsh Assembly Government, LEARNING DISABILITY WALES, MENCAP CYMRU
- Publisher:
- Wales. Welsh Assembly Government; Learning Disability Wales; Mencap Cymru
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 39p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This guidance supplemented and expanded the 1994 Guidance and set out the service principles and service responses that authorities should adopt across a range of issues affecting adults and older persons with learning disabilities.
Grand designing in Wales
- Author:
- YOUNG Kate
- Journal article citation:
- Llais, 88, Summer 2008, pp.3-6.
- Publisher:
- Learning Disability Wales
The author, Chair of In Control Cymru, explores the similarities and differences between direct payments and self directed support and discusses what the future might be for personalised services in Wales.
Can attribution theory explain carers' propensity to help men with intellectual disabilities who display inappropriate sexual behaviour?
- Authors:
- WILLNER P., SMITH M.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 52(1), January 2008, pp.79-88.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This study examined the responses of care managers and direct care staff working in learning disability services in South Wales to vignettes of inappropriate sexual behaviour by a man with an intellectual disability. The aim was to test the theory that helping behaviour is determined by emotional responses (positive and negative emotional reactions, and optimism), which in turn are determined by causal attributions (respectively: controllability and stability of the incident depicted in the vignette). The vignettes varied in response topography and the age of the victim. Regression analysis was used to examine the relationships between causal attributions, emotional responses, and willingness to invest extra time and effort in the service user's care. No support was found for the pathway: low controllability leads to increased sympathy and/or decreased negative emotions which leads to increased helping. However, strong support was found for the pathway: low stability leads to high optimism which leads to increased helping, particularly in direct care staff. High levels of sympathy were also associated with increased helping, the effect again being mediated by feelings of optimism. The data provide support for one (but not the other) strand of attribution theory as applied to inappropriate sexual behaviour. The discussion considers the discrepancy between the present data and the far less encouraging literature on attribution theory as applied to challenging behaviour.
Teenage direct payments made transition easier
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Llais, 85, Autumn 2007, pp.17-18.
- Publisher:
- Learning Disability Wales
Not many adults with a learning disability access direct payments. The number of young people doing so is even lower. Parents describe how their son, who has complex health needs and severe learning disabilities, was the first 16 year old to access direct payments.
Count me in: results of the 2006 national census of inpatients in mental health and learning disability services in England and Wales
- Author:
- HEALTHCARE COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Healthcare Commission
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 72p., tables
- Place of publication:
- London
The Count Me In census 2006 was a joint initiative by the Healthcare Commission, the Mental Health Act Commission and the National Institute for Mental Health in England. It aimed to provide accurate figures on the numbers of inpatients in mental health and learning disability services in England and Wales. This report presents the key findings from the census.