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Reducing stereotyped behaviour using differential reinforcement: a comparison of DRO and DRI schedules
- Authors:
- JONES Robert S.P., BAKER L.J.V.
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap, 16(4), December 1988, pp.171-174.
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Mental Handicap
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Consciousness raising among mentally handicapped people: a critique of the implications of normalization
- Authors:
- SZIVOS Susan E., TRAVERS Eileen
- Journal article citation:
- Human Relations, 41(9), September 1988, pp.641-653.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Discusses benefits and drawbacks and its relation to the concepts of labelling, stigma and normalization.
Stepping out : from hostel to independent living
- Authors:
- BOOTH Wendy, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 2(4), Winter 1988, pp.301-310.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Life in the community as experienced by men and women who have moved out from mental handicap hostels, with views from their families and the staff who support them.
Perils of "pseudo-normalisation"
- Author:
- JACKSON Robin N.
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap, 16(4), December 1988, pp.148-151.
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Mental Handicap
Looks at the unintentional, but effective, subversion of the principle of normalisation by those administrators and practitioners who interpret it in a narrow and inflexible way.
Individual Program Planning on a ward for men with severe mental handicap : an evaluation
- Authors:
- MONTGOMERY L., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap, 16(4), December 1988, pp.155-158.
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Mental Handicap
An evaluation of a 1985 pilot scheme.
Pride and prejudice?
- Author:
- ROBINSON Carol
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap, 16(4), December 1988, pp.143-146.
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Mental Handicap
Reports on a study to discover why families did not make use of a respite care scheme.
New lives
- Author:
- DARBYSHIRE Philip
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 23.11.88, 1988, pp.27-29.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Describes behavioural work with mentally handicapped people with severe behaviour problems in a hospital unit.
Mental handicap : evaluating respite care
- Author:
- FENWICK J.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 10.11.88, 1988, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Describes Newcastle SSD's FACE and STOP schemes. The former provides short-term care for mentally handicapped children, the latter provides a similar service for adults, but with a more loosely-defined 'befriending' approach.
Developmentally disabled women who were molested as children
- Authors:
- CRUZ Virginia Kiehlbauch, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Social Casework, 69(7), September 1988, pp.411-419.
- Publisher:
- Alliance for Children and Families
Reviews the literature and discusses the women's parental relations and treatment issues.
Speaking for one and all
- Author:
- HADLEY J.
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.9.88, 1988, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Advocacy and self-advocacy, and the mentally handicapped.