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AD-TEC : a scheme to get the place going
- Author:
- HILLS A.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 23.3.89, 1989, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
A computer and clerical training centre in Glasgow for disabled people, Ad-Tec Employment Initiatives Ltd., is the winner of the first prize in the equal opportunities category of the 1988 Social Work Today Awards.
Teaching special children and the art of therapy
- Author:
- FROUDE C.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 16.3.89, 1989, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
A personal view on art therapy in a residential special school.
Going home to the community
- Authors:
- HALL S., COLLIN J.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 9.2.89, 1989, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
For a group of children with learning disabilities, moving to a smaller community home proved a positive experience.
Consumer participation in service planning - the AWS experience
- Author:
- MCGRATH Morag
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Policy, 18(1), January 1989, pp.67-89.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
A case study of the involvement of carers in planning services for mentally handicapped people under the All Wales Strategy.
The value and knowledge bases of the normalization approach: implications for social work
- Author:
- RAMON Shulamit
- Journal article citation:
- International Social Work, 32(1), January 1989, pp.11-24.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Discusses underlying ethical and social concepts.
Children first?
- Authors:
- TRICKETT S., LEE F.
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.1.89, 1989, pp.15-17.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Mentally handicapped children do not seem to have the same rights as other children, particularly in care arrangements.
Inspection of day services for people with a mental handicap: individuals, programmes and plans
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 180p., tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Reports on a series of inspections which aimed to consider systems for planning and developing day services and for identifying and assessing need; to consider characteristics of clients; to evaluate services provided in ATCs..
Making acquaintance
- Authors:
- FIRTH Hugh, RAPLEY Mark
- Publisher:
- Northumberland Health Authority. District Psychology Service
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 40p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Prudhoe
Describes results from a project on the development of acquaintance and friendship by people with a mental handicap.
Competency and consent to medical treatment
- Authors:
- MENCAP, NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND ADULTS
- Publisher:
- Mencap
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 24p.
- Place of publication:
- London
A contribution to the debate about the means by which decisions on medical treatment should be taken in the interests of those who are not, or are not wholly, competent to decide for themselves on the acceptance or refusal of treatment
Free to choose: an introduction to service brokerage
- Authors:
- BRANDON David, TOWE Noel
- Publisher:
- Good Impressions Publishing
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 44p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Reports on a service delivery system which aims to directly empower consumers, and surveys the use of service brokerage with mentally handicapped people in Canada.