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Community integration of mentally handicapped persons
- Author:
- TILAK Damodar
- Journal article citation:
- Indian Journal of Social Work, 55(1), January 1994, pp.47-59.
- Publisher:
- Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Presents some contemporary views on community based rehabilitation and integrated education, examines institutional facilities with respect to the special needs of the mentally handicapped and outlines the obstacles and limitations which are likely to be encountered in attempting community integration and mainstreaming of persons with mental handicap, and the roles to be played by the parents, special educators, NGOs and associations of parents.
Communication as a priority in services for people with learning difficulties
- Authors:
- JONES Jane, SWIFT Paul
- Journal article citation:
- Social Services Research, 1 1994, 1994, pp.20-28.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Somerset SSD and Somerset Health Authority have a history of close collaboration in meeting the needs of people with learning difficulties. Describes the Somerset Total Communication Project which resulted from the closure of the county's three long stay mental handicap hospitals and also explains the high priority given to communication in Somerset's services for people with learning difficulties.
An important apostrophe
- Author:
- WILLIAMS Paul
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 8(2), October 1994, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
The World Health Organisation has officially recommended the use of the term 'Down Syndrome' to replace the term 'Down's Syndrome'. Argues that there should be consultation before changing the name.
Psychiatry and learning disability
- Author:
- REID Andrew H.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 164, May 1994, pp.613-618.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Review of clinical research on the psychiatry of learning disability.
How SI unlocks people's potential
- Author:
- STEELE Deborah
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 7(4), April 1994, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Argues that Systematic Instruction is the key to keeping people with learning difficulties in paid jobs.
Green light for guidelines
- Authors:
- CRAFT Ann, KITSON Deborah
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 7.4.94, 1994, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Nottinghamshire has formulated and introduced procedural guidelines for adults with learning difficulties who, it is suspected, are being abused. Looks at how effective the guidelines have been.
Cloudy outlook
- Author:
- SIMMONS Ken
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 3.2.94, 1994, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Discusses the findings of a research study by the Bristol Advocacy Project; the aim of which was to see what citizen advocacy looks like from the inside, through looking at the ways services reacted to the involvement of advocates.
Challenging behaviour: the prospect for change
- Author:
- MANSELL Jim
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 22(1), 1994, pp.2-5.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Considers the current situation for people with learning disabilities who also have challenging behaviour, and how that situation can be improved.
On the values of normalization
- Author:
- FLAKER Vito
- Journal article citation:
- Care in Place the International Journal of Networks and Community, 1(3), December 1994, pp.225-230.
Normalization and social sole valorization (SRV) have often been connected to the process of deinstitutionalisation. The values of freedom and dignity are complementary to the closure of large institutions. Proponents of normalization have been concerned to construct a positive set of programmes for post-institutional life. Some of the contradictions and conceptual problems of normalization are outlined. A fundamental examination of values is urged.
Moral questions
- Author:
- TURNBULL John
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 7.12.94, 1994, p.59.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Argues that the evidence for using positive interventions in all cases is not yet convincing.