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Learning disability and the social context of caring
- Authors:
- BIRCHENALL Mary, BALDWIN Susan, MORRIS Jill
- Publisher:
- Churchill Livingstone
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 142p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Study unit designed to provide an introduction to some of the key areas of knowledge about caring for people with learning difficulties. In six sections: section 1 reviews some of the causes of learning disability and goes on to consider the impact of this on the individual and the family and the stigma associated with it; section 2 presents a historical review of service provision and how this influences services today; section 3 explores the meaning of the concept of normalisation and the way it is applied to services; sections 4, 5 and 6 consider a range of skill developments necessary for working with people with learning difficulties.