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Learning support for people with learning disabilities: promoting independent living
- Author:
- DAVIES Sheila
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 2(10), June 1999, pp.339-342.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
The authors suggests that adult education could provide both the theory and models for promoting the independent living skills of people with learning disabilities in community settings.
Learning support for people with learning disabilities in community residential projects
- Author:
- DAVIES Sheila
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 2(9), May 1999, pp.303-307.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Community care should in theory result in greater independence and autonomy for people with learning disabilities. Traditionally, work with people with learning disabilities has been dominated by the behaviourist approach. The author reports the findings of a qualitative study of residential care projects which suggest that such approaches to learning may in fact constrain potential for independent living.