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Satisfaction for all: a framework for assessing life satisfaction for all people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- MONEY Della, COLLINS Graham
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 27(2), 1999, pp.52-57.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article presents a framework for assessing life satisfaction for all people with learning disabilities. The framework is designed to be an all-inclusive service evaluation strategy, which embraces all service users, regardless of their abilities. It is a practice tool, for interdisciplinary use, providing a starting point for service development. The article concludes with future implications and recommendations for surveying the life satisfaction of people with learning disabilities.
It's my life?
- Authors:
- SPEAKUP SELF ADVOCACY, BUBBLE MEDIA, (Producers)
- Publisher:
- Speakup Self Advocacy
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- DVD
- Place of publication:
- Rotherham
Alison worked on her life plan. She has lots of things that are important to her like her family, Speakup and her house. She wants to do lots of things like getting a job and going on holiday. These are life choices and she puts them in the stars because they are important to her.
Dialling 999
- Authors:
- SPEAKUP SELF ADVOCACY, BUBBLE MEDIA, (Producers)
- Publisher:
- Speakup Self Advocacy
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- DVD
- Place of publication:
- Rotherham
Dialling 999 could save somebody's life. The DVD tells of Val who was out for a walk one morning and saw a man collapsed on the pavement. She didn't panic, found a phone and dialled 999. This DVD is good to watch with the other Speakup DVD’s “Safety First” and “Bully Off!” and makes a training pack for school leavers.
Thumbs up!: a training pack on assertiveness skills for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- BELL Deanne
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 83p.. Looseleaf
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
This photocopiable pack emphasises an holistic approach to personal development and highlights the link between self-esteem and behaviour. This resource presents information for the facilitator in a flexible format, and includes activities, key points and aims for each session. Participants are encouraged to develop and practice assertiveness skills, recognise the importance of self-esteem on behaviour and develop strategies for raising self-esteem.
Supporting older carers of people with learning disabilities: planning for the future
- Author:
- MAGRILL Dalia
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 2(4), December 1999, pp.25-29.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The Sharing Caring Project (SCP) in Sheffield supports carers between the age of 55 and 96 years who are known to be still caring at home for a person with learning disabilities. Many of these carers now have needs of their own as well as being carers. They need help to maintain the care they give and to plan for the future. This article describes one approach.
Future trends in the ethnic composition of British society and among British citizens with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- EMERSON Eric, HATTON Chris
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 4(4), November 1999, pp.28-32.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Discusses in what ways the age and ethnic composition of British society will change over the next two decades. Also looks at how age and ethnic composition of the population of British citizens who have a learning disability will change over the next two decades.
Exiting nirvana
- Author:
- PARK Clara Claiborne
- Journal article citation:
- Family Therapy Networker, November 1999, pp.47-57.
- Publisher:
- Family Therapy Networker
The author gives her personal experiences of parenting an autistic child.
Transform your team
- Author:
- O'ROURKE Siobhan
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 13(2), October 1999, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
However good the training to deal with challenging behaviour, the results will not be sustained if the staff team is in conflict. Discusses the use of a new approach, known as Transformational Work, to combine Gentle Teaching with a programme to help staff overcome their problems and work together constructively.
Insiders or outsiders: normalisation and women with learning difficulties
- Authors:
- WILLIAMS Lindsey, NIND Melanie
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 14(5), September 1999, pp.659-672.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article examines changing attitudes towards women with learning difficulties within the culture of normalisation. It builds on earlier critiques of the normalisation principle and, argues the case for looking at women in particular. The authors review literature on sex education for people with learning difficulties to illustrate the ways in which gender has been ignored and the women's sexuality has been treated. Writing from their perspective as lesbian feminists, they explore the oppressive nature of sex education in a culture that places a premium on normality. The article ends with a discussion of alternative ways for women with learning difficulties to gain a sense of identity and belonging.
The Choice Questionnaire: a scale to assess choices exercised by adults with intellectual disability
- Authors:
- STANCLIFFE Roger J., PARMENTER Trevor R.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 24(2), June 1999, pp.107-132.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article presents information on the development and evaluation of the Choice Questionnaire. The scale can be administered by interviewing the consumer or may be completed by a knowledgeable proxy. Used in either of these ways, the Choice Questionnaire was found to have very satisfactory reliability and validity. Its use as a research and evaluation tool is discussed.