Reports on a scheme in south London which provides mentors for service users, parents and staff in an effort to tackle the unease surrounding sex and sexuality with people with learning difficulties.
Reports on a scheme in south London which provides mentors for service users, parents and staff in an effort to tackle the unease surrounding sex and sexuality with people with learning difficulties.
The academic study of disability may itself be disabling for the group being studied. Reports on a new course which seeks to break down this effect by involving people with learning difficulties in the design and teaching of the degree.
The academic study of disability may itself be disabling for the group being studied. Reports on a new course which seeks to break down this effect by involving people with learning difficulties in the design and teaching of the degree.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, qualifications, teaching methods, user participation;
Reports on a scheme in Staffordshire where social services and police are working together to improve collecting evidence from people with learning difficulties who are victims of sexual abuse.
Reports on a scheme in Staffordshire where social services and police are working together to improve collecting evidence from people with learning difficulties who are victims of sexual abuse.
Subject terms:
joint working, learning disabilities, police, sexual abuse, social services, training, witnesses, adult abuse, crime victims;
Young people with profound and complex learning difficulties have often been left out of the process of planning their own futures, but now a project set up in Wales aims to give them more options by focusing on each individual and creating personalised portfolios.
Young people with profound and complex learning difficulties have often been left out of the process of planning their own futures, but now a project set up in Wales aims to give them more options by focusing on each individual and creating personalised portfolios.
Subject terms:
independence, learning disabilities, referral, self-determination, service users, severe learning disabilities, user participation, children, health needs;
A supported employment scheme aiming to provide real jobs for real pay for people with learning difficulties in North Lanarkshire is clocking in some good work.
A supported employment scheme aiming to provide real jobs for real pay for people with learning difficulties in North Lanarkshire is clocking in some good work.
Reports on integrated mental health services provided by the Somerset Partnership NHS & Social Care Trust, and the benefits which have resulted for both service users and staff.
Reports on integrated mental health services provided by the Somerset Partnership NHS & Social Care Trust, and the benefits which have resulted for both service users and staff.
Subject terms:
integrated services, joint working, learning disabilities, mental health services, nurses, multidisciplinary services, service users, social care provision, social workers, teams, user participation, user views;