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Everybody needs toilets: an easy guide for people with a learning disability
- Authors:
- BRADLEY Alice, et al
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 32p.
- Place of publication:
- Kidderminster
This illustrated easy-to-read booklet is for people with a learning disability who find it difficult to talk about any problems they have with going to the toilet. It describes how people can keep healthy by looking after their bladder and bowels. It also deals with the problems they sometimes have with going to the toilet and the people who can help. Relatively little has been written about continence in relation to people with a learning disability. This has been produced in partnership with people who have a learning disability to rectify this situation. The issues covered are those which the people involved felt were most pertinent to their needs and those of others. They should provide stimulus for discussion. The easy-read format gives messages which are clear, easy to understand and directly relevant. Many illustrations enhance the text.
Personal development and reflective practice in a learning disability service
- Author:
- BRADLEY Alice
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 125p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Kidderminster
Personal Development and Reflective Practice in a Learning Disability Service is intended for managers and senior practitioners who want to continue their professional development. The purpose of the book is to highlight the importance of reflection in learning and the crucial role of personal and professional development for managers of support services for people with learning disabilities. The issues explored include: the principles of reflective practice and personal development; the learning process and its relevance for personal and professional development; the values underpinning professional practice in services for people with learning disabilities; the importance of an integrated approach to practice, which encompasses knowledge of current developments. The book should also be of interest to senior staff and managers who are preparing for the Learning Disability Awards Framework (LDAF) Higher Professional Diploma (Level 4) Unit 2: Personal Development and Reflective Practice in a Learning Disability Service and studying S/NVQ at Level 4.
Supporting continence management: a reader for managers
- Authors:
- BRADLEY Alice, LAMBE Loretto
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 109p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Kidderminster
This reader can be used by managers to support staff members studying for the LDAF Certificate in Working with People who have Learning Disabilities but is also intended as a stand-alone guide for line managers, senior practitioners, carers and professionals with a specific interest in the topic of continence. The reader explores the issues surrounding: the management of continence, the self-management of continence for people with learning disabilities, the support required to encourage choice in continence management, and the implications for people who work in services and for family carers.
Managing challenging behaviour: supporting the Certificates in Working with People who have Learning Disabilities
- Author:
- BRADLEY Alice
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 145p., booklets, CD ROM
- Place of publication:
- Kidderminster
A complete package of training materials for managers and trainers, to provide everything staff need to know about working with people with learning disabilities who present challenging behaviour. The pack contains: a trainer’s guide with timed session plans, supporting overhead transparencies, course handouts and activity sheets; a trainer’s reader for the manager or trainer to read before each session; · a CD with overhead transparency masters, course handouts and activity sheets to print out and use; and a workbook for use by participants who cannot attend every session. The trainer pack is fully mapped to the Manage Challenging Behaviour units from the Levels 2 and 3 Certificates in Working with People who have Learning Disabilities. Written by an experienced learning trainer and practitioner, the pack covers: understanding challenging behaviours – why they occur, and factors that influence behaviour; the range of functions that challenging behaviour can serve for people with learning disabilities who challenge; improving the lifestyles of people who challenge;· positive strategies for working with services users that challenge; policies and procedures, teamwork, the role of observation and record keeping, and responding to service users who may be affected by the challenging behaviour of others; and planned and emergency uses of physical interventions.
Helping people with learning disabilities manage continence: a workbook for support workers and carers
- Authors:
- BRADLEY Alice, LAMBE Loretto
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 99p.
- Place of publication:
- Kidderminster
Continence is one of those things we seldom think about if we don’t have a problem, but which assumes massive proportions if we do. Incontinence is very much a taboo subject and relatively little has been written about it in relation to people with learning disabilities. This workbook has been produced in partnership with people with learning disabilities to rectify the situation. By understanding continence better and improving the support available, care staff can help enhance the quality of life for individuals and, where relevant, for their families.