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Commissioning person-centred, cost-effective, local support for people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, EMERSON Eric, et al
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 54p.
- Place of publication:
- London
SCIE knowledge review on commissioning person-centred, cost-effective, local support for people with learning disabilities who are labelled as having complex needs and/or challenging behaviour. This review addresses concerns about the number of adults with learning disabilities receiving various forms of supported accommodation services who are living away from the communities to which they belong (ie, are ‘placed out-of-area’).
Idiocy: a cultural history
- Author:
- MCDONAGH Patrick
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 369p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Liverpool
How the idea of idiocy has changed across time and place, taking its shape and significance according to an era’s social and cultural concerns is explored. Rather than being a strictly linear narrative, each chapter of the book forms an essay. While the focus is primary on nineteenth century Britain, it also touches upon notions of idiocy and related concepts in previous eras, and considers influential ideas emanating from the United States and France. The author draws on a wide range of resources; literary, popular, scientific and socio-political, to elucidate the forces which shaped the constructions of idiocy. These range from Wordsworth’s “Idiot Boy” to J Langton Down’s “Ethnic Classification of Idiots” and are used to explore how the idea of idiocy links with social demographics, political movements, philosophical positions, pedagogical innovations, scientific theories, economic concerns and the growth of the medical profession. In showing the historical context the author also hopes to offer a foundation for understanding current concepts of intellectual and cognitive disability.
Learning disability and other intellectual impairments: meeting needs throughout health services
- Editors:
- CLARK Louise L., GRIFFITHS Peter, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- John Wiley and Sons
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 244p.
- Place of publication:
- Chichester
This book details the provision of healthcare to people with learning disabilities, highlighting their needs when using mainstream NHS services including general practice, acute hospitals and community health clinics. The editors provide an introduction to learning disability and the future of services to those with learning disabilities and other intellectual impairments. Ten further chapters illustrate topics such as: meeting needs, effective communication, transitions in the ageing population, dementias, emergency and urgent-hospital based care, admission to acute mental health services, psychopharmacological issues, challenging behaviour, and consent and capacity. The key skills and knowledge needed by professionals in order to work with intellectually impaired patients are outlined in the context of a care programme approach and it is suggested that these can be transferred by healthcare professionals who regularly work with this group. The concerns of the editors that we are losing, not developing core skills within the NHS since healthcare for those with learning disabilities has been desegregated, normalised and brought within the mainstream are evident. The reader is asked to think critically about the reality of the provision of general healthcare in the lives of this client group.
Love, sex and you
- Authors:
- TARLING Clare, DEAN Jimmy
- Publisher:
- Dorset People First
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 20p., ill.
- Place of publication:
- Dorchester
This is an easy to read guide to love and sex for people with learning difficulties and is presented in large text and simple language, illustrated with graphic images. It is designed to be used by care workers helping clients to go through the information if necessary. It covers relationships, sex, contraception, pregnancy, being safe regarding infection and abuse and ‘your body’ for men and women.
Supporting people with learning disability and dementia: a training resource pack for managers, team leaders and trainers
- Authors:
- CHAPMAN Alan, CURTICE Lisa
- Publisher:
- University of Stirling. Dementia Services Development Centre; Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 205p.
- Place of publication:
- Stirling
This pack is intended to help managers and teams to consider wide practice issues with team member when a person with learning disability develops dementia. It is designed to be a useful focus for learning within a team and addresses key aspects of the values, knowledge, understanding and skills required of a social care worker by the Scottish Social Services Council, but also has relevance to other professional groups. Part1 describes the knowledge base, Part 2 gives a best practice case study, and part three describes seven "discussions": working with the person, communicating, seeing meaning in behaviour, responding to behaviours, pathways to support, positive risk assessment and management, and teams and multidisciplinary working.
Investigation into the care and treatment of Ms L
- Author:
- MENTAL WELFARE COMMISSION FOR SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 16p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This report relates to the investigation into the care and treatment of Ms L. Several recommendations are made both for the services responsible for Ms L and for other services who may be able to learn from this individual case. This MWC investigation was instigated following reports of a number of incidents involving Ms L, a young woman with a severe learning disability and severe challenging behaviour, in an independent assessment and treatment resource for people with a learning disability (Unit A). The final incident, where Ms L was apparently bitten by a fellow resident overnight, resulted in a Vulnerable Adults Case Conference being called. Ms L had already been assessed as ready to move on and a place identified for her to go to. This move was therefore brought forward by about 2 weeks.
Make it clear: a guide to making information easy to read and understand
- Author:
- MENCAP. Accessibility Team
- Publisher:
- Mencap
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide provides advice and tips and making things people write easy to read. It cover: the words you use, where to put words on the page, how to use pictures and choosing the type of writing and the paper. The guide was developed with people with learning disabilities.
Autism 24/7: a family guide to learning at home and in the community
- Authors:
- BONDY Andy, FROST Lori
- Publisher:
- Woodbine House
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 177p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bethesda, MD
If your son or daughter is over-stimulated by noisy places or has trouble communicating or interacting with people, then everyday activities like going to the playground or helping out with household chores may seem outside your child's repertoire. The authors, founders of the award-winning Pyramid Approach to educating children with autism, show how it is possible to keep family life running smoothly and teach a child with autism to participate in important and routine family activities at home and in the neighbourhood. And their teaching strategies can be used during the course of everyday life without making too many adjustments or converting your home into a school. In a reassuring, easy-to-read style this book encourages parents to pinpoint times when their child's behaviour or lack of skills seems to interfere with family functioning. This step helps identify what to teach your child and what goals to set. Other issues related to What To Teach include: Motivational strategies and powerful reinforcements - using naturally occurring rewards and token systems; teaching functional communication skills - the difference between imitation, responding, and initiating communication, as well as how to resolve different types of communication challenges; and, creating opportunities for learning - determining the steps to teach a particular skill and a routine where you can incorporate teaching the desired skill. Issues related to How To Teach include: Teaching techniques: how to choose prompts (verbal, visual, physical, gestural) and how to eliminate them; shaping (rewarding gradual improvement); and, video modelling; managing challenging behaviour: knowing when to teach a new behaviour versus when to change the environment; and, evaluating what you are doing: how to measure progress and collect data. "Autism 24/7" gives families confidence and concrete tools to integrate their child with autism into life at home and in their community as much as possible.
The Human Rights Act: changing lives
- Authors:
- MATTHEWS Lucy, et al
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Human Rights
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 27p.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
This is a 20-page document about how people with disabilities can use the Human Rights Act. British Institute of Human Rights -BIHR ran a Community Outreach Programme between 2002 and 2005, with funding from the Big Lottery Fund and Comic Relief. The programme delivered human rights awareness-raising training to voluntary and community organisations, including a wide range of advocacy and local user-led groups. When the programme came to an end, it was clear that demand remained high. So as one part of our work to give human rights practical meaning for people in the UK, BIHR has continued to deliver training to a wide range of voluntary and community organisations, working at national, regional and local levels.
A hospital or a home? Findings from themed visits to NHS and private sector wards for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- MENTAL WELFARE COMMISSION FOR SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 16p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The Commission undertook a themed visit to all learning disability in-patient units during the 2007-08 visiting programme. The Commission visited 39 facilities across Scotland from 25 October to 7 November 2007. Prior to the visits, health boards were asked to provide some information about the wards in their areas. Staff were asked a series of questions about the people living in the ward on the day of the visit and about how care and treatment was provided. Commission staff met with individual patients and some relatives and carers. The Commission was particularly interested in seeing how assessment of individual need was taking place and the ways identified needs were being met. Commission staff also looked for evidence within files that would indicate how individual people and carers were being involved in decisions about current and future care. Key recommendations are outlined.