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Syndrome specific characteristics in Williams Syndrome: to what extent do early behavioural patterns persist into adult life?
- Authors:
- HOWLIN Patricia, DAVIES Mark, UDWIN Orlee
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 11(3), 1998, pp.207-226.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Reviews the evidence for a 'syndrome specific' pattern of problems and behaviours relating to Williams syndrome. Although there have been many studies of children with this condition, data on adults is limited. The article summarises available information on patterns of functioning in children and examines the extent to which these characteristics persist into adulthood.
From budgets to caseloads - nationwide study reveals wide differences in care management
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 5(2), December 1998, pp.34-38.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Describes research into care management for older people and people with mental health problems that shows a broad national picture of the different forms of care management.
Surviving sexual abuse
- Author:
- HARBRIDGE Elinor
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 12(2), October 1998, pp.11-13.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Reports on how VOICE's annual conference, tackled the complex problem of post-abuse treatment. Speakers presented powerful and moving accounts of their experience of trying to deal with the after effects of sexual abuse, often with refreshing honesty about the mistakes they made.
Suffer the meek
- Author:
- RAINE Peter
- Journal article citation:
- ADSS Inform, 7(3), August 1998, pp.13-14.
Discusses a new report which highlights the steps needed to help protect vulnerable witnesses.
Southampton listening to users' views
- Author:
- HOLMAN Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 11(4), April 1998, pp.6-7.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Many organisations and service providers say one thing in their glossy brochures and do another in their actual provision. Reports on Southampton Community Trust's Charter for adults with learning disabilities.
Good practice in counselling people who have been abused
- Editor:
- BEAR Zetta
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 203p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Provides the reader with a theoretical understanding of people who have endured abuse situations, as well as practical approaches to counselling them. Focusing on the emotional needs of survivors, the contributors discuss, from the viewpoint of their own experiences, effective and useful practice and the provision of appropriate and accessible services in this field. Includes chapters on: drug users who were sexually abused as children; issues for practice in working with domestic abuse; therapeutic responses to people with learning difficulties who have been abused; counselling people who self injure; psychodynamic counselling and older people who have been abused; and the impact on professional workers.
Communication skills and adults with learning disabilities: eliminating professional myopia
- Author:
- van der GAGG Anna
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 26(3), 1998, pp.88-93.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Effective communication is of crucial relevance to the quality of life of individuals with learning disabilities. Discusses the development of communication skills, outlining the essential components of a strategy for communication development. Highlights the importance of a multi-disciplinary approach to addressing the communication needs of adults with learning disabilities and stresses the need for agreed standards and procedures; careful co-ordination between health and social service agencies, and on-going monitoring of service provision. Recommends that progressive services incorporate an agreed strategy on how to build communication skills for all services users, in the same way that strategies on housing or employment might be formulated.