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The Huddersfield Abilities Scale (HAS)
- Authors:
- WHITAKER Simon, WEAVER Paul
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap, 19(4), December 1991, pp.143-145.
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Mental Handicap
Describes the development of an assessment scale designed as a basis for gathering information for use in a computerised register of people with learning difficulties.
The sociosexual needs of people with a mental handicap : the development of a structure for discussion
- Authors:
- JONES Jo, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap, 19(4), December 1991, pp.138-142.
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Mental Handicap
Describes a format for structuring assessment of individuals in residential care, to raise staff awareness of needs and the preparation of individual programme plans.
MIETS: a service option for people with mild mental handicaps and challenging behaviour or psychiatric problems. 2: Assessment, treatment and outcomes for service users and service effectiveness
- Authors:
- MURPHY Glynis, CLARE Isabel
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 4(2), 1991, pp.180-206.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Describes the assessment and treatment programmes of two service users to illustrate the Mental Impairment Evaluation and Treatment Service approach, and gives details of the skill profiles which were used to plan their future placements. Data on the behavioural characteristics of MIETS users at pre-admission and discharge are also presented, together with a discussion of the difficulty of using such measures to evaluate service effectiveness.
Literature review : measuring and managing risk in social welfare
- Authors:
- ALASZEWSKI Andy, MANTHORPE Jill
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 21(3), June 1991, pp.277-290.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Examines the development of services for children at risk of abuse, people with a learning difficulty and drug misusers and the related problems of assessing and managing risk.
When the chips are down
- Authors:
- RANDALL Peter, GIBB Charles
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 24.1.91, 1991, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Warns that social workers are on their own when it comes to assessing school leavers with disabilities.
MIETS: a service option for people with mild mental handicaps and challenging behaviour or psychiatric problems. 1: Philosophy, service, and service users
- Authors:
- MURPHY G., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 4(1), 1991, pp.41-66.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Explains how the Mental Impairment Evaluation and Treatment Service operates, the referral and assessment procedures, and evaluation of quality of life.
Sexual abuse and learning difficulties : another iceberg
- Author:
- McCORMACK Brendan
- Journal article citation:
- British Medical Journal, 20.7.91, 1991, pp.143-144.
- Publisher:
- British Medical Association
Reviews prevalence of abuse estimates, and outlines problems of disclosure, effects on personality and legal issues.
Stress and coping in mothers caring for a child with severe learning difficulties: a test of Lazarus' transactional model of coping. (In) Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology v. 1 pp. 57-70 1991
- Authors:
- QUINE Lyn, PAHL Jan
- Publisher:
- [none]
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 14p.,tables,bibliog.
Report of a study of 166 mothers, which investigated both the factors associated with maternal stress, and those which might mediate or buffer the effects, taking into account those elements of family functioning which make families vulnerable or resistant to stress. Concludes that there is a need for a comprehensive method of assessing child and family in order to identify needs and target resources accurately.