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Throwing light on dark corners
- Author:
- HORROCKS Christiana
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 11(4), April 1998, p.13.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
VOICE UK is campaigning to achieve a better system of justice for people with learning disabilities who have suffered sexual abuse. Tells how they are fighting prejudice to get their stories heard and believed.
Allegations of sexual abuse by nonverbal autistic people via facilitated communication: testing of validity
- Author:
- KONSTANTAREAS M. Mary
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse and Neglect, 22(10), October 1998, pp.1027-1041.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Assessing abuse allegations which refer to children with learning difficulties is a challenge to child protection services and specialist professionals alike. This article presents an approach to this problem in circumstances where facilitated communication is an added dimension.
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.
Prevention of sexual abuse in children with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- MARTORELLA Ana Maria, PORTUGUES Ana Maria
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse Review, 7(5), September 1998, pp.355-359.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Children with learning disabilities are vulnerable to sexual abuse. Recognising the importance of prevention and believing that the best way to achieve this is by the systematic introduction of knowledge, a programme, 'Sexual Education for Health' was introduced in a special needs school in Buenos Aires. The premise of the programme was that the child's family should be aware of issues concerning sexuality. The workshops used the parents reflections of their own sexuality to help them gain understanding of the sexuality of young children and adolescents. The children were taught to access their sexuality by learning about conception and birth.
The treatment of six men with a learning disability convicted of sex offences with children
- Authors:
- LINDSAY William R., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 37(1), February 1998, pp.83-98.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Describes a cognitive therapy for men with a learning disability convicted of sex offences with children. Methods are described which focus the session, emphasise confidentiality, ensure that the patient accepts responsibility for the offence, and deal with issues of intent, harm done to the victim and sequences of offending behaviour. Methods for producing cognitive change are described. The study attempts to address two major problems in work with sex offenders: the difficulty of employing a controlled treatment design and the importance of a long follow-up period.
Practice issues in working with young abusers who have learning disabilities
- Author:
- O'CALLAGHAN David
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse Review, 7(6), November 1998, pp.435-448.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article reflects on one service's (G-MAP) experience in developing provision for young people with learning disabilities whose sexual behaviour is abusive. Reviews available data concerning prevalence, along with perspectives on routes into sexual offending. Learning-disabled young abusers present a number of particular challenges to practitioners and agencies. Key considerations in treatment and risk management are identified. An overview at one specialist group programme is given and comparisons drawn with others' experience of groupwork with the learning disabled. A principal theme identified is the need for intervention to be supported via an effective network, with well co-ordinated interagency working.
Do we all know the score?
- Authors:
- ELLIS Rachel, HENDRY Enid B.
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse Review, 7(5), September 1998, pp.360-363.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
A training initiative funded by the Department of Health was set up by the National Association for the Protection from Abuse of Adults and Children with Learning Disabilities NAPSAC in 1995 to review, support and initiate training in the field of learning disabilities and sexual abuse. This article summarises what has been learnt both about the current state of training on child sexual abuse and children with learning disabilities and perceived gaps in training through the project.
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.