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Reflecting on change: consumers' views of the impact of the All-Wales strategy
- Authors:
- TODD Stuart, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap, 21(4), December 1993, pp.128-136.
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Mental Handicap
Reports on the views of users of services for people with learning difficulties in Wales living in the community.
Parenting with learning difficulties: lessons for practitioners
- Authors:
- BOOTH Tim, BOOTH Wendy
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 23(5), October 1993, pp.459-480.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Parents with learning difficulties form an underserved needs group whose numbers are steadily increasing and are likely to continue to do so as a result of deinstitutionalisation, community care and the acceptance of 'ordinary life' principles as a basis of service provision. This paper reviews the research literature on parenting by people with learning difficulties in order to draw out the lessons for practitioners and to assist them in developing a clearer view of their aims and approach when working with these families. Case vignettes from an ongoing study of mothers and fathers with learning difficulties are used to illustrate the common themes. The authors conclude that service providers still have much to learn about how best they can secure and uphold the citizenship rights of these parents as well as protect the welfare of these children.
Tasteful pictures
- Authors:
- SPOONER Barry, RUDGE Gill
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 18.8.93, 1993, pp.34-36.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Increasingly, people with learning disabilities in the community need to learn about shopping and food preparation. Describes the use of a teaching pack with photographs to help people with learning disabilities in Cornwall.
Group homes and community integration of developmentally disabled people: micro-institutionalisation?
- Author:
- SINSON Janice C
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 202p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Assess the results of the major policy changes that have recently taken place to implement the integration of developmentally disabled people into the community. Addresses the issue of the quality of life for those moving from hospital to group homes and to community placement. Asks whether group homes are doing what they originally set out to do, or whether, due to financial constraints and or current political policy, they are creating a form of 'micro-institutionalisation'.
Mediation and decision making: working alongside people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- STEER Alan
- Publisher:
- Zircon Technical Services Ltd
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 78p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Focuses on decision making, presenting a point of view (either in person or through someone else), and trying to resolve disputes by means of mediation in a variety of settings involving people with learning difficulties.
Peter's new home
- Authors:
- HOLLINS Sheila, HUTCHINSON Deborah, WEBB Beth
- Publisher:
- St. George's Mental Health Library
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 68p.,illus.
- Place of publication:
- London
Story book aimed at people with learning difficulties leaving their family home for a group home.
Group homes: an ordinary life?
- Author:
- KINSELLA Peter
- Publisher:
- National Development Team
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 32p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Argues for improvements in small scale group homes and supported living for people with learning difficulties and in particular for greater integration and participation in the wider community.
A new home in the community
- Authors:
- HOLLINS Sheila, HUTCHINSON Deborah, WEBB Beth
- Publisher:
- St. George's Mental Health Library
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 68p.,illus.
- Place of publication:
- London
Illustrated book designed for people with learning disabilities leaving a long stay hostel or hospital and going to a group home.
The cloak of competence
- Author:
- EDGERTON Robert B
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 271p.
- Place of publication:
- Berkeley, CA
Follow up of a study of previously institutionalised people with learning difficulties in the United States.
Supported living: a new paradigm
- Author:
- KINSELLA Peter
- Publisher:
- National Disability Team
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 48p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Study looking at supported living schemes for people with learning difficulties.