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Needs and responses: services for adults with mental handicap who are mentally ill, who have behaviour problems or who offend
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 82p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Overall service provision; identification and assessment of need; policy and provision; and manpower, skills and training aspects of service provision for this client group.
Training for special needs
- Authors:
- TAYLOR Max, HILLS Sara
- Publisher:
- Longman
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 175p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Harlow
Describes ways of using training to help young people who have special needs - young offenders, or those with behavioural or learning difficulties. Aimed at trainers, youth leaders, project managers, probation officers and others who work with young people.
Problem behaviour in people with severe learning difficulties: a practical guide to a constructional approach
- Authors:
- ZARKOWSKA Ewa, CLEMENTS John
- Publisher:
- Croom Helm
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 208p., tables, diags, bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Intended for care staff to enable them to understand the meaning behind problem behaviour, and how broad-based interventions can be developed.
Behaviour problems in handicapped children: the Beech Tree House approach
- Author:
- JONES Malcolm C
- Publisher:
- Souvenir Press
- Publication year:
- 1983
- Pagination:
- 240p.,illus.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Foetal alcohol spectrum disorder: focus on strategies: building bridges with understanding project
- Editors:
- BLACKBURN Carolyn, (comp.)
- Publisher:
- Worcestershire County Council. Early Years and Childcare Service
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 28p.
- Place of publication:
- Worcester
A number of different strategies are presented that may help overcome learning difficulties in children caused by foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) and improve children's outcomes. The strategies are drawn from the international literature are presented in short easy to understand bullet points. Areas covered include social skills, hyperactivity, sleep patterns, complying with routines and boundaries, expressive and repetative language, concentration, short term memory, disruptive and aggressive behaviour, common misinterpretation of behavioural responses in children FASD, and problem solving. The areas covered are linked to Every Child Matters outcomes. The document is one of the resources to come from the Building Bridges with Understanding project.
The man who mistook his wife for a hat and other clinical tales
- Author:
- SACKS Oliver W.
- Publisher:
- Simon and Schuster
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 243p.
- Place of publication:
- New York
The book comprises 24 essays split into 4 sections which each deal with a particular aspect of brain function such as deficits and excesses in the first two sections (with particular emphasis on the right hemisphere of the brain) while the third and fourth describe phenomenological manifestations with reference to spontaneous reminiscences, altered perceptions, and extraordinary qualities of mind found in "retardates".
DC-LD: diagnostic criteria for psychiatric disorders for use with adults with learning disabilities/mental retardation
- Author:
- ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS
- Publishers:
- Gaskell, Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 134p.
- Place of publication:
- London
DC-LD is a new classification system providing diagnostic criteria for psychiatric disorders, intended for use with adults with moderate to profound learning disabilities. It is designed for use by professionals trained in psychiatric diagnosis. Covers techniques of diagnosis, severity and causes of learning disorders, developmental disorders, psychiatric illness, personality disorders and problem behaviours.
Beyond the veneer: a guide to the essential features of residential care and supported living for adults with Prader-Willi Syndrome; for purchasers, providers, parents and carers
- Editor:
- WATERS Jackie
- Publisher:
- Prader-Willi Syndrome Association UK
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 25p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Derby
Presents an overview of the characteristics of Prader-Willi syndrome and goes on to look at the need for residential or supported care in adult life. Examines options for accommodation, the framework of residential care or supported living appropriate to PWS, and summarises the essential characteristics of the care package.
Learning to listen: positive approaches and people with difficult behaviour
- Author:
- LOVETT Herbert
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 287p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Offers alternative models of service to professionals working with people with learning difficulties who also present difficult behaviour. Uses case studies to illustrate a more interactive approach to caring, taking the views of both the user and the carer into consideration. Shows that by building an atmosphere of mutual trust and respect many of the more unpleasant techniques for dealing with difficult behaviour can be avoided.
Enhancing self concepts and achievement of mildly handicapped students, learning disabled, mildly mentally retarded and behavior disordered
- Author:
- JONES Carroll J
- Publisher:
- Charles C. Thomas
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 291p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Springfield, IL