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What about us: sex education for children with disabilities
- Authors:
- CRAFT Ann, STEWART David
- Publisher:
- Home and School Council
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 25p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Sheffield
An overview of the provision (or non-provision) of sex education for children and young people with disabilities. Looks at where children find out information and suggests ways in which parents and teachers can overcome their reluctance and problems with providing sex education.
Suitability counts: think capability not disability
- Authors:
- EVANS Sara Morgan, HOWARD Kim, comps
- Publisher:
- Suffolk. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 58p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Ipswich
Training workbook intended to enable non-specialists working in careers advice and education to use and enhance their existing skills in order to work confidently with people with special needs, including disabled people and people with learning difficulties. Contains sections on: when is a disability a handicap; educational terms and establishments; interviewing users with special needs (including glossary of terms); vocational training, YT and training credits; employment and employment services; liaison with and referral to other agencies; and the role of the special needs careers officer.
The informability guide
- Author:
- GREGORY Wendy
- Publisher:
- HMSO/Great Britain. Central Office of Information
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 32p.,illus.
- Place of publication:
- London
Guide to Informability, the term coined by the COI to describe the principle of ensuring that information is made accessible to as wide an audience as possible. Contains sections on information provision to: people with literacy problems; people who are deaf or hard of hearing; people with visual handicaps; people who are deaf-blind; people with learning difficulties; and older people. Also contains sections on useful media, including print and broadcast media, and media under development such as CD-I and CD-ROM.
Community support: a pilot programme
- Author:
- McSHANE Liz
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland Voluntary Trust
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 131p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Report describing the experiences of 10 community and user based pilot projects, in fields such as mental health, learning disabilities, alcohol and drug dependency, homelessness, youth and parents, and residents participation in inner city development. Evaluates achievements in meeting identified needs, involving users and coordinating with statutory agencies.
Review of health and social services for mentally disordered offenders and others requiring similar services: volume 5; special issues and differing needs; the report of the official working group on services for people with special needs
- Authors:
- REED John, chair
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 142p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Presents discussion papers on the special needs of mentally disordered offenders. Includes papers covering the following groups: people with learning difficulties; people with brain injury; the deaf or hearing impaired; substance misusers; sex offenders with mental health care needs; and potential suicides. Also looks at the special needs arising from a person's ethnic, cultural or social background, age or gender including: ethnic minority groups; children and adolescents; elderly people; women; and homeless mentally disordered offenders.