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The meanings of close friendship: the views of four people with intellectual disabilities
- Authors:
- KNOX Marie, HICKSON Fay
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 14(3), 2001, pp.276-291.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Examines the views of four people with intellectual disabilities (IDs) on the relationships in their lives which they described as close friendships. A participatory approach was adopted in this study, whereby the participants were seen as experts on their own close friendship experiences and the researchers as marshallers of this expertise. Two in-depth interviews were conducted with each participant. The participants delineated two distinctive types of close friendships: the 'good mate' and the girlfriend/boyfriend. The factors mediating each of these friendship types are discussed. Avenues for further research and consideration are given. These include the significance of friendships with people with IDs, intimate relationships, the impact of environmental factors on friendship enactment and friendships with older people who have IDs. Argues for the value of adopting participatory approaches to research with people who have IDs.
Opening the doors to friendship
- Author:
- BARRETT Jenny
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 14(3), January 2001, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Discusses a project which enables staff to focus on supporting people with learning difficulties to make and sustain friendships.
A proactive approach to preventing abuse
- Authors:
- GOLDING Laura, CLEAR David
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 25.10.01, 2001, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Adults with learning disabilities are vulnerable to abuse from care staff to prevent abuse. Explains why nurses must be aware when the boundaries between themselves and their clients become blurred.
Enhancing self-esteem through friendship?: the possibilities for people with a learning disability
- Authors:
- PETTINGELL Jane, HART Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 4(10), June 2001, pp.340-343.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Making - and maintaining - friendships requires more than person-to-person contact. Shared interests and activities, opportunities to meet, places to go and access to telephones and transport are fundamental to building social networks. But for people with learning disabilities none of these can be taken for granted. Given that social isolation is known to be so damaging to self-esteem and to mental well-being, argues that the very complex tasks of supporting and enabling the development of social networks should be an explicit part of every support worker's job description.
A Space to listen: meeting the spiritual needs of people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- SWINTON John
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 24p.bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Spirituality is an important but neglected area in the lives of people with learning disabilities. Spirituality is defined as encompassing, what gives meaning to people's lives, the sense of transcendence, and the importance of relationships and connections. Consultations with people from different faiths or none, people with learning disabilities, family carers and service providers all suggested the importance of the value of friendship and finding meaning to life.
Positive approaches to challenging behaviour: supporting relationships - families, carers and friends; workbook 6; supporting the "certificates in working with people who have learning disabilities"
- Authors:
- HARRIS John, HEWETT Dave, HOGG James
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 50p.
- Place of publication:
- Kidderminster
- Edition:
- 2nd
Part six of a set of six interactive workbooks aimed at new and more experiences staff, managers who supervise staff, and training managers in services for people with learning difficulties. This book focuses on supporting relationships.
Social competence and peer interactions of students with intellectual disability in an inclusive high school
- Authors:
- CUTTS Sue, SIGAFOOS Jeff
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 26(2), June 2001, pp.127-141.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Reports descriptive information on the relationship between social competence and the amount and type of peer interaction for nine adolescents with intellectual disability attending a regular high school in Australia. Each adolescent's social competence was assessed using the AAMR Adaptive Behaviour Scale School (2nd edn) (ABS-S:2). Naturalistic observations were conducted to obtain information on the amount and type of peer interaction. Data were analysed to determine the relationship between social competence and peer interactions. Found that social competence was not consistently correlated with the amount of peer interaction. Results from the naturalistic observations showed individual differences in patterns of peer who also had intellectual disabilities. These data suggest that social competence did not significantly influence the amount and type of peer interaction. Implications for facilitating peer interactions between adolescents with and without intellectual disability are discussed.
More than one wavelength: identifying, understanding and resolving conflicts of interest between people with intellectual disabilities and their family carers
- Authors:
- WILLIAMS V., ROBINSON C.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 14(1), 2001, pp.30-46.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article describes conflicts of interest in families which include someone with intellectual disabilities. Data were taken from a study concerned with the 1995 Carers Act. The research examined the experiences and views of 51 families who had some kind of assessment by a social services department. Cases were analysed where it was found that carers, the people for whom they cared and the assessors did not agree about such conflicts. Argues that assessors sometimes stereotyped families and spoke of conflicts of interest when the situation was more complex. In particular, the real conflict was often between the whole family and an inadequate service system that did not offer enough support or choices to the individual. Conflicts were related to three major motives driving carers: the need for a break from caring; the need to speak for their disabled relative; and their concern for standards of behaviour. The present authors report on how these situations were handled by assessors and conclude with some recommendations for good carer assessments which will help to resolve conflicts of interest. Concludes that a greater degree of informed choice for individuals with intellectual disabilities will in itself resolve many potential conflicts of interest. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paper accepted September 2000
Learning to partner, disabling conflict: early indications of an improving relationship between parents and professionals with regard to service provision for children with learning disabilities
- Author:
- CASE Stephen
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 16(6), October 2001, pp.837-854.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
A questionnaire was constructed to analyse whether the high degree of parental dissatisfaction with disability professionals found in previous studies is indicative of the modern parent-professional relationship with regards to service provision for learning disabled children. The subsequent data suggests that professionals are beginning to address the need for clear and appropriate information and intervention, an acknowledgement of parental needs and expertise, and the effective role of parental involvement, whilst parents function within the role of service 'consumers'. Consequently, previous levels of dissatisfaction are slowly being undermined, although professional service remains reactive, particularly in terms of counselling and advice, despite the need and desire for more pro-active provision.
The multiple needs assessment and care management pack: homeless multiple needs partnership
- Author:
- PHOENIX HOUSE
- Publisher:
- Phoenix House
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 26p.,floppy disc.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Multiple Needs Assessment and Care Management Package is a 27 page document which is designed as tool for the assessment of homeless people with mental health problems. It is accompanied by assessment forms contained on a 3.5” computer disc. The pack looks holistically at the presenting needs of an individual. It also enables assessors to: prioritise client needs; action those needs appropriately; and, to develop an effective evaluation process, i.e. working with clients on achievable, realistic goals, with scope for re-negotiation as required. The pack is designed on the assumption that the Assessor is competent in assessment practice and has a good understanding of the parameters that are involved.