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Legality of responding to the sexuality of a client with profound learning disabilities
- Author:
- CARSON David
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap, 20(2), June 1992, pp.85-87.
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Mental Handicap
Staff could be guilty of neglect if they do not intervene in cases where a client's sexual behaviour might cause harm to himself or others; author explains the legal and ethical issues and procedures to ensure professional standards.
Understanding and expressing sexuality: responsible choices for individuals with developmental disabilities
- Author:
- MONAT-HALLER Rosalyn Kramer
- Publisher:
- Paul H. Brookes
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 266p.,diags.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Baltimore, MD
Practical text containing detailed case studies, and discussing issues such as AIDS, abortion, and sexual exploitation and abuse. Also looks at: human anatomy and physiology; maturation and body changes; inappropriate sexual behaviour; birth control options; sexually transmitted diseases and prevention measures; aspects of psychosocial-sexual behaviour and psychosocial development; marriage and parenthood; and the counselling process. Includes a resource list, therapeutic intervention tools; and an instructional strategy to explain maturation and procreation is also included.
Self-injurious behaviour: an overview of recent trends in epidemiological and behavioural research
- Author:
- EMERSON Eric
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 5(1), 1992, pp.49-81.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Reviews and discusses three aspects: basing interventions on an analysis of underlying causes, the functional displacement and communication hypothesis, and the debate about the acceptability and effectiveness of aversive treatment.