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Supporting people with learning disability and dementia: a training resource pack for managers, team leaders and trainers
- Authors:
- CHAPMAN Alan, CURTICE Lisa
- Publisher:
- University of Stirling. Dementia Services Development Centre; Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 205p.
- Place of publication:
- Stirling
This pack is intended to help managers and teams to consider wide practice issues with team member when a person with learning disability develops dementia. It is designed to be a useful focus for learning within a team and addresses key aspects of the values, knowledge, understanding and skills required of a social care worker by the Scottish Social Services Council, but also has relevance to other professional groups. Part1 describes the knowledge base, Part 2 gives a best practice case study, and part three describes seven "discussions": working with the person, communicating, seeing meaning in behaviour, responding to behaviours, pathways to support, positive risk assessment and management, and teams and multidisciplinary working.