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The effectiveness of gentle teaching
- Authors:
- McCAUGHEY R.E, JONES R.S.P.
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap, 20(1), March 1992, pp.7-14.
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Mental Handicap
Describes the background and the assumption underlying the method, gives a case example of gentle teaching in action and summarises available evaluation studies.
Normalisation: a reader for the nineties
- Editors:
- BROWN Hilary, SMITH Helen
- Publisher:
- Tavistock/Routledge
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 111p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Combines various perspectives on normalisation, exploring the discrepancies between the ideal and the reality and draws comparisons with other theoretical frameworks.
Predicting adequacy of parenting by people with mental retardation
- Author:
- TYMCHUK Alexander J.
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse and Neglect, 16(2), 1992, pp.165-178.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Reviews current knowledge on the adequacy of parenting by people with learning disabilities and argues that not enough is understood about what contributes and influences adequacy.
Respite care
- Author:
- RUSSELL Philippa
- Journal article citation:
- Highlight, 108, 1992, pp.1-2.
- Publisher:
- National Children's Bureau
Summarises current knowledge and thinking about respite care for families with children with disabilities or special needs: the legal framework, types of care, patterns of use.
Goal planning for adults with a mental handicap: outcome research, staff training and management
- Author:
- STURMEY P.
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 5(1), 1992, pp.92-108.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Reviews the research literature, identifying groups in research methods and lack of evaluation in the outcome studies; discusses promising developments in staff training methods.
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.