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Adults with learning disabilities implementation of 'The same as you?' Scotland 2006
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive National Statistics
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive National Statistics
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 17p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
National figures for services provided by local authorities in Scotland for adults with learning disabilities are presented. All figures for 2006 relate to the week ending 10 September 2006 and are provisional. This publication is a result of The same as you? review of services for people with learning disabilities, published in May 2000. Its 29 recommendations for developing learning disability services set out a programme for change over 10 years.
Inspection of services for people with learning disabilities: Southend on Sea Borough Council: February 2006
- Authors:
- MILLER Sandra, HANSON Jean
- Publisher:
- Commission for Social Care Inspection. South East
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 52p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Inspection of services for people with learning disabilities: South Gloucestershire: February 2006
- Authors:
- LAURIE James, LAWTON Louise
- Publisher:
- Commission for Social Care Inspection. North West
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 54p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Implementing the service principles and service responses grant
- Author:
- WALTERS Liz
- Journal article citation:
- Llais, 78, Autumn 2005, pp.17-19.
- Publisher:
- Learning Disability Wales
The funding from the Welsh Assembly Governments Service Principle and Service Responses guidance has been allocated. Areas highlighted by the strategy development process for further development included: person centred planning; advocacy; information provision; direct payments; partnership in planning; workforce planning and training; modernising day services and employment; children and families; parents and carers; general health; and complex needs. This article looks at how eight local authorities will be spending their funding in the area of learning disabilities.
Housing opportunities for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- SOLOMANS Janet
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 3(1), March 2000, pp.21-24.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article analyses the experience of the London Borough of Barnet's participation in a national housing pilot project which sought to enable local authorities to increase the range of housing opportunities for people with learning disabilities. It also considers the potential impact of the project on service delivery.
Disappearing into a black hole
- Author:
- SHRUBB Richard
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, 12(1), December 2011, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
This article describes the difficulties of getting the best special educational needs provision for children. Based on the problems faced by the Dyer family, it contrasts the good support available in Doncaster where they previously lived, to the poor offering from the Isle of Wight. There are a large number of children on the Isle of Wight who are in either mainstream or home education caused by the failure of the council to provide suitable educational placement. The article suggests that the council does not recognise that mainstream education cannot meet all children’s needs, and that some children cannot function in crowded and visually over-stimulating environments. The article calls for more special education schools, and for more specialist units attached to mainstream schools.
Home choice
- Author:
- WOOD Alicia
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 6.12.01, 2001, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
People with learning difficulties want the same choices about how they live as everyone else. The author explores why they so seldom get those choices, and how local authorities can overcome the obstacles to change.
Enabling community integration: the role of public authorities in promoting an ordinary life for people with learning disabilities in the 1990s
- Authors:
- TOWELL David, BEARDSHAW Virginia
- Publisher:
- Kings Fund College
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 142p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Aimed at senior managers and members of health and local authorities involved in the NHS and community care reforms to services for people with learning difficulties. Looks at ways in which public authorities can stimulate change in services to achieve better lives for clients.
Evaluating the challenge: a guide to evaluating services for people with learning difficulties and challenging behaviour
- Authors:
- EMERSON Eric, CAMBRIDGE Paul, HARRIS Philip eds
- Publisher:
- King's Fund
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 59p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Guidance for evaluators from health authorities, local authorities, the independent sector, university departments and elsewhere.
Accessing social care and health services in Wales
- Author:
- CARDIFF UNIVERSITY. School of Law and Politics
- Publisher:
- Mencap
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 61
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
- Edition:
- Version 2
This toolkit provides information and advice on access and entitlements to health and social care services for people with learning disabilities in Wales. The guide aims to help people are acting as learning disability advocates, including parents, carers, volunteers or professionals by providing them with clear information. The toolkit is divided into three parts: the duties and obligations of local authorities to assess and provide social care and support services; the duties of local health boards to provide health care services, including community-based services and assessing mental capacity; and information about challenging decisions about health and care services. The guide includes links to resources and an additional resources section which provides details of organisations providing information relating to social and health care provision. (Edited publisher abstract)