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Back to the future: joint work for people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- BROWN Stephen, FLYNN Margaret, WISTOW Gerald
- Publisher:
- National Development Team/Nuffield Institute for Health Services Studies
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 39p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report highlighting up-to-date experiences of joint work by community teams for people with learning difficulties. Draws lessons from the work of the teams and points to their wider application at a time when cooperation between health and social services is becoming ever more urgent.
Investigating four evaluation measures that aim to capture the impact of service intervention for children being seen by a community learning disability team
- Authors:
- HEBBLETHWAITE Amy, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 12(4), December 2007, pp.20-30.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Government guidelines state that health services must measure outcomes for patients. However, there is only limited evidence on outcome measures for children with learning disabilities. This paper reports on a study designed to investigate the suitability and effectiveness of four outcome measures (Health of the National Outcome Scales for Children and Adolescents - HoNOSCA, Children's Global Assessment Scale - C-GAS, Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire - SDQ, and Commissioning for Health Improvement Experience of Service questionnaire - CHI) for a community team working with children and learning disabilities in the north of England. The paper highlights the difficulties in capturing the impact of service intervention in a multidisciplinary community setting. The implications of the research for clinical practice are discussed.
Implementation of goal attainment scaling in community intellectual disability services
- Authors:
- CHAPMAN Melanie, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 3(2), June 2006, pp.119-128.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The authors describe the evaluation of the implementation of an outcome measurement system (Goal Attainment Scaling – GAS) within the context of an interdisciplinary and interagency intellectual disability services setting in Manchester. The GAS database allowed analysis of follow-up goals and indicated the extent of implementation, while a rater study evaluated the quality of goals. While staff were able to produce adequate goals and scales, fewer goals were set than anticipated, and the overall quality was not high. Although implementation resulted in a number of perceived benefits, various barriers to implementation were experienced. These hinged on staff perceptions of the value, ease of use, appropriateness, and soundness of the method. Widespread adoption of GAS in community intellectual disability teams is not supported by the findings of this study. The authors suggest that staff perceptions, ease of use, and the implementation process play a key role in the successful adoption of an outcome measurement system. They conclude that alternative ways of measuring individually oriented outcomes may be more useful.
What happened to teamwork?
- Author:
- GREIG Rob
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 23.3.00, 2000, p.27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author warns that community learning disability teams are losing their inter-agency focus and ignoring key responsibilities.
The roles and tasks of community mental handicap teams
- Editors:
- BROWN Stephen, WISTOW Gerald
- Publisher:
- Avebury
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 144p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Examines the model of CMHT's and what has been achieved. Includes chapters on work in Nottinghamshire and Wales, and on involving voluntary organisations and the community. Approaches to training staff in multidisciplinary teams are discussed. Advocacy and self-advocacy and their effects on professional practice are looked at.