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Better days ahead
- Author:
- McINTOSH Barbara
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 4(4), June 1998, pp.8-12.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Describes five pilot projects which set out to show how life for people with learning difficulties could be improved by moving away from day centres and towards community-based services. Explains the need for change and describes the project's aims and achievements. Managers in two of the pilot areas, Hackney and Cardiff, also show how services were transformed in their areas.
Individual planning with adults who have learning difficulties: key issues - key sources
- Author:
- GREASLEY Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 10(3), September 1995, pp.353-363.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
For many people with learning difficulties the quality of individual assessment and planning can play a crucial role in their personal development. This article aims, to provide a brief overview of the key issues and key sources of information in the field of individual planning. A number of issues relating to the implementation of Individual Programme Plans are discussed. Particular attention is paid to the development of more recent approaches, such as Personal Futures Planning, which aim to place greater emphasis on self-advocacy and the involvement of 'non-service providers' in assessment and planning.
Special needs housing: everybody needs good neighbours
- Author:
- McGINNIS Brian
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 24.11.94, 1994, p.8.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Asks what it will take for special needs housing to be accepted by neighbours and suggests that simple planning can avoid aggravating the NIMBY syndrome.
Learning disability in Wales: a technical document produced by a panel considering people centred issues
- Author:
- CROWSON David (chair)
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Welsh Office. NHS Directorate. Welsh Health Planning Forum
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 43p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
The Andover case management project
- Author:
- NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TEAM FOR PEOPLE WITH A MENTAL HANDICAP
- Publisher:
- National Development Team for People with a Mental Handicap
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 35p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report describing the experiences of a project that has been using case management for over 2 years. Examines the background and implementation of the project, and analyses the consequences for people with learning disabilities, the case managers, the service providers, and the main organisations involved. Stresses the need to get to know the service users, and to involve them in planning. Also looks at priority setting, strategic planning, and the management of change.
A plan for life
- Author:
- READ K.A.
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 25.4.90, 1990, pp.34-36.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Life planning for learning disabled people means consulting then assessing the whole range of their needs and regularly monitoring any action taken.
Goal planning: a critical examination of its introduction into 4 houses in London borough
- Authors:
- GOLDING L., ALLEN P.
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap, 18(1), March 1990, pp.7-1O.
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Mental Handicap
Describes one year's skills training for ex-mental hospital patients who collaborate with a key worker to set and achieve their own goals.
Challenging behaviour and community services
- Authors:
- EMERSON E., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap, 17(3), September 1989, pp.1O4-1O7.
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Mental Handicap
The final paper in a series describing the work of the SE Thames RHA Social Development Team in planning individualised community services.
Making individual plans for change
- Author:
- FLEMING Ian
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap, 16(2), June 1988, pp.77-79.
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Mental Handicap
Meetings of clients and staff identified individual programme plans which are evaluated at regular intervals.
An evaluation of an adult residential service using PASS 1984
- Author:
- COMMUNITY MENTAL HANDICAP EDUCATION RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
- Publisher:
- Community and Mental Handicap Education and Research Association
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 43p., tables, illus.
- Place of publication:
- London