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Germany
- Authors:
- SCHADLER Johannes, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 9(1), January 2004, pp.15-23.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Provides an overview of the services provided for people with intellectual disabilities in Germany. Highlights the development pathways and specific historical experiences to help understand the development of services. Church welfare and powerful voluntary welfare organisations, traditional psychiatry and its 'oligophrenic' ideal, the division of state funding competencies into local and centralised levels and the commitments of a new generation of parents organised in the association Lebenshilfe were important factors for the development of the current structures. These can be characterised by the persistence of residential facilities, although it has been the legal mission of the social administration since 1984 to give priority to the expansion of non-residential services. Specific financial mechanisms promote institutionalisation from the perspective of the local authorities and impede the implementation of integrative approaches in the community. Covers: definition, legal status and eligibility; policy framework; service structures and funding of services.
Reducing the need for restraint and restrictive intervention. Children and young people with learning disabilities, autistic spectrum disorder and mental health difficulties. Draft guidance for consultation
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health, GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education
- Publishers:
- Great Britain. Department of Health, Great Britain. Department for Education
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 49
- Place of publication:
- London
Draft guidance on reducing the need for restraint and restrictive intervention for children and young people with learning disabilities, autistic spectrum disorder and mental health needs. The guidance is designed to help health and care settings and special educational services to adopt a preventative approach to supporting children and young people whose behaviour challenges. It highlights action to improve planning, the assessment and management of risks and the use of evidence-based practice so that restraint is used only where necessary, by trained staff and in line with the law, core values and ethical principles. Sections of the guidance cover: adopting a positive and proactive approach to behaviour; values and principles that should be followed when developing policies and practice on behaviour and the use of restraint; a summary key actions for settings and services, and considerations when using different forms of restraint. The guidance is non-statutory and will apply to health and care settings and special educational settings. The guidance is open to consultation period unity 24 January 2018. (Edited publisher abstract)
Inclusive research: making a difference to policy and legislation
- Authors:
- JOHNSON Kelley, MINOGUE Gerard, HOPKLINS Rob
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 27(1), 2013, pp.76-84.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
While inclusive research has become an important stream in research with people with intellectual disabilities, there is a tension between the possibly empowering research process and the strength of the research itself to make social change happen. This paper explores the contribution of two inclusive qualitative research studies in Australia and the Republic of Ireland to change in policy and legislation. Both studies used qualitative methods including life stories and focus groups to explore the issue of sexuality and relationships. In both studies, people with intellectual disabilities were actively involved in undertaking the research. Both studies revealed that it was difficult for people with intellectual disabilities to express their sexuality openly or to form adult relationships. Both studies were used by people with intellectual disabilities and their supporters to promote change in which they had a heard voice. (Publisher abstract)
Citizen advocacy in Camden and Westminster: an independent evaluation funded by BILD; April 2003
- Author:
- CAMDEN AND WESTMINSTER CITIZEN ADVOCACY. The Advocacy Project
- Publisher:
- Camden and Westminster Citizen Advocacy
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 36p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The BILD Citizen Advocacy Project currently working with local advocacy groups and advocacy organisations in Camden and Westminster to: produce common guidelines for citizen advocacy groups; explore the benefits of local affiliations between advocacy groups; and map the existing provision of advocacy groups. BILD is part of the new consortium which will be responsible for distributing the additional monies for citizen advocacy referred to in Valuing People.
Supported to be sexual? Developing sexual rights for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- KEYWOOD Kirsty
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 8(3), July 2003, pp.30-36.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This discussion paper explores criminal law reform proposals on the law relating to sexual offences and illustrates the current tension between sexual empowerment and protection of people with learning disabilities from sexual violence. It suggests that law's response to the sexuality of people with learning disabilities, evidenced by the Sexual Offences Bill now before Parliament, will be inadequate as long as it is characterised as choosing between protection and empowerment. Argues that an alternative conception of sexual rights can provide a fuller and more persuasive account of the sexuality of men and women with learning disabilities.
Involving service users in the process of revising a policy on personal relationships
- Authors:
- COLDMAN Sue, MARLER Richard
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 7(1), January 2002, pp.39-44.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The authors were involved in the revision of a multi-agency on personal relationships and adults with learning disabilities. People with learning disabilities had been largely excluded from this process, and an effect was made to redeem matters by commissioning groups of services users to write a booklet explaining what could be expected from staff as a results of the new policy. Although successful in terms of staff and service user interest in the booklet, evaluation showed the need to develop additional ways to get important messages across to services users. Reflection by the authors has increased awareness of the need for creative ways to involve people with learning disabilities in policy formulation and revision.
Fulfilling the promises: proposals for a framework for services for people with learning disabilities; report to the National Assembly for Wales
- Author:
- LEARNING DISABILITY ADVISORY GROUP
- Publisher:
- Learning Disability Advisory Group
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 83p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This report is based on the principle that people with learning disabilities are full citizens equal in status and value to other citizens of the same age and have an equal right to expect a high quality of life. In practice this means having exactly the same expectations of decent health, education, housing, safety and financial security, protection from harm, positive social relations and roles within family and community, employment opportunities, personal development, emotional well-being and civic rights. They also have a right to decide for themselves and to join in all decision making which affects their lives, with support if necessary of their families and their communities.
Social services: achievement and challenge; presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Health by Command of Her Majesty, March 1997
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health, GREAT BRITAIN. Welsh Office
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 39p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Government White Paper on the future of social services.