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Planning and action
- Authors:
- EMERSON Eric, STANCLIFFE Roger J.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 17(1), March 2004, pp.23-26.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Raises a a number of concerns about the possible impact of the systematic introduction of person-centred planning (PCP) across services for people with intellectual disabilities in the UK. The authors foresee a danger that system-wide adoption of PCP will be characterised over zealous 'selling' of the purported benefits without sufficient attention to the difficulties and without the necessary changes to system architecture to ensure that those involved in PCP have the authority or resources to achieve the plan's goals. If so, PCP will become another fad, and service users, and their families will become even more discouraged, disheartened and alienated by a system characterised by rhetoric rather than meaningful action. Where the authors differ, is in the interpretation of the existing evidence regarding the impact of individual planning systems in general and, perhaps, in the way forward.
Quality and costs of residential supports for people with learning disabilities: summary and implications
- Authors:
- EMERSON Eric, et al
- Publisher:
- University of Manchester. Hester Adrian Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 30p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Presents a brief summary of the results of a large scale research project identifying and exploring the nature, quality and costs of residential or village communities and community based dispersed housing schemes for people with learning difficulties.