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Independent support
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 10.12.98, 1998, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author looks at the risks involved in providing support to someone with learning difficulties who doesn't recognise their own needs.
The dangers of a normal life
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 18.3.99, 1999, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Asks what do you do when a service user with learning difficulties and mental illness wants to return to normal life but, when she is given her wish, her life breaks down into dangerous behaviour.
Developing an alcohol awareness course for clients with a learning disability
- Author:
- FORBAT Liz
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 27(1), 1999, pp.16-19.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article details the pilot study of an Alcohol Awareness group, designed for the dissemination of information regarding the consumption of alcohol. The pilot group comprised adults with learning disabilities resident in a Medium Secure Unit. Evaluates the effectiveness of the course and makes some suggestions for future interventions within the service.
The cost of opportunity: purchasing strategies in the housing and support arrangements of people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- RYAN Tony
- Publisher:
- Values into Action
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 88p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report drawing on a number of examples of housing and support arrangements to show that people with learning difficulties, including those with complex needs, can be supported in their own homes, resulting in more cost effective and desirable housing and support for all.
Learning disability today: key issues for providers, managers, practitioners and users
- Editors:
- CARNABY Steven, (ed.)
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 218p.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
Introduction to some of the central issues in the lives of people with learning difficulties and the people who support them. It provides context, underpinning knowledge and practical strategies for giving care and support that promotes rights, independence, choice and inclusion. Includes understanding approaches to learning disability; policy and legislation; understanding and developing anti oppressive practice; protecting people from abuse; assessing and managing risk; understanding and promoting communication; handling information and keeping records; undertaking assessment and promoting communication; enabling and supporting community involvement; understanding and promoting advocacy and decision making; sexuality; access to health care and supporting healthy lifestyles; working with people with profound and multiple learning difficulties; supporting people with challenging behaviour; mental health; managing change, transition and loss; and supporting older people with learning difficulties.
Learning disability today: key issues for providers, managers, practitioners and users
- Editor:
- CARNABY Steven
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 276p.,illus.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Introduction to some of the central issues in the lives of people with learning difficulties and the people who support them. It provides context, underpinning knowledge and practical strategies for giving care and support that promotes rights, independence, choice and inclusion. Includes chapters on: understanding approaches to learning disability; policy and legislation; understanding and developing anti oppressive practice; protecting people from abuse; assessing and managing risk; understanding and promoting communication; handling information and keeping records; undertaking assessment and promoting communication; enabling and supporting community involvement; understanding and promoting advocacy and decision making; sexuality; access to health care and supporting healthy lifestyles; working with people with profound and multiple learning difficulties; supporting people with challenging behaviour; mental health; managing change, transition and loss; and supporting older people with learning difficulties. Illustrated throughout with case studies.
Managing risk in the care of people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- HART Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 2(11), July 1999, pp.389-392.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
A risk-free environment may be safe, but it can also be impoverished. This article describes how structured risk assessment and management allows people with learning disabilities to maximise their potential for independence.
Quality living
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 6.6.96, 1996, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Describes how one social worker trod the fine line between respecting a client's wish to live independently while making sure that the move would not put him seriously at risk.