Provides an understanding of the knowledge, values and skills required for effective practice in the field of learning disability and the opportunity for multidisciplinary collaboration for social change. The book focuses on adults with learning disabilities and their families. Topics include: the changing definitions of learning disability; theory and practice of working with adults with learning disabilities and their families; assessment, planning, monitoring and review; social inclusion and participation. Includes numerous case studies and discussion points.
Provides an understanding of the knowledge, values and skills required for effective practice in the field of learning disability and the opportunity for multidisciplinary collaboration for social change. The book focuses on adults with learning disabilities and their families. Topics include: the changing definitions of learning disability; theory and practice of working with adults with learning disabilities and their families; assessment, planning, monitoring and review; social inclusion and participation. Includes numerous case studies and discussion points.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, multidisciplinary services, person-centred care, self-advocacy, social inclusion, social work, vulnerable adults, adult social care, adults, advocacy, carers, case studies, group homes;
Wolf Wolfensberger is a significant figure in the world of human services, especially in the field of learning disability. His work on normalization and citizen advocacy in the late 1960s and early 1970s has been acknowledged by supporters and critics alike to have been fundamental to developments in a number of countries, most notably the USA. Canada, Australasia and the UK. The term citizen advocacy was coined in the 1970's by Wolfensberger, who believed that people in institutional care needed independent representation by people in their communities if they were ever going to experience normal living. His further work in developing the theory of social role valorization, the successor to normalisation, and as a commentator on broader trends in society and their effects on vulnerable people and services for them have ensured his place as a major voice for values and the human worth of all people.
Wolf Wolfensberger is a significant figure in the world of human services, especially in the field of learning disability. His work on normalization and citizen advocacy in the late 1960s and early 1970s has been acknowledged by supporters and critics alike to have been fundamental to developments in a number of countries, most notably the USA. Canada, Australasia and the UK. The term citizen advocacy was coined in the 1970's by Wolfensberger, who believed that people in institutional care needed independent representation by people in their communities if they were ever going to experience normal living. His further work in developing the theory of social role valorization, the successor to normalisation, and as a commentator on broader trends in society and their effects on vulnerable people and services for them have ensured his place as a major voice for values and the human worth of all people.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, self-advocacy, role playing, social work, social care provision, social work methods, social work theories, stereotyped attitudes, vulnerable adults, advocacy, empowerment;