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Learning for independence : post-16 educational provision for people with severe learning difficulties
- Authors:
- DEAN Alan, HEGARTY Seamus
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Education and Science. Further Education Unit
- Publication year:
- 1985
- Pagination:
- 130p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Breath of fresh Ayr
- Author:
- HOPKINS Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 3.2.05, 2005, pp.42-43.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on a learning difficulties service in Ayr, Scotland which is truly person-centred. Partners for Inclusion (PFI) is a voluntary supported living service that was set up to help people with learning difficulties and mental health needs.
Focus on Europe: further education needed for people with mental handicap
- Author:
- SLUCKIN Alice
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 1(1), 1987, pp.63-70.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Reports on some of the changes that have taken in four European countries and a comparison is made with some aspects of current British practice. It is now know that, given the right methods, even severely mentally handicapped people can be taught quite complex skills. Hence they should have access to further education, which has in the past been denied to them.
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: a framework for ethical and inclusive practice?
- Author:
- JOHNSON Kelley
- Journal article citation:
- Ethics and Social Welfare, 7(3), 2013, pp.218-231.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Abingdon
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) was passed in 2006 and came into force in 2008. It sets out a number of core values, including dignity, individual autonomy, non-discrimination, participation and community inclusion. Although the CRPD has been recognised as an important step forward by many disabled people and their supporters and provides the foundation for building a good life, the author argues that it does not necessarily equate with it. The underpinning Western values of choice, independence and control are important, but leave out groups of marginalised people for whom these goals may not be achievable. They also present challenges and dilemmas for those involved in supporting/caring roles. In this paper, the author reflects on the implications of the CRPD for the lives of people with learning disabilities, in particular those with profound needs and explores whether it provides a genuinely coherent framework for an inclusive society. (Publisher abstract)
A vicious circle: visual impairment in people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- STANFORD Penelope, SHEPHERD Gary
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 9.8.01, 2001, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Visual problems in people with learning disabilities can lead to further disablement and lowered self-esteem. Suggest ways in which nurses can counteract this.
Evaluating the multidimensional nature of supported employment
- Authors:
- LEWIS Darroll R., JOHNSON David R.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 11(2), 1998, pp.95-115.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The emergence of supported employment services in the United States has raised expectations concerning the viability of employment in promoting the work productivity, social integration and personal independence of persons with severe disabilities. Examines the multidimensional outcomes of supported employment in the USA in terms of its effectiveness and efficiency and offers several policy recommendations for improving these outcomes.
From your home to mine: a provider's guide to supported living
- Author:
- LAWTON Annie
- Publisher:
- Association for Real Change
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 72p.
- Place of publication:
- Chesterfield
This tool kit is produced by service providers, to help them set up and manage services to support people with learning disabilities in their own homes. The publication, seeks to help managers of services to grasp some of the difficult and challenging issue they face in developing and managing supported living services.
Who's in control: decision-making by people with learning difficulties who have high support needs
- Author:
- EDGE James
- Publisher:
- Values into Action
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 56p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Drawing on 18 months of research with people who have high support needs, VIA demonstrates how all people with learning difficulties can be enabled to be in control of their lives and how it can be demonstrated that those with higher support needs are indeed in control.
Making change happen: the government's annual report on learning disability 2003
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 90p.
- Place of publication:
- Norwich
This report is the Government's Annual Report to Parliament which gives our reply to the Learning Disability Task Force report 'Making Things Happen'. Reports on the work that has been done since the White Paper 'Valuing People:A New Strategy for Learning Disability for the 21st Century' launched in March 2001.
Making change happen: the government's annual report on learning disability 2003; easy read version
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 23p.
- Place of publication:
- Norwich
This report is the Government's Annual Report to Parliament which gives our reply to the Learning Disability Task Force report 'Making Things Happen'. Reports on the work that has been done since the White Paper 'Valuing People:A New Strategy for Learning Disability for the 21st Century' launched in March 2001.