Josephine, a project by Them Wifies in Newcastle upon Tyne, brings a creative, fun and accessible approach to learning disabled women's health, sexual and relationship education. The author discusses the project which operates in the North East of England.
Josephine, a project by Them Wifies in Newcastle upon Tyne, brings a creative, fun and accessible approach to learning disabled women's health, sexual and relationship education. The author discusses the project which operates in the North East of England.
Subject terms:
interpersonal relationships, learning disabilities, sex education, sexuality, women, health;
This comprehensive textbook on children and adults with learning disabilities contains contributions from over 70 authors. These include experts, disability leaders and family members. Its forty five chapters are organised in five main sections. The first section, an overview of intellectual and developmental disabilities, covers: definitions, an historical overview of intellectual disabilities, human rights and advocacy. The second section contains individual chapters on a range of different conditions including Down Syndrome, Fragile X Syndrome, Autism, Aspergers Syndrome, Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, and ADHD. Section three, support and intervention, includes chapters on person-centred support, behavioural interventions, and the role of diversity in psychological assessment and intervention. Section four covers development of disabilities through the life span and chapters include early childhood, education, transition to adult life, sexuality, parenting and ageing. Section five, which is on health, includes chapters on: the ethics of consent, physical health, nutrition and the implications of Alzheimer's Disease for people with Down Syndrome and other intellectual disabilities. A final chapter in section six discusses current advances and a vision for the future. The publication is relevant for a wide audience, including students, direct care staff, social workers, academics and policy makers.
This comprehensive textbook on children and adults with learning disabilities contains contributions from over 70 authors. These include experts, disability leaders and family members. Its forty five chapters are organised in five main sections. The first section, an overview of intellectual and developmental disabilities, covers: definitions, an historical overview of intellectual disabilities, human rights and advocacy. The second section contains individual chapters on a range of different conditions including Down Syndrome, Fragile X Syndrome, Autism, Aspergers Syndrome, Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, and ADHD. Section three, support and intervention, includes chapters on person-centred support, behavioural interventions, and the role of diversity in psychological assessment and intervention. Section four covers development of disabilities through the life span and chapters include early childhood, education, transition to adult life, sexuality, parenting and ageing. Section five, which is on health, includes chapters on: the ethics of consent, physical health, nutrition and the implications of Alzheimer's Disease for people with Down Syndrome and other intellectual disabilities. A final chapter in section six discusses current advances and a vision for the future. The publication is relevant for a wide audience, including students, direct care staff, social workers, academics and policy makers.
Subject terms:
human rights, intervention, learning disabilities, life style, older people, parenting, severe learning disabilities, sexuality, adults, advocacy, ageing, assessment, children, diagnosis, health;
Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 3(9), May 2000, p.315.
Publisher:
Pavilion
A man with learning disabilities cannot be sterilised; a women can. The decision rests on the balance of risk to their physical and mental health. Discusses the law using a case example.
A man with learning disabilities cannot be sterilised; a women can. The decision rests on the balance of risk to their physical and mental health. Discusses the law using a case example.
Subject terms:
law, law courts, learning disabilities, men, mental health, risk, sex discrimination, sexuality, treatment, therapy and treatment, women, advocacy, decision making, Downs syndrome, health;
Issues of consent, acceptability and assumptions concerning women with learning disabilities often block their access to screening programmes. This article reports on the efforts of the Horizon NHS Trust in Hertfordshire to remedy this situation.
Issues of consent, acceptability and assumptions concerning women with learning disabilities often block their access to screening programmes. This article reports on the efforts of the Horizon NHS Trust in Hertfordshire to remedy this situation.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, NHS, prevention, screening, severe learning disabilities, sexuality, women, assessment, cancer, health, health care;
Education about sexual health for people with learning difficulties is a fairly new field of work. Looks at the Connect project which aims to improve understanding of the issues involved and promote good practice.
Education about sexual health for people with learning difficulties is a fairly new field of work. Looks at the Connect project which aims to improve understanding of the issues involved and promote good practice.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, parents, sex education, sexuality, social care provision, training, carers, children, education, empowerment, health, good practice;
Brings together seminal papers, previously published in the journal Adoption and Fostering, contributing to the shaping of fostering practice. Includes articles on: local authority fostering in Wales; a comparative survey of specialist fostering; developing leaving care services; recruiting and retaining foster carers; gender, sex and sexuality in the assessment of prospective carers; assessing Asian families in Scotland; involving birth parents in foster care training; using respite care to prevent long term family breakdown; short term family based care for children in need; short term foster care; meeting the needs of sibling groups in care; fostering as seen by the carers children; fostering children and young people with learning difficulties; the importance of networks to partnership in child centred foster care; how foster carers view contact; the role of social workers in supporting and developing the needs of foster carers; the social worker's experience of contact; social work and the education of children in foster care; the health of children looked after by the local authority; the statutory medical and health needs of looked after children; how foster parents experience social work with particular reference to placement endings; foster carers who cease to foster; the implications of recent child care research findings for foster care; and the foster child - the forgotten party.
Brings together seminal papers, previously published in the journal Adoption and Fostering, contributing to the shaping of fostering practice. Includes articles on: local authority fostering in Wales; a comparative survey of specialist fostering; developing leaving care services; recruiting and retaining foster carers; gender, sex and sexuality in the assessment of prospective carers; assessing Asian families in Scotland; involving birth parents in foster care training; using respite care to prevent long term family breakdown; short term family based care for children in need; short term foster care; meeting the needs of sibling groups in care; fostering as seen by the carers children; fostering children and young people with learning difficulties; the importance of networks to partnership in child centred foster care; how foster carers view contact; the role of social workers in supporting and developing the needs of foster carers; the social worker's experience of contact; social work and the education of children in foster care; the health of children looked after by the local authority; the statutory medical and health needs of looked after children; how foster parents experience social work with particular reference to placement endings; foster carers who cease to foster; the implications of recent child care research findings for foster care; and the foster child - the forgotten party.
Subject terms:
law, learning disabilities, leaving care, local authorities, looked after children, needs, placement, recruitment, sexuality, short break care, siblings, social work methods, social workers, training, user participation, young people, Asian people, birth parents, children, education, foster care, foster carers, foster children, gender, health;