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Mental retardation: definition, classification, and systems of supports; workbook
- Author:
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION ON MENTAL RETARDATION
- Publisher:
- American Association on Mental Retardation
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 49p.
- Place of publication:
- Washington, DC
This book provides the background of the definition of mental retardation, demonstrates how to operationalise the process, and provides case studies and forms. The workbook and provides an overview of the definition and process, case studies, and forms.
Self-advocacy:vested interests and misunderstandings
- Author:
- ASPINS Simone
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 30(1), March 2002, pp.3-7.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Examines the vested interests of the different stakeholders and illustrates through examples where some misunderstandings about self-advocacy have arisen.
Positive approaches to protecting from abuse: a workbook to support the mandatory units of the Certificates in Working with People who have Learning Disabilities
- Author:
- BRADLEY Alice
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 79p.
- Place of publication:
- Plymouth
Covers: the perpetrators of abuse, basic needs and neglect, disclosur, the investigation process and support needs in relation to abuse.
Positive approaches to assessing care planning: a workbook to support the mandatory units of the Certificates in Working with People who have Learning Disabilities
- Author:
- BRADLEY Alice
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 113p.
- Place of publication:
- Plymouth
Covers: the assessment process,a ssessment in action, person-centred assessment and care planning, partnership in assessment and care planning, interdisciplinary assessment and care planning.
Positive approaches to reviewing care plans: a workbook to support the mandatory units of the Certificates in Working with People who have Learning Disabilities
- Author:
- BRADLEY Alice
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 65p.
- Place of publication:
- Plymouth
Covers: the process of monitoring, evaluation and review; care planning, self advocates’ views, monitoring, evaluation and review in action.
Positive approaches to handling information: a workbook to support the mandatory units of the Certificates in Working with People who have Learning Disabilities
- Author:
- BRADLEY Alice
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 75p.
- Place of publication:
- Plymouth
Covers: records and reports, partnership in record keeping and report writing and confidentiality.
Positive approaches to communication: a workbook to support the mandatory units of the Certificates in Working with People who have Learning Disabilities
- Author:
- BRADLEY Alice
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 85p.
- Place of publication:
- Plymouth
Covers: communication in context, referential communication, promoting communication through physical contact, responding to distress.
Positive approaches to anti-oppressive practice: a workbook to support the mandatory units of the Certificates in Working with People who have Learning Disabilities
- Author:
- BRADLEY Alice
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 73p.
- Place of publication:
- Plymouth
Covers: identity, dominant norms, prejudice, discrimination and oppression, developing anti-oppressive practice and legislation relating to anti-oppressive practice.
A child with mental retardation in the family
- Authors:
- LEUTAR Zdravka, RAIC Ivanka
- Journal article citation:
- Ljetopis Studijskog Centra Socijalnog Rada, 9(1), 2002, pp.29-47.
- Publisher:
- University of Zagreb
- Place of publication:
- Zagreb
It has been determined that the arrival of a child with learning difficulties in the world changes the course of family life, strengthens its cohesion and connects members of the family together. This research shows that professional and social support are very important to parents raising children with learning difficulties and that this has not been sufficiently developed in Croatia. [Article in Croatian].
The validity and utility of subjective quality of life: a reply
- Author:
- CUMMINGS Robert A.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 15(3), September 2002, pp.261-268.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article concentrates on two major themes. The first concerns the psychological reality and measurement of the quality of life (QOL) construct for people with an intellectual disability. A substantial weight of evidence supports the psychological reality of the construct, and that reliable and valid measurement of subjective life quality can be achieved for the majority of people. The second theme concerns the usefulness of subjective life quality measurement for service delivery. Such measurement can have major benefits for both respondents and service providers provided that the psychometric character of the data is understood.