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Is the law inhibiting relationships?
- Author:
- LETTS Penny
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 8(1), July 1994, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
The aim of the law is to provide protection but this assumption and the consequent unlawfulness of sexual intercourse has the effect of inhibiting relationships between adults with a learning disability. The law may also prevent carers and other staff from assisting and advising adults with a learning disability to be able to experience a sexual relationship.
Obstacles in the professional human service culture to implementation of social role valorization and community integration of clients
- Authors:
- WOLFENSBERGER Wolf, THOMAS Susan
- Journal article citation:
- Care in Place the International Journal of Networks and Community, 1(1), March 1994, pp.53-56.
Looks at the obstacles to the application of Social Role Valorization (SRV) by human services professionals.
A commentary on 'Obstacles in the professional human service culture to implementation of social role valorization and community integration of clients'
- Author:
- NEWNES Craig
- Journal article citation:
- Care in Place the International Journal of Networks and Community, 1(1), March 1994, pp.57-64.
Response to Wolfsenberger and Thomas on the obstacles which prevent human service professionals applying Social Role Valorization (SRV).
A sense of satisfaction
- Author:
- MITCHELL David
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 24.3.94, 1994, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Although salaries and benefits may be lower for support workers working with people with learning difficulties in the voluntary sector the attraction lies in the satisfaction that the job brings. Looks at what draws people to the voluntary sector and asks several organisations how they choose the right person for the job.
Procedures for promoting independent activity in people with severe and profound learning disability: a brief review
- Author:
- LACIONI Giulio E.
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 7(3), 1994, pp.237-256.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Treatment and care of people with severe and profound learning disability have received a great deal of attention during the last two decades. Reviews six for promoting activity engagement independent of staff supervision: task/contingencies fading; automatic prompting; use of reactive objects and electrical switches; pictorial, tactile or auditory cues handled by the subjects; computer-aided programmes presenting instructions, reinforcement and corrective feedback; and employment of peer caregivers.
New song: reflections upon the inadequacy of community services for people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- RAPLEY Mark, CLEMENTS John
- Journal article citation:
- Care in Place the International Journal of Networks and Community, 1(3), December 1994, pp.248-255.
Staff training has a chequered history, with an uncertain future. Despite continued investments of agency and institutional resources, the impact of change on individual workers may be negligible, or non-existent. Hence the efforts of agency managers to modify service delivery via importation of external 'experts' often have repeated previous cycles of failure. Several promising future directions are identified, with prescriptions for immediate action by individuals and agencies.
Staff behaviour and challenging behaviour: a reply to Clegg's commentary
- Authors:
- HASTINGS Richard P., REMINGTON Bob
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 33(4), November 1994, pp.445-450.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
In the commentary on the integration of the literature on challenging behaviours and care staff behaviour, Clegg discusses three main issues. Firstly, arguing that a behaviour analytic approach to challenging behaviours is 'deeply impoverished'. Secondly, claiming that the analysis laid the blame for challenging behaviours on the shoulders of care staff. Finally, presenting the philosophical position as objectivist. Replies to these comments by summarizing the richness and considerable potential of an approach to challenging behaviours based on behaviour analytic theory.
Epistemology and learning disabilities: invited commentary on Hastings and Remington
- Author:
- CLEGG J.A.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 33(4), November 1994, pp.439-444.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The effect on service provision of describing a variety of actions as challenging behaviour is discussed: it is suggested that studying stereotyped, aggressive and self-injurious acts in their own right has yielded more useful psychological debate, and ignoring such conceptual thinking leads to implicit theorizing where assumptions go unquestioned. Evidence for the relevance of staff actions on different topographies of client response is critically reviewed, alongside discussion of the authors' rhetoric. The importance of adjusting language and frameworks to make room for alternative conceptualizations is discussed.
Above suspicion?
- Author:
- EATON Lynn
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 27.10.94, 1994, p.10.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Allegations of abuse against people with learning difficulties in two privately run homes in Buckinghamshire shows the need for vigilance among staff. Asks how staff might detect abuse and suggests ways in which they should deal with their suspicions.
You choose: a handbook for staff working with people who have learning disabilities to promote self-esteem and self-advocacy
- Author:
- MOSLEY Jenny
- Publisher:
- LDA
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 102p.
- Place of publication:
- Wisbech
Practical handbook aimed at all staff working with people with learning difficulties who have an interest in developing self-esteem and self-advocacy work with their users. Contains over 40 sample groupwork sessions and blends theory with practical examples. Looks at: what self advocacy and self esteem are; disempowerment and empowerment; the value of groupwork in raising self-esteem and fostering self-advocacy skills; inititating a self-advocacy group; and personal accounts of groups and projects.