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The well-being workshop: recognising the emotional and mental well-being of people with profound and multiple learning disabilities
- Authors:
- PHILIP Maureen, et al
- Publisher:
- Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 141p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This is a training resource to help family carers and support staff acknowledge, identify and react to changes in the emotional and mental well-being of people with profound and multiple learning disabilities. The pack comes in the form of an A4 ringbinder and includes a CD-ROM.
Loss and learning disability
- Author:
- BLACKMAN Noelle
- Publisher:
- Worth
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 180p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The emotional life of people with learning disabilities is a subject that has only begun to be thought about during the last decade. This book addresses the central issue of how people with learning disabilities can be affected by bereavement. It includes pro-active strategies to prevent grief complications, and therapeutic interventions for helping people when the grief process "goes wrong".
The emotional impact of related cognitive failure on the evolving sense of self and Kohut's tension arc
- Authors:
- ORENSTEIN Myrna, LEVIN Fred
- Journal article citation:
- Psychoanalytic Social Work, 9(1), 2002, pp.27-43.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Using the psychological sense of self and Kohut's tension arc, this article suggests that theoretical modifications are necessary to understand and therapeutically work with patients with learning difficulties. Specific practical suggestions are made about how to help individuals who struggle with these differences in psycho-biological loading.