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Digging for sanity
- Author:
- JACKSON Catherine
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 2(8), April 1999, pp.262-263.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Looks at the development of horticulture as therapy for people with physical or mental health problems. Highlights a number of key projects.
Challenging behaviour
- Author:
- SLEVIN Eamonn
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 2(7), March 1999, pp.242-245.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Reviews the management of challenging behaviour in people with learning disabilities.
Horse empowered
- Author:
- BOND Henrietta
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.2.99, 1999, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on the Fortune Centre of Riding Therapy which uses horses and an intensive 24-hour curriculum to create a unique learning environment for people with learning and emotional difficulties.
Adults with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviour in supported employment: initial findings
- Authors:
- MARTIN Neil, JOHNSTON Gayle, STEVENS Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 12(2), 1999, pp.149-156.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Evaluates a supported employment service for adults with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviour. Outcome measures of interest were related primarily to productivity although challenging behaviour/intervention use was also recorded. The results showed increases in productivity level and/or decreases in the number of prompts used although there was no consistent pattern of change for challenging behaviours. Discusses the implications of these findings.
Developing independence: the experience of the Lawnmowers Theatre Company
- Authors:
- PRICE David, BARRON Lee
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 14(6), November 1999, pp.819-829.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper describes an action research project in which the Lawnmowers Theatre Company for people with learning disabilities mounted drama clubs and a series of night clubs. The objective of the project was to demonstrate that initiatives involving drama offer important opportunities for adult education and that night clubs for people with learning disabilities can be effective in providing new opportunities for social contact and also recognition for disability arts.
Multiple family groups: an alternative for reducing disruptive behavioral difficulties of urban children
- Authors:
- MCKAY Mary M., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Research on Social Work Practice, 9(5), September 1999, pp.593-607.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Presents an evaluation of a multiple family group (MFG) intervention designed to meet the mental health needs of low-income minority children and families. Comparisons were made with children who received MFG and those receiving individual or family therapy services. Follow up interviews revealed that seventy percent of MFG parents noted child improvements, in comparison to fifty four percent of parents whose children received individual family therapy.
Treatment and therapeutic interventions: psychological approaches
- Author:
- COLLINS Suzanne
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 4(2), April 1999, pp.20-27.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
People with learning disabilities are subject to the same range of psychological disorders as non-learning-disabled groups. Although in the 1970s and 1980s many therapeutic interventions were based on psychological theories of learning, there has recently been a large expansion in the types of therapy on offer. They have included increasingly sophisticated use of models based on learning theory and the incorporation of a diverse range of other therapeutic models.
'All we are really here for is storage, dear'. Psychodynamic approaches to the short term care of children with learning disabilities
- Author:
- PIKE N.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities for Nursing Health and Social Care, 3(1), March 1999, pp.3-10.
Short term care, both residential and family based, remains a cornerstone of family support services for children with learning disabilities. Discusses how research findings suggest that short term care services are primarily orientated to the support needs of families and carers, rather than the emotional security of the child. The author argues that psychodynamic approaches can both illuminate the experience of the child in the residential short term care setting, and suggests patterns of service that can enhance the well being of the child. The author proposes that careful attention to the building of therapeutic relationships in the context of everyday events such as meals, intimate personal care, individualised play activities and settling to sleep, can make a contribution to the personal growth of the child. The article concludes by considering some of the implications for staff development and deployment that follow from the adoption of such an approach.
Services for children with learning disability: international perspectives on residential child care
- Editor:
- BARLOW Gerald
- Publisher:
- University of Strathclyde. Centre for Residential Child Care
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 50p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
Includes papers on: services for children with learning difficulties; between the ideal and the reality; exploring the relationship of the child educator; the Camphill Diploma Course in Curative Education; respite care in the Ottawa Rotary Home; a holistic approach at the Linn Moor Special Residential School; twenty two years of residential care for special needs children; education, care and therapy at the St. Margaret's School; the network family programme in Tasmania; and putting the concept of quality of care into operation.
Using staff consultation to facilitate the emotional development of adults with learning disabilities
- Author:
- ARTHUR Andrew R.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 27(3), 1999, pp.93-98.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article reviews attempts to understand and treat the emotional-developmental needs and problems of this population. It proposes one response to the problem by demonstrating how the process of consultation can enable care staff to develop an understanding response to this area of their clients' lives. A model of consultation that is relevant to the development of the care staff's therapeutic skills is described.