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Shifting the focus
- Authors:
- KNOWLES Joyce, HARRIS Philip
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 4.4.91, 1991, pp.20-22.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on a training course in Bristol which aims to confront workers' attitudes to mentally handicapped people with challenging behaviour, encouraging a holistic view and the development of skills necessary to motivate them towards interdependence and interactive relationships.
Changing staff attitudes to the sexuality of people with mental handicaps: an evaluative comparison of one and three day workshops
- Authors:
- ROSE John, HOLMES Sophie
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 4(1), 1991, pp.67-79.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
An intensive toilet training programme for a boy with a profound mental handicap living in the community
- Authors:
- SMITH Linda J., BAINBRIDGE Guy
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap, 19(4), December 1991, pp.146-150.
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Mental Handicap
Describes the procedures used in training and discusses its use in residential and community settings.
Staff training in the management of violence and aggression
- Authors:
- McDONNELL Andrew, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap, 19(2), June 1991, pp.73-76.
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Mental Handicap
Training is placed in the context of an organisational system; emphasises the need for clear policies and describes the process of specifying a training system.
Sexual abuse and AIDS in the field of mental handicap: report of a workshop, November 13-14th 1990, Peebles
- Author:
- HUNTER Susan
- Publisher:
- Scottish Society for the Mentally Handicapped
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 24p.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
Outlines the main issues emerging from a workshop held by the Scottish Society for the Mentally Handicapped in 1991. The report covers the nature and prevalence of sexual abuse in people with learning difficulties; links with child protection work and the implications for services. Also looks at the problem of HIV/AIDS; the adequacy of current health education programmes; and recommendations for the future.
Staff training in the management of violence and aggression
- Authors:
- McDONNELL Andrew, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap, 19(4), December 1991, pp.151-154.
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Mental Handicap
Third in a series of articles: this examines how to deal with physical violence by using a non-violent method of physical restraint and discusses the ethical problems involved.
Sharing differences towards common practices: an exploratory study of shared training opportunities in work with people with learning difficulties for students on the diploma in nursing studies and the diploma in social work
- Author:
- HARDING Trish
- Publisher:
- Bristol Polytechnic/Avon College of Health
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 65p.,
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Serving the disabled: a how-to-do-it manual for librarians
- Authors:
- WRIGHT Kieth C., DAVIE Judith F
- Publisher:
- Neal-Schuman
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 172p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- New York
Practical text that focuses on provision of library and information services to people with visual impairment and blindness; hearing disabilities; physical disabilities; and developmental disabilities. Contains chapters on: attitudes to people with disabilities; staff development; making the library accessible; employing people with disabilities; and stock acquisition in relation to specific disabilities.
The review of the all Wales strategy: a view from the staff; a summary report on eight staff consultation events involving 250 front-line staff
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Welsh Office
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Welsh Office
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 54p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Looks at services provided and the clients using them, both children and adults. Services include: short term care; family placements; support for families; day services; accommodation for adults; and services for people with challenging behaviour. Goes on to examine views on: education; social security; planning and management; identification and assessment; consumer involvement; training and staff development; and monitoring and evaluation.
People with learning difficulties: Whittington Hall Hospital
- Author:
- PUREWAL Sardip
- Publisher:
- Derbyshire. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 26p.,tables,diags.
- Place of publication:
- Matlock
Digest of statistical information, including data on age, duration of stay, self-sufficiency, continence, mobility, transport, social skills, communication, education, and training.