Search results for ‘Subject term:"learning disabilities"’ Sort:
Results 1 - 9 of 9
Remedies for difficulties
- Author:
- CRAFT Ann
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.6.92, 1992, pp.iii-iv.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Outlines some strategies to protect children with a physical or learning disability from abuse.
"I think I might need some more help with this problem": responding to children and young people who display sexually harmful behaviour
- Author:
- LOVELL Elizabeth
- Publisher:
- National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 62p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Research suggests that juveniles commit at least a quarter of all sexual offences. Therefore, any effort to lower the level of child sexual abuse must address the problem of juveniles. These people are young people first. Studies show that a significant number have suffered from some trauma and many have emotional or learning disabilities that make them vulnerable.
Psychiatric drugs explained
- Author:
- HEALY David
- Publisher:
- Churchill Livingstone
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 343p.bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
- Edition:
- 3rd
Provides a guide to the uses, benefits and impact of psychotropic drugs, addressing the key concerns for health professionals around compliance, partnerships in treatment options and issues of accountability in practice. The book also contains a section on the pharmacological industry, critically appraising its significant role in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. The major drug categories are listed and the clinical uses, modes of action and side effects of drugs in each category are described. Contents include: management of psychoses; management of affective disorders; use of psychos; management of sleep disorders and insomnia; management of cognitive impairment; management of sexual difficulties; management of dependence and withdrawal; consent, abuse and liability; the marketing of tranquility.
Developmental and etiological characteristics of children with sexual behaviour problems: treatment implications
- Authors:
- GRAY Alison, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse and Neglect, 23(6), June 1999, pp.601-621.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
This Australian study reports on the demographics, psychological adjustment, victimization, and perpetration histories of 6-12 year old children who have engaged in developmentally unexpected sexual behaviours. Results found that over half of the children engaging in developmentally unexpected sexual behaviours had been abused both sexually and physically by more than two different perpetrators. Children with sexual behaviour problems exhibited a number of functional impairments commonly associated with maltreatment, including learning and psychiatric disorders. Their caregivers and families manifested several characteristics that deter children's recovery from maltreatment, including an impaired attachment between parent and child. Concludes that the scope of the children's problems requires that treatment extend beyond the therapists office to include schools and other agencies or individuals with whom the child and families have regular contact.
Practice issues in working with young abusers who have learning disabilities
- Author:
- O'CALLAGHAN David
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse Review, 7(6), November 1998, pp.435-448.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article reflects on one service's (G-MAP) experience in developing provision for young people with learning disabilities whose sexual behaviour is abusive. Reviews available data concerning prevalence, along with perspectives on routes into sexual offending. Learning-disabled young abusers present a number of particular challenges to practitioners and agencies. Key considerations in treatment and risk management are identified. An overview at one specialist group programme is given and comparisons drawn with others' experience of groupwork with the learning disabled. A principal theme identified is the need for intervention to be supported via an effective network, with well co-ordinated interagency working.
The mentally retarded person as a victim of maltreatment
- Authors:
- VERDUGO M.A., BERMEJO B.G.
- Journal article citation:
- Aggression and Violent Behavior, 2(2), Summer 1997, pp.143-165.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Throughout history, disabled people have been an especially vulnerable group to maltreatment practices. This article reviews the main conclusions drawn from recent publications on the maltreatment of people with learning difficulties. Goes on to consider whether learning difficulties are the cause or the consequence of maltreatment, the vulnerability factors related to disability, and the main risk situations. Presents reflections from more specific studies, such as the relationship between sexual abuse and learning difficulties; and proposes some current prevention and treatment strategies.
Assessment and treatment of children with moderate learning difficulties with particular reference to effective communication
- Author:
- HARVEY Pat
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption and Fostering, 20(3), Autumn 1996, pp.29-34.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Effective communication and sensitivity to the requirements of each individual child lie at the heart of any constructive treatment for children in need. Focuses on problems faced by children with moderate learning difficulties and examines some of the various communication techniques that enable them to be reached and effectively helped. Many of the cases cited feature children who have been abused or neglected. As is the case with life story work much emphasis is placed on the importance of rebuilding their self esteem.
Mental health and deafness
- Editors:
- HINDLEY Peter, KITSON Nick
- Publisher:
- Whurr
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 582p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Designed as an introductory text on mental health and deafness for care workers and mental health workers. Covers a wide range of mental health issues as they relate to deafness and is divided into two sections. The first, Assessment, includes topics such as child and adolescent psychiatry, adult psychiatry, children who are deaf and have multiple disabilities, deafness and learning disability, addictive behaviour and deafness, forensic psychiatry, acquired deafness, and abuse of deaf children. The second section, Management and Intervention, discusses interpreters in mental health settings, educational interventions, different forms of psychotherapy, family therapy, rehabilitation, and drug treatments.
Family studies review yearbook: volume 1; 1983
- Editors:
- OLSON David H., MILLER Brent C.
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Publication year:
- 1983
- Pagination:
- 768p.
- Place of publication:
- London