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A special kind of brain: living with nonverbal learning disability
- Author:
- BURGER Nancy Russell
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 224p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Sharing the experience of bringing up a child with nonverbal learning disability (NLD), this warm and accessible book offers advice on subjects ranging across diagnosis and therapy, children’s interaction with each other, suitable activities for a child with NLD and how to discuss NLD with children. This book informs parents and professionals who work with children with NLD.
Advanced group treatment for developmentally disabled adults with social skill deficits
- Authors:
- HALL James A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Research on Social Work Practice, 10(3), May 2000, pp.301-326.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This social work research evaluates the effectiveness of an advanced, experimental treatment programme for improving social skills with 6 developmentally disabled adults in a vocational training project in the USA. The effectiveness of the group treatment programme was evaluated using multiple baseline designs replicated for 6 participants across six social skills. The intervention was developed in a previous study, and the skills were selected using a needs assessment. The results only partially support the effectiveness of the group treatment programme. Possible explanations for this conclusion are given, and clinical implications for social workers are discussed.
Sensory stimulation: where do we go from here?
- Authors:
- ELLIS Julie, THORN Tania
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 8(1), January 2000, pp.33-37.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Reviews the current state of research on sensory stimulation. They review research from the fields of learning disabilities and persistent vegetative state as well as dementia care, and draw attention to important questions and directions for the future development of this work. Application of sensory stimulation mentioned in the article, include the Snoezelen room.
Experimental effects of manipulating attributional information about challenging behaviour
- Authors:
- NOONE Stephen J., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 16(4), December 2003, pp.295-301.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The informal staff culture in intellectual disability services has been proposed as a significant factor determining staff perceptions of, and responses towards, challenging behaviours. However, research to date has been exclusively descriptive. Methods An experimental analogue of one potentially salient aspect of staff informal culture, the causal language used to describe challenging behaviours, was developed. Naïve participants (N = 84 students) rated attributional dimensions and optimism after viewing a video of aggressive behaviour. Participants were exposed to vignettes in which information about the behaviour's controllability and stability was manipulated prior to viewing the video. Results Controllability and stability manipulations affected later perception of dimensions of causal attributions (e.g. behaviour presented as controllable was rated as caused by factors more likely to be internal to the depicted client), and optimism (e.g. behaviour presented as stable was associated with a less positive perception of potential for change). Conclusion Staff talk in intellectual disability services, especially language communicating causal information, is likely to affect perceptions of subsequent incidents of challenging behaviours. This may have important implications for the treatment and assessment of challenging behaviour. Further research is needed to replicate and extend the findings of this study and also to contribute to the development of external validity.
Learning disability: physical therapy, treatment and management; a collaborative approach
- Editor:
- RENNIE Jeanette
- Publisher:
- Whurr
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 319p.,diags.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Written from a physiotherapy perspective, this begins by describing the theory underlying learning disability and its associated conditions. After examining the social policy developments that have influenced attitudes to learning disability, goes on to describes the causes and categorisation of learning disability, treatment of associated conditions with medication, and orthopaedic procedures. Examines issues of assessment, the multiprofessional structure within which assessment takes place and the communication skills it requires. Ends by describing different methods of treating and managing physical disabilities and improving the general health of learning-disabled people.
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.