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Having a voice: involving people with learning difficulties in research
- Authors:
- MINKES John, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 23(3), 1995, pp.94-97.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Advocates involving people with learning difficulties at every stage of the research process. Describes several pieces of work, carried out by or with the support of staff at Norah Fry, which illustrate the Centre's attempts to put this principle into practice. It is argued that the end result is better research, which is of more direct benefit to people with learning difficulties.
Room for improvement
- Authors:
- ROBINSON Carole, MINKES John, WESTON Clive
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.7.93, 1993, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Research by the authors' into six geographically dispersed local authority homes providing short-term care for children with learning difficulties revealed that although the quality of physical and emotional care the children received was consistently high, few staff have implemented key principles of the Children Act; such as a requirement that children who are accommodated should have a comprehensive child care plan written in consultation with parents and the child. Recommends that services need to be more child-centred and ethnically sensitive and that this may be achieved through training and access to relevant information.