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Shifting up a gear
- Author:
- SNELL Janet
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.07.07, 2007, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Many partnership boards for people with learning disabilities have focused on ensuring users are fully involved but the best ones are really changing people's lives. This article looks at how to do things better and highlights some examples of good practice.
Multi-agency inspection of services for people with learning disabilities in Ayrshire: accessible summary
- Author:
- SOCIAL WORK INSPECTION AGENCY
- Publisher:
- Social Work Inspection Agency
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 19p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
An accessible summary of a report of services for people with learning disabilities in North Ayrshire, East Ayrshire and South Ayrshire is presented. The inspection looked at services for people with learning disabilities and their families in each of the three areas and covered services provided by the local council, particularly social work and education, the NHS, and others such as Strathclyde Police. The team of people that came to Ayrshire to check up on how good services were for people with learning disabilities included people with learning disabilities and family carers.
Voices talk, hands write: sustaining community publishing with people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- POLLARD Nick
- Journal article citation:
- Groupwork, 17(2), 2007, pp.51-73.
- Publisher:
- Whiting and Birch
People with learning difficulties are generally a marginalised section of the community whose care environment often segregates them from other people. One way of broaching this invisibility is by developing a writing and publishing group which can present at community events and may be a means of educating others. However, such groups can be difficult to sustain. This article explores the origin and continuing development of a community publishing project with people with learning difficulties in Grimsby. Taking account of the difficulties of recording community based action, it reviews the outcomes 3 years after the initial set up project ceased.
Partnership boards must make more effort to consult people with communications difficulties
- Author:
- BAMFORTH Tony
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 21(1), 2007, pp.22-24.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Partnership boards often only pay lip service to consulting vulnerable people. The author looks at how proper consultation should be done. The article draws on work at the Leeds Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
Voluntary inspiration
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Viewpoint, July 2007, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Mencap/Gateway
This article looks at the experiences of two people with learning disabilities who have secured places on the national volunteering advisory board v20. One of the volunteers talks about what he has learned from his involvement on the board.
Planning by the people
- Author:
- WILLIIAMS Corin
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 12.07.07, 2007, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Four local authorities - London Borough of Greenwich, Norfolk, Rotherham and Wiltshire - were awarded beacon status last year for their learning disability services. The author looks at how putting users at the centre of their operations was crucial to them winning the award.
Including everyone in research: the Burton Street Research Group
- Authors:
- ABEL Simon, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 35(2), June 2007, pp.121-124.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The authors talk about what it is like to be a group of people with and without learning disabilities researching together. They describe the process of starting and maintaining the research group and reflect on the obstacles that they have come across, and the rewards such research can bring. The authors then put forward some ideas about the role of professionals in such a group.
Capacity of people with intellectual disabilities to consent to take part in a research study
- Authors:
- DYE Linda, HARE Dougal Julian, HENDY Steve
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 20(2), March 2007, pp.168-174.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Within the context of current legislation relating to mental capacity in adults, the capacity of people with intellectual disabilities to consent to take part in research studies and the impact of different forms of information provision was experimentally investigated. A questionnaire measure of ability to consent to take part in this research study was administered individually to participants. A total of 102 participants with intellectual disabilities were recruited from three day services for adults with intellectual disabilities. Consent information appertaining to taking part in an actual research project was presented to participants and their capacity assessed using a questionnaire. Three experimental conditions were used: Control (n = 34) – consent information was presented followed by the questionnaire; Section (n = 34) – consent information was broken into sections and the appropriate questions were asked following each section; Photograph (n = 34) – consent information was accompanied by six colour photographs, followed by the questionnaire. Participants also completed measures of memory ability, verbal ability and non-verbal problem-solving ability. Seventeen participants withdrew from the study at some point. Of the remaining 85 participants, no significant differences in ability to consent scores were found between the experimental conditions. Using this measure, only five participants (5.9%) were deemed able to consent, i.e. scored the minimum required on each aspect of consent. The validity and usefulness of the current dichotomous concept of consent is challenged as only a small proportion of participants were deemed able to consent.
Dramatizing physical education: using drama in research
- Author:
- FITZGERALD Hayley
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 35(4), December 2007, pp.253-260.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Using drama in research means people who communicate in different ways can take part in research. This article discusses a research project that adopted a number of data generation strategies, including a drama pilot project. The article focuses on the drama pilot project by reviewing the processes involved in working with drama as a research approach. Issues concerning the process of transcription and the competing discourses of research and engaging in a creative performance are discussed. A number of challenges encountered in the drama pilot are also identified, but the author argues that the technique remains a worthwhile and relevant strategy for engaging with many students, including those experiencing severe learning disabilities.
Obtaining consent to participate in research: the issues involved in including people with a range of learning and communication disabilities
- Authors:
- CAMERON Lois, MURPHY Joan
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 35(2), June 2007, pp.113-120.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Research in the field of learning disability presents particular ethical challenges when obtaining consent from participants. This is further exacerbated when the nature of the research requires participation at all ability levels and involves people with communication impairments. The process of obtaining consent in a research study with 48 participants at four levels of comprehension ability is discussed in this paper. Participants were recruited from one Scottish Health Board covering three council areas. The specific issues of recruitment, seeking consent, ongoing consent and feedback are detailed as are the adaptations made in this project to research methodology and the accessible methods of communication employed. Implications for researchers and future directions for further studies are presented.