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Brook Advisory Centres: responding to the needs of young people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- FRASER Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Mencap News, 47, September 1994, pp.18-19.
Explains how the Brook Advisory Centres have developed sex education teaching strategies and published materials for young people with learning disabilities.
Socialising
- Authors:
- DAVIES Charlotte Aull, JENKINS Richard
- Journal article citation:
- Mencap News, 46, July 1994, pp.6-7.
Reports on a study of how people with learning disabilities experience their transition to adulthood, which focussed in particular on their social activities.
Mental retardation and adult women's perceptions of adolescent sexual abuse
- Authors:
- PODELL David M., KASTNER Joan, KASTNER Sheldon
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse and Neglect, 18(10), October 1994, pp.809-819.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Examines the effect of mental retardation and an adolescent girl's behaviour on adult women's perceptions of sexual abuse and the girl's responsibility.
Black perspectives on services for children in need
- Authors:
- CAESAR Gwen, PARCHMENT Marcia, BERRIDGE David
- Publisher:
- Barnardo's/National Children's Bureau
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 107p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report from a research study concentrating on 2 areas: specialist family placements for adolescents; and services for families with children who have learning disabilities. The aim was to obtain feedback from black and minority ethnic users of these services.
The social worker as appropriate adult under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
- Author:
- LITTLECHILD Brian
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 107p.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Practical text detailing the role of social workers as outlined in the 1991 Codes of Practice on the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.
Mental retardation, dementia, and the age of majority
- Author:
- BORTHWICK Chris
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 9(4), 1994, pp.519-531.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
DSM-III-R, the standard psychological diagnostic manual, distinguishes between 'mental retardation' and 'dementia' solely on the basis of age of onset. A similar clinical picture arising before the age of three constitutes one condition, one arising between the ages of 3 and 18 both conditions, and one arising after the age of 18 the other condition. The other criteria for the two conditions have little in common and are in some aspects contradictory. The question arises whether a condition with such protean presentation can be said to constitute an entity, and it is suggested that the category of 'mental retardation' be discarded in favour of descriptors that are both more precise and do not attempt the function of universal explanation for all behaviours.
Quality of life: perspectives and policies
- Editors:
- BALDWIN Sally, GODFREY Christine, PROPPER Carol
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 268p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Covers conceptual frameworks of quality of life, methodology - including Quality Adjusted Life Years -, empirical perspectives with various client groups, and policy issues.
Ambiguity and user involvement: issues arising in assessments for young people and their carers
- Author:
- DAY Peter R.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 24(5), October 1994, pp.577-596.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Reviews issues for service users and professional staff arising from contemporary community care policies emphasizing user involvement. Against the background of a key expression of these policies, the Disabled Persons' Act of 1986, methods of providing assessments involving young people with learning disabilities are analysed. Problems identified for further study included difficulties arising for young people due to lack of experience and immaturity, the low expectations of their parents or carers, problems arising from the culture of services and how assessments may be developed which provide seriously disabled users themselves with ways of expressing their wants and needs.
Taking a break: Liverpool's respite services for adult citizens with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- FLYNN Margaret, et al
- Publisher:
- National Development Team
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 59p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Review of respite services provided by Liverpool SSD for children, young people and adults with learning difficulties. Based on interviews with users, carers, service providers and staff.
Social work in the Netherlands: current developments
- Editors:
- HESSER Karl-Ernst H., KOOLE Wibo
- Publisher:
- Hogeschool van Amsterdam. Faculty of Social Work
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 127p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Amsterdam
Introduces social work in the Netherlands and goes on to look at: social work and drug addiction - the Amsterdam model; female social work or gender-specific social work with women and girls; gender-specific social work with men and boys; the office for children of drug addicted parents; Opstap, a preventive home based programme; social work with people with learning difficulties, older people, migrants, people with mental health problems, and young people; AIDS prevention; community development; child welfare; and an overview of social work education in the Netherlands.