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How responsive is your service?
- Author:
- DOWSON Steve
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 7(2), October 1993, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Describes a framework for examining the responses of services to changing user needs and preferences.
A need-to-know issue
- Author:
- MARCHANT Catriona
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 28.10.93, 1993, p.11.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Sex education for young people with learning difficulties can still be very much a taboo subject for social workers, carers and parents. Discusses how the personal and sexual relationship needs of these young adults can be met.
What comes first?
- Author:
- MARCHANT Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 15.7.93, 1993, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Mark Hazel, a man with learning difficulties challenged Avon SSD's assessment of his needs in the courts and won. Investigates what needs are and what was offered to him.
Tailor-made for the job
- Author:
- COX Yvonne
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 2.6.93, 1993, p.66.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Argues that one profession, trained exclusively in the area of learning disability is best placed to meet the specific needs of people with learning disabilities.
Challenging behaviour - what are the training needs?
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 6(4), April 1993, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Brief notes summarising the findings of an English Nursing Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting study into the education and training opportunities for staff working with people with learning difficulties who exhibit challenging behaviour and/or have an associated mental illness.
Assessment of the housing requirements of people with special needs over the next decade
- Authors:
- NATIONAL FEDERATION OF HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS, OFFICE FOR PUBLIC MANAGEMENT
- Publisher:
- National Federation of Housing Associations/Office for Public Management
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 33p.,tables,diags.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Thirty years of change: children with special educational needs
- Author:
- WOLFENDALE Sheila
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Society, 7(1), 1993, pp.82-94.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
With reference to reports and educational legislation as key markers, traces developments in special educational needs over 30 years. The terms 'special educational needs' and 'needs' are critically appraised, the effects and impact of reports is examined and two notably significant areas are singled out to chart change over time, namely, working with parents and integration. Finally, the notion of shared responsibility is outlined as a formula for ensuring policy and maintaining provision for special educational needs.
Spiritual needs of people with dementia
- Editors:
- SHAMY Eileen., HARRISON Avril
- Publisher:
- University of Stirling. Dementia Services Development Centre
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 29p.
- Place of publication:
- Stirling
This report, edited from transcripts of two seminars led by a Methodist Minister from New Zealand with a pastoral ministry to people with dementia, begins to address the neglected area of their spiritual needs.
Making a bid for fair play
- Author:
- PARSLOE Phyllida
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 5.8.93, 1993, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Flaws in the community care complaints procedure have been exposed through the case of Mark Hazell, the man with learning difficulties who fought against Avon County Council in the High Court to obtain the residential care of his choice. The chairperson of the review panel which twice supported his case identifies the inadequacies of the system and believes that procedures are loaded against the user; and that few people would have the persistence to get their case to judicial review as in this case. Identifies weaknesses of the panels as including the fact that they can only consider the individual case in question and cannot question local authority policy or make comparisons with other clients, they have no decision making powers and recommendations can be acted on or thrown out by the social services director. Concludes that there is much to be done with the Act if the aim is to empower users and carers.
Successful community care requires well trained staff
- Author:
- MALIN Nigel
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 6(4), April 1993, pp.20-22.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Summarises the findings of a series of conferences organised by CCETSW Northern Region into the training needs arising out of the community care legislation for staff serving people with learning difficulties. Concludes that the new policy will only be successful if training needs are properly assessed and staff appropriately trained to meet them.