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Learning disabilities: the fundamental facts
- Authors:
- EMERSON Eric, HATTON Chris, FELCE David, MURPHY Glynis
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 56p.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- Rev. ed.
Practical text defining providing basic facts and statistics on people with learning difficulties, concepts of learning disability, community, health needs, service provision and its costs.
Case registers, trends and commissioning
- Author:
- RUSSELL Oliver
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 6(3), July 2001, pp.14-17.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Case registers have been around for over 30 years but have had a disappointingly small impact on service planning. Comments on the Leicestershire Learning Disability Register and the lessons that can be learned. Argues that commissioners and providers should take note of the future trends in prevalence which emerge from the study.
Including ADHD?
- Authors:
- LLOYD Gwynedd, NORRIS Claire
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 14(4), July 1999, pp.505-517.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article tries to make sense of the recent rise of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Britain by focussing on the contribution of the press, parents organisations, 'experts' and the drug companies, in the context of the current marketisation of education and health services. It draws on findings from a research project which studies press coverage of ADHD, and argues that the existence of active parents' organisations pushing for medical diagnosis and drug treatment for their children presents a challenge to thinking about inclusion.
Social services developments and the impact of the Children (NI) Order 1995: ... report on part III of a three year project entitled the social welfare of children and young people with disabilities in Northern Ireland
- Authors:
- MONTEITH Marina, COUSINS Wendy
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Queen's University of Belfast. Department of Social Work. Cent
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 70p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Part three of a research study on service provision for disabled children in Northern Ireland as they move to adulthood. In this report, service provision is re-examined eighteen months to two years after the implementation of the Children (NI) Order 1995, to identify changes and developments and to assess the initial impact of the Order.
Health care needs assessment: the epidemiologically based needs assessment reviews; part 19; people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- FELCE D., TAYLOR D., WRIGHT K
- Publisher:
- Radcliffe Medical Press
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 43p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
No. 19 in a series of booklets looking at health care needs in the population and using a triangular model of measurement for purchasers and providers of health services. Examines the prevalence and incidence of learning difficulty in the population, services available, effectiveness of services, models of care, outcome measures, targets, and research priorities.
Learning disabilities: the fundamental facts
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 44p.,diags.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Practical text defining providing basic facts and statistics on people with learning difficulties, their place in the community, and education and service provision as it currently stands.
The rich picture on people at end of life
- Author:
- MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT
- Publisher:
- Macmillan Cancer Support
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 60p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The ‘Rich Pictures’ are evidence-based summaries of the numbers, needs and experiences of different groupings within the 2 million people living with cancer in the UK. They contain a range of evidence and insight including how many people are within the group and what their typical needs and experiences are. This document provides information on people at the end of life. Over 561,000 people die in the UK every year and cancer is the cause of 28% of these deaths. Most people (63%) would prefer to die at home, but only 21% of them do so. The document summarises what is known about the needs and experiences of people at different stages of the end of life journey (terminal diagnosis, palliative treatment, approaching death, and death and bereavement). It also considers the sort of experiences people with cancer and their families experience at end of life. Three specialist themes are also considered: people with learning disabilities at the end of life; people at the end of life in prison; and children at the end of life.
A snapshop of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities using specialist disability services in Australia 2002
- Author:
- AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND WELFARE
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 28(3), September 2003, pp.297-304.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The Commonwealth/State Disability Agreement (CSDA) provides the arrangements whereby specialist disability support services are planned, funded and administered in Australia. The Commonwealth/State Disability Agreement Minimum Data Set (CSDA MDS) is a national collection of data conducted under the heads of government disability services throughout Australia. The data are collected on a single 'snapshot' day each year in May or June. Discusses the results of a data collection from 2002, including information about the users of disability support services and the service outlets that provide these services.
Special educational needs statistics and trends
- Author:
- MALE Dawn
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 3(3), July 1998, pp.40-45.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Outlines some of the recent changes in the pattern of provision for pupils with special educational needs (SEN), with particular emphasis on incidence, prevalence and placement. Key points which emerge from the summary are the increased inclusion in mainstream schools of pupils with SEN, the downward trend in the number of pupils being placed in special schools, the apparent trend towards a more multiply-disabled special school population, and a sharp increase in the number of pupils being excluded from mainstream education. In addition, there are indicators that the most severely intellectually disabled are the least likely to be included in mainstream school provision.
Key indicators 1997: graphical system; update
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 8 diskettes; booklet in pack.
- Place of publication:
- London
Pack containing eight floppy discs containing data on: demographic and social profiles; childrens services; adult services; services for older people; services for adults with disabilities or mental health problems; and unit costs. The content is laid out in four different graph types: ranked bar charts, line charts, scattergrams, and histograms. The pack includes a start up guide. Minimum systems requirements are: any IBM compatible machine with a 486 processor; 8MB of RAM; windows version 3.1 or later; and approximately 18MB of space.