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Learning tools
- Authors:
- WIGGIN Christa, JAMES Judy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 4.8.94, 1994, p.30.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
People with learning difficulties have been called upon by Wiltshire SSD to help make council documents user-friendly. Reports on the success of involving them in the provision of information.
Who's putting the squeeze on services
- Author:
- HOLMAN Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 8(2), October 1994, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Looks at the strangleholds preventing the growth of quality services for people with learning difficulties: the financial stranglehold; the complaints and registration stranglehold; the stranglehold of public opinion; the stranglehold of services attitude.
A communication perspective
- Author:
- WETHERED Chris
- Journal article citation:
- Mencap News, 47, September 1994, pp.14-15.
Communication is a problem for most people who have learning difficulties. Explains how carer expectations and feedback are the keys to improving clients' communication skills.
Obstacles in the professional human service culture to implementation of social role valorization and community integration of clients
- Authors:
- WOLFENSBERGER Wolf, THOMAS Susan
- Journal article citation:
- Care in Place the International Journal of Networks and Community, 1(1), March 1994, pp.53-56.
Looks at the obstacles to the application of Social Role Valorization (SRV) by human services professionals.
A commentary on 'Obstacles in the professional human service culture to implementation of social role valorization and community integration of clients'
- Author:
- NEWNES Craig
- Journal article citation:
- Care in Place the International Journal of Networks and Community, 1(1), March 1994, pp.57-64.
Response to Wolfsenberger and Thomas on the obstacles which prevent human service professionals applying Social Role Valorization (SRV).
Life history: the impact of a changing service provision on an individual with learning disabilities
- Author:
- DI TERLIZZI Michele
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 9(4), 1994, pp.501-517.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The life history of a woman with learning disabilities and severe challenging behaviour is reconstructed with the purpose of identifying the major events during 30 years of her life in institutions. She has no verbal or other means of communication and the study relied on information gathered during interviews with her parents and of previous services members of staff. The description of residential and educational environments provides a background to evaluate the impact of transitions and associated changes in service provision. The discussion adopts a longitudinal approach to identify the combined action of opportunities, support and significant life events on her quality of life. The analysis investigates the relationship between her reported levels of participation and problem behaviours over time.
Finding a future
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 3.11.94, 1994, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Earlier this year People First inspected the closure and resettlement programmes in the London boroughs of Sutton and Haringey for people with learning difficulties. Looks at the choices they are given as they are moved out into the community.
Into the community: a comparison of care management and traditional approaches to resettlement
- Authors:
- HIGGINS Ray, RICHARDSON Ann
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 28(3), September 1994, pp.221-235.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The resettlement of people with learning disabilities from long-stay hospitals has been under way for a number of years in England. This process has generally been dominated by the exigencies of the available services. A needs-led approach, emphasized in recent community care legislation, in which new services are sought on the basis of the specific requirements of services users, has been used infrequently for this purpose. Compares the process of implementing a needs-led care management approach to resettlement with the implementation of a more traditional service-led approach. It also suggests some important lessons for the application of a needs-led approach to hospital resettlement.
Canadian specific
- Author:
- ROSE Steven
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 31.3.94, 1994, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Despite changes to encourage self advocacy and user involvement in services most disabled people remain the passive recipients of services which have been assessed by others. Explains how, in Canada, service brokerage and individualised funding has given people with learning difficulties control over their situation, enabling them to satisfy their needs as they see fit.
Services for people with learning difficulties - balancing the interests of users, their families and service providers
- Authors:
- WALKER Carol, WALKER Alan, RYAN Tony
- Journal article citation:
- Social Services Research, 1 1994, 1994, pp.10-19.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Looks at the findings of research funded by the North Western Regional Health Authority, which examines the quality of life of 102 people with learning difficulties who moved out of three large long-stay mental handicap hospitals into shared housing in the community. The article focuses on the issues that arise when conducting research with people with learning difficulties and their close family.