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Having a say: helping people with learning disabilities participate in planning services
- Authors:
- EVANS John, (Producer), THOMAS Jeanette, (Author)
- Publisher:
- Learning Disability Wales
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- CD ROM
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Outlines the work of Learning Disability Wales (formerly SCOVO), the collective voice of the voluntary sector in Wales which promotes the right of children and adults with a learning disability to have valued lives.
Making connections: stories of local area co-ordination in Scotland
- Author:
- SCOTTISH CONSORTIUM FOR LEARNING DISABILITY
- Publisher:
- Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 35p.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
This booklet explains the local area coordination approach through stories provided by individuals and their families. These personal accounts show how good things happen when people have control of their own lives and futures and how Local Area Co-ordinators (LACs) can support people to make that happen.
Art as therapy: an effective way of promoting positive mental health?
- Author:
- HEENAN Deidre
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 21(2), March 2006, pp.179-191.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The aim of this study is to evaluate the contribution that creative arts can play in promoting positive mental health and well-being. The research is based on a case study of an innovative art therapy programme delivered by a community-based mental health organisation in Northern Ireland, as part of a supported recovery programme. The study reported here explored the experiences and perceptions of the service users through in-depth interviews and focus groups. The art as therapy course was credited with improvements in self-esteem and self-confidence. It provided a safe space for reflection on mental health issues. Participants described the programme as cathartic and a springboard for engagement in a wide range of further projects. It is concluded that this type of project which addresses mental health issues in a supportive, positive, non-clinical environment can encourage and facilitate empowerment and recovery through accessible creative programmes. However, to date these programmes are time-limited, small-scale and marginal to the approach adopted by statutory service providers.
The life experiences of adults with learning difficulties in England
- Authors:
- EMERSON Eric, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Community Connecting, 4, Spring 2006, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Community Connecting
This article briefly reports on the results of a survey which aimed to find out what life is like for adults with learning difficulties in England. The survey interviewed nearly 3,000 adults with learning difficulties.
The experience of health and wellness in mothers of young children with intellectual disabilities
- Authors:
- MACKEY Sandra, GODDARD Linda D.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 10(4), December 2006, pp.305-315.
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Place of publication:
- London
This interpretive research study examined the health and wellness of mothers who have a child with an intellectual disability aged 0–5 years. Interview data were collected from five women living in a rural Australian city, and analysed using qualitative techniques. The research revealed that the mothers' health is backgrounded in time, space and the physical body, because their horizon of awareness is directed toward the needs of the child with a disability.
Living with learning difficulties: Emma's story
- Authors:
- MANNERS Paula Jean, CARRUTHERS Emma
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 34(4), December 2006, pp.206-210.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This paper presents one persons story of living with learning difficulties. The emerging themes of loss, blame and anger are discussed.
Is your advocacy service up to scratch?
- Author:
- STEPHANELLI Hilary
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 20(2), November 2006, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Asist is a generic advocacy service which works with people with disabilities or mental health needs who live in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent. The author describes the monitoring system they have developed to streamline their advocacy service. The system uses a 20-question questionnaire to gather users' views about the service.
Service user involvement in service change and development in Assessment and Care Management
- Author:
- BANKS Lisa
- Journal article citation:
- Llais, 82, Winter 2006, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Learning Disability Wales
The author reports on a year long study of service users experiences of the Individual Care Plan process. The study was commissioned by Learning Disability Services in Swansea and carried out by Mencap Cymru's Swansea Participation Service (SPS). It involved fifty-eight people across eight day and
Moral positioning: service user experiences of challenging behaviour in learning disability services
- Author:
- STEVENS Martin
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 36(6), September 2006, pp.955-978.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Several studies have indicated the importance of challenging behaviour as a limiting factor on quality of life. This article presents the findings of research that aimed to investigate adults with learning disabilities’ understanding and experiences of what is perceived by staff and services to be challenging behaviour. This study was the final phase of research involving Interviews, group discussions and observations were carried out with twenty-six people with learning disabilities using social services’ residential and day services. Participants were able to articulate complex responses about challenging behaviour, which is characterized as a ‘moral web’: a complex network of antecedents, behaviours and consequences. Social care staff were seen by participants to play a key role: protecting people and ensuring that appropriate (negative) consequences were suffered by instigators of challenging behaviour. These findings are interpreted within a positioning theory perspective, suggesting the importance of understanding the ways that challenging behaviour is constructed through social interaction. Implications in the following areas are discussed: developing practice; the role of social care staff; and the study of challenging behaviour as a social phenomenon.
The views of children and young people with learning disabilities about the support they receive from social services: a review of consultations and methods
- Authors:
- KNIGHT Abigail, et al
- Publisher:
- University of London. Institute of Education. Thomas Coram Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 24p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report is intended to act as a resource for local authorities and others, to assist them in consulting young people with learning disabilities about the services they receive.