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Students with disabilities, learning difficulties and disadvantages: policies, statistics and indicators: 2007
- Author:
- ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT
- Publisher:
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 234p., tables
- Place of publication:
- Paris
This book provides an internationally comparable set of indicators on educational provision for students with disabilities, learning difficulties and disadvantages (DDD). It highlights the number of students involved, where they are educated – special schools, special classes or regular classes – and in what phases of education – pre-primary, primary, lower secondary and upper secondary education. It also includes information on the physical provision and on student/teacher ratios and discusses policy implications concerning special education. This new edition also presents for the first time trends in the data for students with DDD from 1999 to 2003. This edition presents new quantitative and qualitative data for the school year 2002-03 in the following OECD countries : Belgium (Flemish and French Communities.), the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Japan, Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland, the Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom (England) and the United States and in the non-member economy Chile.
Inspection of services for people with physical or sensory impairments: Trafford Council: April 2007
- Authors:
- TALBOT Sue, et al
- Publisher:
- Commission for Social Care Inspection. North West
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 31p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Learning disability: physical therapy, treatment and management: a collaborative approach
- Editors:
- RENNIE Jeanette, (ed.)
- Publisher:
- John Wiley and Sons
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 355p.
- Place of publication:
- Chichester
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
Most learning disability literature focuses on psychiatry, education and behaviour. This book, written by a physiotherapist, examines the effect of these aspects along with neurological deficits on physical ability. It is a fully updated, and better referenced, version of the text written for health professionals working with people (primarily adults) who have learning disabilities. It provides an overview of the diverse approaches to treatment and management issues, as well as methods to help service users achieve rehabilitation aims, including the usage of non-healthcare facilities. The book is divided into three main sections: underlying theory; assessment; and practical methods of physical treatment and management. The latter covering: postural care, managing severe physical disability, hydrotherapy, riding; group therapy, sport, and complementary therapy.
Pregnancy and disability: RCN guide for midwives and nurses
- Author:
- ROYAL COLLEGE OF NURSING
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Nursing
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 29p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Midwives and nurses have welcomed the publication which will help them to provide high quality, client-led care for disabled women during pregnancy, birth and beyond. The author, herself a disabled mother, writes with the authority of long experience gained in pioneering and running the first specialist midwifery service for disabled women at a large women’s hospital. With her collaborators she gives a thorough description of how others can deliver the kind of service that meets the needs of disabled women by seeing the woman first and her impairment second. The complex issues of what it means to be disabled, with relevant statistics, are discussed in full. The legal background to disability discrimination is well covered, highlighting the new Disability Equality Duty - all public sector pregnancy supplement organisations including the NHS are now positively required to promote equality for disabled people. Case studies of the four broad categories of disability – physical, sensory, learning and long-term mental illness – illustrate vividly the issues for health care workers. These will assist midwives and nurses to consider and plan in advance with disabled clients how their particular needs can be accommodated, working with other agencies and professionals where appropriate.
A small matter of equality: living with restricted growth
- Authors:
- SHAKESPEARE Tom, WRIGHT Michael, THOMPSON Sue
- Publisher:
- Restricted Growth Association
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 72p.
- Place of publication:
- Yeovil
Adults with restricted growth, or dwarfism, are far more disabled by social barriers and by medical problems than has previously been realised, according to this report. A team of researchers at Newcastle University, led by sociologist Dr Tom Shakespeare and geneticist Dr Michael Wright, conducted the three-year study, which was managed by the Restricted Growth Association. The study is the largest research project of its kind to have been carried out into the quality of life of adults affected by conditions that cause restricted growth. Restricted Growth affects approximately one in 10,000 births each year. Some 75 per cent of individuals born with restricted growth conditions are born to two parents of average height. One of the key findings of the study was that almost all restricted growth people suffer unwanted public attention. Some 97 per cent of respondents said they have experienced name calling, while others cited problems with abuse including mockery, and sometimes even physical violence.
Inspection of services for people with physical or sensory impairment: London Borough of Barnet: July 2007
- Authors:
- HAMPTON Lynn, et al
- Publisher:
- Commission for Social Care Inspection
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 29p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Joint inspection of services for people with physical or sensory impairments: Liverpool: January 2007
- Authors:
- CLARK Jan, et al
- Publisher:
- Commission for Social Care Inspection; Healthcare Commission
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 29p.
- Place of publication:
- Nottingham
Scottish Executive response to recommendations made in the report 'Moving forward: review of NHS wheelchair and seating services in Scotland'
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive.
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 25p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The Scottish Executive welcomes the independent Review of the NHS Wheelchair and Seating Service, 'Moving Forward – Review of NHS Wheelchair and Seating Services in Scotland: March 2006', as a comprehensive critique of existing services from the viewpoint of users and carers. The Executive’s response addresses the 40 recommendations. A number of linked/parallel policy initiatives which support the implementation of recommendations have also been identified.
Multicultural aspects of disabilities: a guide to understanding and assisting minorities in the rehabilitation process
- Author:
- BRYAN Willie V.
- Publisher:
- Charles C. Thomas
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 336p.
- Place of publication:
- Springfield, IL
The most diverse minority group and the largest minority group are persons with disabilities, yet they are not often thought of as either a minority group or a cultural group. The purpose of this book, therefore, is to discuss the need for rehabilitation helping professionals as well as other helping professionals to understand and consider cultural diversity as a factor in the rehabilitation helping process. The book is divided into two parts. Part One, Disabilities, sets the stage for understanding what disabilities are, the impact of having a disability, discrimination that persons with disabilities encounter, discrimination that persons encounter as a member of a racial and/or ethnic group, and the impact of dual discrimination of being a minority person with a disability. Part Two, Disability and Multiculturalism, takes a look at each of the major racial and/or ethnic groups (African American, Asian Pacific American, Hispanic/Latino American, Native American) as well as women and the elderly and the impact of having a disability. Additionally, ways of effectively helping persons with disabilities who are from a racial and/or ethnic minority background are presented. This excellent resource will serve as a primary or supplemental text for vocational rehabilitation training programs, social work programs, as well as other social service programs which train helping professionals.
Evaluation of residential training provision
- Authors:
- GRIFFITHS Rita, DURKIN Stuart, MITCHELL Alison
- Publisher:
- Corporate Document Services; Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 117p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
Residential training is an employment programme designed to help long-term unemployed adults with disabilities and serious health conditions who are unable to access suitable local training to move off benefits into sustained employment or self-employment. This evaluation looks at the effectiveness of the programme.