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Skin of hate, skin of love
- Author:
- WOOD Peter C.
- Journal article citation:
- Psychoanalytic Social Work, 21(1-2), 2014, pp.133-148.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
While skin can be expressive of self-representation, skin can also be the origin of self-representations and of particular problems in self-representation. In the case described the patient is born with a congenital, severe skin disorder and the significant part that skin has played in a four-year psychoanalysis is described. The article then focuses on one function of skin, that of containment, and relates this containment function to the patient's sense of herself and to thoughts about psychoanalytic work. (Edited publisher abstract)
African and Caribbean Disablement Association (ACDA)
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- New Bulletin, March 2007, p.24.
- Publisher:
- Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation
This article profiles the work of the African and Caribbean Disablement Association, a small charity based in the London Borough of Waltham Forest and managed by African and Caribbean disabled people. The charity offers a unique support service and arranges events.
An integrated system for care
- Author:
- BURKE Kath
- Journal article citation:
- Local Government Chronicle, 21.09.06, 2006, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Emap Business
Durham has streamlined care services with the introduction of a groundbreaking computer system. This article looks at the system which helps to facilitate seamless care for older people and people with physical disabilities by joining up 10 care teams over 4 localities.
It's fantastic!
- Author:
- LEDWIDGE Jim
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.02.06, 2006, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
This article describes an innovative large supported housing scheme in Bradford which demonstrates that the extra care housing is not just for older people. It can work well for severely disabled adults under pension age and can be a genuine alternative to residential care. The author illustrates how the right environment and support reduces levels of dependency and reduces the need for intensive packages of care.
Not just a game
- Author:
- STANISTREET Paul
- Journal article citation:
- Adults Learning, 16(8), April 2005, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Adult Continuing Education
Reports on Everton's disability football programme.
Using the Assessment of Motor and Process Skills as part of the diagnostic process in an inner-city learning disability service
- Authors:
- MESA Sue, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 77(4), 2014, pp.170-173.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Learning disability is characterised by significant impairment of both intellectual function and social and adaptive function, with onset before adulthood, and yet social and adaptive function is often omitted from assessment processes. This practice analysis explores the feasibility of administering the Assessment of Motor and Process Skills to assess adaptive function (alongside the assessment of intellectual function) as part of the diagnostic process for people with a learning disability. After a 2-year period, scores for the two assessments were correlated and a low level of correlation was found. Findings suggested that the Assessment of Motor and Process Skills should continue to be used as part of the diagnostic process alongside assessments of intellectual function, because assessment of intellectual function alone does not predict adaptive function and cannot be relied on for diagnosis of learning disability; doing so would ensure that practice was evidence based. (Edited publisher abstract)
Good sports
- Author:
- PENFOLD Julie
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, 13(5), September/October 2013, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Sports Buddy is a new initiative in West Yorkshire that aims to help people with learning and physical disabilities to become more active with the short-term help of a non-disabled sports buddy. The scheme is funded by Kirkless Council's community partnerships department and is being delivered by two charities - the Communities United project and the Meltham Sports and Community Group.This article explains how the scheme works. (Edited publisher abstract)
Empowering women with chronic, physical disabilities: a pedagogical/experiential group model
- Authors:
- VAIL Svetlana, XENAKIS Nancy
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Health Care, 46(1), 2007, pp.67-87.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Past research on group work in the hospital setting has focused on traditional psycho-educational support group models. This article describes an effective group model developed in the Initiative for Women with Disabilities, a hospital-based outpatient program for women with chronic physical illnesses or conditions in the United States. The group model integrates concepts of humanistic and self-psychology with pedagogical methods and experiential learning. A Women's Writing group and Women's Assertiveness group each with 10 sessions were designed and conducted according to this model. The group leader presented as a pedagogue and self-object that created a group experience that affirms humanistic values and fosters self-growth, socialization, and interpersonal change. The results of a self-administered survey suggest that the participants responded favourably to the format, structure and content of the groups, skills learned, and the identification of past and present issues. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
The facilitators
- Author:
- GARBODEN Mary
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.2.07, 2007, p.28.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The Nottingham project 'Changing Place' enables those with severe disabilities to use the public facilities most of us take for granted. The team designed a disabled toilet facility for public places such as shopping centres and hospitals, to raise awareness of the lack of available and suitable facilities.
An advocate for care
- Author:
- OXTOBY Kathy
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 1.08.06, 2006, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
The author explains the development of a disability nurse specialist, whose post was developed to improve the hospital experience of people with disabilities and the nurses caring for them.