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Skills for support: personal assistants and people with learning disabilitiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This paper is about how people get good support. This can happen when you have a direct payment, and you have your own personal assistant (PA). But you need to have a good PA, who knows how to communicate well. Two people with learning disabilities worked in the research team on this project. The team made videos of people with learning disabilities working with their PAs. It is important that the PA knows how to support you well. For instance, they should treat you with respect. This means that you can tell them what to do. They should talk to you like an adult, and listen to what you want. They should not rush you. A goo...
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities - November 20, 2009 Category: Disability Authors: Val Williams, Lisa Ponting, Kerrie Ford, Philippa Rudge Source Type: journals

Teaching methods and curriculum models used in Finland in the education of students diagnosed with having severe/profound intellectual disabilitiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
To find out what models for educational planning and which methods are currently in use with severely intellectually disabled students in Finland. Teaching praxis is based on small child's normal psychological development and behavioral analytic tradition. Ten years ago children diagnosed as having severe/profound intellectual disabilities were allowed to attend and study in Finnish comprehensive schools. The nationwide intensive developmental work for creating a curriculum for this group of students began earlier, in the 1980s.The aim of this study was to discover what types of models of curriculums and which teaching met...
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities - November 20, 2009 Category: Disability Authors: Elina K. Kontu, Raija A. Pirttimaa Source Type: journals

Detecting and treating depression in people with mild intellectual disability: the views of key stakeholdersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Some people with intellectual disability feel depressed and it is important that we find out about this early and that we try to help them. We asked some people with intellectual disability, some family and some staff about what depression is like and what sort of things led to depression in people with mild intellectual disability. The people we talked to told us that there are lots of things that might show that a person is depressed. For example, they may not want to do things, they may want to be by themselves, they may have tantrums or even hurt themselves. They also said there were lots of things that could help, lik...
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities - November 20, 2009 Category: Disability Authors: Jane A. McGillivray, Marita P. McCabe Source Type: journals

Making a difference. Visual health needs of people with a learning disabilityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article discusses the findings from a study to assess the impact of corrective eye treatment in adults with a learning disability. The Special Visual Assessment Clinic (SVAC) is an optometry led multi professional service delivered in a Resource Centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The study, which included user and carer input in its design, involved people with a learning disability (15), their family carers (21) and staff (12) in interviews, group discussions, completion of checklists and clinical audit. Findings revealed that prior to the SVAC taking place there was limited awareness of vision related problems amo...
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities - November 20, 2009 Category: Disability Authors: Anne McGlade, David Bickerstaff, Jennifer Lindsay, Roy McConkey, Jonathan Jackson Source Type: journals

Down syndrome health screening – the Fife modelEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
People with Down syndrome have their own health needs which may be different from those of the general population. We wanted to know if we could pick up these health needs by inviting people to a regular clinic We found that by coming to the clinic to have their health checked, some people found out about a health need that they might not have known about otherwise. People with Down syndrome have a greater risk of developing a range of health problems, including cardiac problems, thyroid disorders, sensory impairments, reduced muscle tone (hypotonia) and Alzheimer's disease. Despite this increased risk, regular screening...
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities - October 15, 2009 Category: Disability Authors: Jill Jones, Dorothy Hathaway, Mary Gilhooley, Amanda Leech, Susan MacLeod Source Type: journals

'My memory's back!' Inclusive learning disability research using ethics, oral history and digital storytellingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article is about how people with learning disabilities helped to produce a history about Australia's oldest and largest purpose-built institution for people with learning disabilities, Kew Cottages. The study uses oral history to empower people with learning disabilities to tell their stories in their own words. I believe that it is important for oral histories to be accessible for people with learning disabilities. So I used a new form of history-making, digital storytelling/histories, to produce a DVD using text, sounds and images. This research is important for people with learning disabilities because it explai...
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities - October 6, 2009 Category: Disability Authors: Corinne Manning Source Type: journals

Referrals to a learning disability social work team 1996 to 2005Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This research is about people with learning disabilities who were referred to the North Belfast social work team. There were 252 referrals between 1995 and 2005 but only 127 cases were closed. Over a third of the people being referred had behaviour problems. There were more people with autism referred in the second half of the 10 years. A fifth of the people who were referred only found out they had a learning disability when they were aged 16 or over. People with learning disabilities often have health problems but these were often not mentioned when people were referred. This research matters to people with learnin...
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities - October 6, 2009 Category: Disability Authors: Aine Morrison, David Bickerstaff, Brian J Taylor Source Type: journals

Being a member of a self-advocacy group: experiences of intellectually disabled peopleEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
People with intellectual disabilities talked about how it felt to be a member of a self-advocacy group. They felt their lives had improved and were more fulfilled as a result of being part of their self-advocacy group. It is important that people know how self advocacy groups help people with intellectual disabilities. A phenomenological methodology was used to explore the lived experiences of belonging to a self-advocacy group for people with intellectual disabilities. Thirteen persons with intellectual disabilities who attend three self-advocacy day centre based groups in a city in the west of Ireland were the sample ide...
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities - October 1, 2009 Category: Disability Authors: Ann Gilmartin, Eamonn Slevin Source Type: journals

Reducing health inequalities in Scotland: the involvement of people with learning disabilities as national health service reviewersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article reports on an NHS initiative to involve people with learning disabilities as 'expert patient' reviewers in national review teams, looking at the quality of inpatient and community services for people with learning disabilities. All 15 Health Boards in Scotland were reviewed, using a set of quality indicators. Details of the planning and support arrangements are reported. The success of the initiative was evaluated. This involvement of people with learning disabilities as reviewers of NHS services has tested traditional assumptions and challenged the power imbalance in patient-provider relationships. Recommend...
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities - August 27, 2009 Category: Disability Authors: Martin Campbell, Mike Martin Source Type: journals

The time and effort in taking care for children with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities: a study on care load and supportEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It is not easy for parents to care for a child with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD). But we do not know how much effort it actually takes. If we want to help the parents, it is good to understand what it is they need to do and how much time that takes. We asked parents with what basic care tasks they had to help their child. And how much time that took them. We also asked parents if they had help from friends and relatives. We also wanted to know if professionals could really help to make the lives of parents a bit easier. There were 133 parents who answered all those questions. What they told us was...
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities - August 16, 2009 Category: Disability Authors: Annemarie C. Tadema, Carla Vlaskamp Source Type: journals

Setting up and running a loss and bereavement support group for adults with learning disabilitiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We held a bereavement and loss group for people with learning disabilities. The group ran for 8 weeks and there were five adults who came to the group. The group helped people to share their feelings and experiences to help them cope with their bereavement. Following evidence based literature, the Birmingham Clinical Psychology Service for People with Learning Disabilities ran a Loss and Bereavement Psychotherapy Group. The group consisted of five adults with mild learning disabilities, who met for 8 consecutive weeks. This paper reports the process of setting up a bereavement group for people with learning disabilities,...
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities - August 15, 2009 Category: Disability Authors: Paul Boyden, Adele Freeman, Liz Offen Source Type: journals

Accessible article: involving people with learning disabilities in researchEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This is an article that talks about our research about sex and relationships for people with learning disabilities. It talks about how people with learning disabilities have been fully involved in the research. This is an article that talks about our research about sex and relationships for people with learning disabilities. (Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities)
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities - August 14, 2009 Category: Disability Authors: Ruth Garbutt, John Tattersall, Jo Dunn, Rachel Boycott-Garnett Source Type: journals

Obtaining the views of children and young people with autism spectrum disorders about their experience of daily life and social care supportEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Children with autism spectrum disorders (aged 7[ndash]18 years) were interviewed about their experience of living at home and in short term care. Parents and caregivers were also interviewed and, when the child had little or no speech, he or she was observed in both settings. Pictures and schedules were used to prompt the children but using them, or allowing parents to interrupt, sometimes made it difficult to be sure that the children's views were completely their own. It was also important to use questions that meant something to the children. The children were generally happy with their life at home. Those who went ...
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities - July 30, 2009 Category: Disability Authors: David Preece, Rita Jordan Source Type: journals

Residential carers' knowledge and attitudes towards physiotherapy interventions for adults with learning disabilitiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
When physiotherapists work with patients, they usually have to ask patients' carers to carry out the physiotherapy. Physiotherapy by carers is often not completed. Carers have lots of work to do with patients and physiotherapy is often a low priority for them. Interviews with carers showed that they want more follow-up and support from physiotherapists. Through the use of face-to-face interviews, this article explores residential carers' perceptions and understanding of a physiotherapy service provided to patients with a learning disability, with the aim of highlighting potential areas for improvement in the service. Carer...
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities - July 8, 2009 Category: Disability Authors: Stephen Stewart, Ruth Macha, Amy Hebblethwaite, Annette Hames Source Type: journals

Learning road safety skills in the classroomEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It is important for some disabled children to learn road safety skills. Practicing crossing the road in the classroom with photographs of the outside road helped a young disabled child improve his road safety skills. Improved road safety skills helped the child to be more independent and aware when crossing roads. This case study demonstrates the effectiveness of a classroom based learning programme in the acquisition of road safety skills. The participant, a child with severe learning disabilities, was taught road safety behaviours in the classroom with the aid of photograph cards. When he had mastered these skills in the...
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities - June 30, 2009 Category: Disability Authors: Freddy Jackson Brown, Duncan Gillard Source Type: journals

Investigating spontaneous attributions in mothers of individuals with intellectual disabilities and self-injurious behaviourEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Mothers had many different explanations of why their children with intellectual disabilities hurt themselves and often weren't hopeful that it would stop. Some of the mothers felt they could sometimes help with their children's behaviour and this helped with feelings of stress. Professionals helping people with intellectual disabilities who hurt themselves need to listen more to what their families think and feel. Mothers' attributions of self injurious behaviour (SIB) in their children with intellectual disability have been largely ignored. However, attributions may predict maternal well-being and engagement in treatment....
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities - June 24, 2009 Category: Disability Authors: Emma E. Drysdale, Andrew Jahoda, Elizabeth Campbell Source Type: journals

Working with primary care practices to improve service delivery for people with learning disabilities – a pilot studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study forms one strand of a three-part project to improve access to primary care. (Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities)
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities - May 29, 2009 Category: Disability Authors: Jenny Webb, Melanie Stanton Source Type: journals

Quality of life in group homes and older persons' homesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study provides some evidence to suggest that older people with an intellectual disability may be best served in intellectual disability homes rather than older people homes and that it is an area of research which needs further exploration. (Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities)
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities - May 28, 2009 Category: Disability Authors: Laura Higgins, Jim Mansell Source Type: journals

Systemic working in learning disability services: a UK wide surveyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article provides an overview of systemic therapy and reports findings from a UK wide survey of NHS learning disability services. A questionnaire was designed for the purposes of this study and distributed through a number of routes to attempt to reach all learning disability practitioners interested in systemic work. Two key recruitment routes were through electronic member lists of professional associations. Because of their data protection policies it was not possible to calculate response rates. In total 14 services took part, providing information regarding 55 clinicians who use this approach in learning disabilit...
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities - May 28, 2009 Category: Disability Authors: Gurpreet Kaur, Katrina Scior, Suzanne Wilson Source Type: journals

Fostering social engagement in Romanian children with communicative impairments: the experiences of newly trained practitioners of Intensive InteractionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article describes the benefits of using an intervention technique called 'Intensive Interaction' to make connections with children who are socially withdrawn because of communicative impairments. It summarises the accounts of 12 new trainees who used the technique while working as volunteers with abandoned, special needs children living in state care in Romania. The comments of the volunteers showed that they could identify improvements in the children's communicative abilities once they began to use Intensive Interaction. For example, the children looked at them more often, they were calmer, and they were more likely...
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities - May 5, 2009 Category: Disability Authors: M. Suzanne Zeedyk, Cliff Davies, Sarah Parry, Phoebe Caldwell Source Type: journals

Who? Where? What? When? Why? How? Question words – What do they mean?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This paper is about: A teaching program to help people with learning disabilities to understand the meanings of the question words who, where, what, when, why and how. Part of a research project which used question words to improve understanding about what is being read. Teaching the meanings of question words to help learners with disabilities to understand what is being read. This programme will show teachers how to help learners with disabilities to understand the meanings of question words. This research is important for learners with disabilities because understanding the meanings of question words will help them to: ...
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities - April 6, 2009 Category: Disability Authors: Michelle F. Morgan, Karen B. Moni, Anne Jobling Source Type: journals

Mental health services for people with intellectual disability: challenges to care deliveryEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This paper looks at how care is given to people with intellectual disability who have mental health problems. The paper looks at care since Valuing People came out in 2001. It shows there are not enough services for people with intellectual disability who have mental health problems. It shows there are not enough services for people who have autism and mental health problems. Lots of people feel that mainstream mental health services are not good enough for people with intellectual disability. Lots of people feel mainstream services could be better. The paper looks at how people can get help and support in their local...
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities - March 4, 2009 Category: Disability Authors: Eddie Chaplin, Jean O'Hara, Geraldine Holt, Nick Bouras Source Type: journals

'Views of professionals on aims and outcomes of transition for young people with learning disabilities'Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Leaving school can be difficult for many young people with learning disabilities. We wanted to know how teachers and support workers work together to make leaving school easier for young people with learning disabilities. Also, what do teachers think should be the next step for young people? Many young people want a job but when we asked teachers and support workers they said most people go to college and do not get a job. We asked teachers why this happens. The paper reports the findings of a study of professionals in strategic and operational positions who were involved in transition planning for young people with learni...
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities - March 3, 2009 Category: Disability Authors: Axel Kaehne, Stephen Beyer Source Type: journals

As the last resort: reducing the use of restrictive physical interventions using organisational approachesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Discussion of current policy and practice is followed by discussion of organisations' roles in relation to RPI reduction, with international comparisons. (Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities)
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities - March 3, 2009 Category: Disability Authors: Roy Deveau, Andrew McDonnell Source Type: journals

Comparison of adults with intellectual disabilities and mental health problems admitted to specialist and generic inpatient unitsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study aimed to compare the characteristics of service users with intellectual disabilities and mental health problems admitted to either a specialist or a generic inpatient unit in an area of South London. Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of consecutive admissions over a 5.5-year period were recorded using a questionnaire. Key differences in psychiatric diagnosis, residence type and discharge destination were found between individuals using generic and specialist provision. Length of stay was significantly longer for specialist unit admissions. Admissions to the specialist unit were significantly more li...
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities - March 2, 2009 Category: Disability Authors: C.P. Hemmings, J. O'Hara, J. McCarthy, G. Holt, F. Eoster, H. Costello, R. Hammond, K. Xenitidis, N. Bouras Source Type: journals

People with a learning disability as trainers: evaluation of a values based pilot training programmeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article will tell you how the trainers were trained and what they thought about it. One hundred and nineteen staff who attended the training were asked what they thought about it. Staff said they found it very useful because the trainers themselves had a learning disability. We also asked the trainers what they thought about being a trainer and they told us they have all learnt new skills. We want to tell people about the importance of training like this so that more people with a learning disability are helped to become trainers, and because staff and the public can learn a lot from them. This article presents the fi...
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities - March 2, 2009 Category: Disability Authors: Lesley-Ann Black, Paul Roberts Source Type: journals

Christine Noble's storyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Christine and her family have had intensive support into their home since February 2004. Initially it did not work because there were too many different people doing too many different things. Support was much better once the support team was smaller. With the additional support of her family and advocate, Christine has been able to successfully look after her children at home. Christine lives with her three children, Elizabeth, George and Louise. Following the unexpected death of her husband in December 2001, she has been offered practical support into the home, so that she can continue to look after her children. It has ...
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities - March 2, 2009 Category: Disability Authors: Annette Hames, Christine Noble Source Type: journals

Cross dressing and gender dysphoria in people with learning disabilities: a descriptive studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Some men with learning disability like to dress in women's clothes and some men want to be women. Some women with learning disability like to dress in men's clothes or want to be men. We found that many people like this had mental health problems. Some people were abused when they were children. Some people were gay. They were not happy about this. Many people could decide for themselves what support and treatment was best for them, but some people couldn't. We aimed to determine the characteristics of people with learning disability who cross-dress or who have gender dysphoria. Using a retrospective review of anonymised d...
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities - March 2, 2009 Category: Disability Authors: Georgina Parkes, Ian Hall, Daniel Wilson Source Type: journals

Better access to primary healthcare for adults with learning disabilities: evaluation of a group programme to improve knowledge and skillsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Many people with learning disability have poor health, compared with other people. Each person taking part in this study told their health story and set themselves health targets. Some of the things they learnt were: what to do when they are in pain; how to make appointments with the doctor; and how to make their needs clear when they are in the doctor's surgery. This research is important in helping people feel more confident when they visit their doctor, and in making it more likely that they are able to stay healthy. The health of people with learning disabilities is poor when compared with the general population but th...
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities - December 20, 2008 Category: Disability Authors: Jenny Webb, Melanie Stanton Source Type: journals

Differential diagnosis of dementia in the field of learning disabilities: a case studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As people get older, many are not able to move as quickly as they used to and many find it harder to think about how to sort their problems. Sometimes people develop what is called dementia. If someone has dementia then you may notice changes in their memory or how they behave. There are a few kinds of dementia [ndash] one is called Alzheimer's dementia; another is called vascular dementia; another is called Lewy Body dementia. If people have these illnesses they find that gradually they are not as able to do the things they used to. They may forget more things like people's names or how to make their tea. There are ot...
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities - December 14, 2008 Category: Disability Authors: Dorothy M. Bell, Allyson Turnbull, W. Bruce Kidd Source Type: journals

A pilot investigation into the efficacy of a signing training strategy for staff working with adults with intellectual disabilitiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We taught staff some useful signs to help them to communicate with people. We asked staff if they liked the different ways of teaching we used. We tested staff trained to see if they remembered the signs. We found out that: Trained staff could do the signs better than untrained staff. Staff who had been taught liked the different ways of teaching that we used. Only a few staff used the signs a lot when they were communicating with people. To contribute to increasing the quality and quantity of communication between staff and adults with intellectual disabilities, training was undertaken to enhance the awareness and kn...
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities - December 12, 2008 Category: Disability Authors: Darren D. Chadwick, Jane Jolliffe Source Type: journals

Staff attitudes towards the sexuality of people with learning disabilities: a comparison of different professional groups and residential facilitiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study asked 188 nurses and care staff what they thought about people with learning disabilities having relationships. Other studies found that care stuff often think that it is not okay for people with learning disabilities to have relationships. Studies have also found that staff do not think that it is okay for men to have relationships with other men. This study found that: Staff in the community were more likely than nursing home staff to think that it was okay for people with learning disabilities to have relationships. Staff with more training were likely to think that it was okay for people with learning disabi...
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities - December 12, 2008 Category: Disability Authors: Alan Grieve, Shona McLaren, William Lindsay, Ewan Culling Source Type: journals

Strengthening the social relationships of mothers with learning difficultiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Many mothers with learning difficulties want help with meeting people and making friends, and 'getting out and about' in their community. We worked with mothers with learning difficulties and family support workers to create a programme, the ASLP, to help mothers achieve their goals to get out and about in the community. This programme involves mothers meeting, talking and learning together over a 12-week period. Mothers also receive one to one support to work on their individual goals. We tested the programme with 32 mothers and most mothers achieved their goals and now feel better about themselves and more confident a...
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities - December 11, 2008 Category: Disability Authors: David McConnell, Allison Dalziel, Gwynnyth Llewellyn, Kathryn Laidlaw, Gabrielle Hindmarsh Source Type: journals

The experiences of children with learning disablilities, their carers and staff during a hospital admissionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study interviewed the carers of 13 children with learning disabilities admitted to hospital for a period longer than 24 h. Nursing staff and two children were also interviewed. Five themes were identified as having a significant impact: (i) child, carer and staff anxiety, (ii) preparedness for the admission, (iii) difficulties managing the child's behaviour, (iv) carer presence during the admission and (v) ward environment. This study presents edited responses from children, their carers and ward staff and identifies areas for service improvement. These include an emphasis on the value of emotional support, ensuring s...
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities - November 25, 2008 Category: Disability Authors: Freddy Jackson Brown, Jane Guvenir Source Type: journals

Isobel's images – one woman's experience of art therapyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Isobel is a woman with a mild learning disability who had art therapy for four years. She tells us how art therapy helped her to think about her feelings. She also tells us why the relationship with the art therapist was important. This paper matters because there may be other people with learning disabilities who would find art therapy helpful too. This paper explores the aims and purpose of long term art therapy. This is done by focusing on the experience of a woman with learning disabilities whom we have called Isobel White (pseudonym). In this paper we set out a theoretical context and then consider key aspects of the ...
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities - October 7, 2008 Category: Disability Authors: Isobel White, Stephanie Bull, Mary Beavis Source Type: journals

Do sexual offenders with learning disabilities benefit from sex offender treatment programmes?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article is about sex offender treatment programmes in prison. It compares the experience of sex offenders with and without a learning disability through the experience of a man who has been called Sam. It is much harder for an offender with learning disability to finish the programme. Different types of learning disability need different approaches. It will be much harder for an offender with learning disabilities to be released from prison because of changes in sentencing. This article discusses some of the clinical and practical issues in relation to sex offender treatment in prisons and compares, through the experi...
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities - August 19, 2008 Category: Disability Authors: Teresa Henson Source Type: journals

'May we please have sex tonight?'– people with learning difficulties pursuing privacy in residential group settingsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Everyone has the right to privacy and relationships. Some people who live in group homes are not allowed to be private with their partner. We will explain how this makes us feel. We will say what should change. Parts written in 'bold' font are in plain English. Read them to find out more. Many residential group settings for people with learning difficulties do not provide individuals with the private space in which they can explore their sexual relationships in a safe and dignified manner. Lack of agreed private spaces seriously infringes the individual's human rights. Many people with learning difficulties who lack privac...
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities - August 2, 2008 Category: Disability Authors: Andrea Hollomotz Source Type: journals

A manifesto for the use of video in service improvement and staff development in residential services for people with learning disabilitiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Staff often influence people with learning disabilities when they talk to them and when they answer them. For example, they might talk too quickly or they might use sentences that are too difficult. They might also miss what a person with learning disabilities is trying to say. We think residential services should make video recordings of staff and people with learning disabilities talking to each other so they can see how this happens. Videos could make staff better at offering choices and understanding what people think about things. Making video recordings needs to be done carefully; staff and people with learning d...
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities - July 27, 2008 Category: Disability Authors: W. Mick L. Finlay, Charles Antaki, Chris Walton Source Type: journals

A cognitive behavioural intervention for dental anxiety for people with learning disabilities: a case studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A lot of people worry about going to the dentist. Sometimes people aren't given a choice about the treatment they have at the dentist. We worked with somebody to help them feel better about going to the dentist. People can copy our work to help other people feel better going to the dentist. Dental anxiety is a common form of anxiety problem, and research suggests that more people with learning disabilities experience dental anxiety than in the general population. Very little work has been done to investigate effective non-medical approaches for supporting people with a learning disability and dental anxiety to access den...
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities - July 25, 2008 Category: Disability Authors: Simon J. Prangnell, Karen Green Source Type: journals

Copying letters to service users with learning disabilities: opinions of service users, carers and professionals working within learning disability servicesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The government has said that when a health professional writes a letter to other people about their treatment the person being treated (a patient or service user) should have a copy of this letter. We wanted to find out from service users, carers and staff in learning disability services what they thought about it. This has now been done and the results showed that we need to look at: Making sure service users know they have a right to receive copies of letters written about them. Working with service users and carers to make sure there are ways to help every service user choose what information they want, and how they wan...
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities - July 13, 2008 Category: Disability Authors: Toni Hovey, Claire Cheswick Source Type: journals

Copying letters to service users with learning disabilities: opinions of service users, carers and professionals working within learning disability servicesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
British Journal of Learning Disabilities, Volume 0, Issue 0, Page ???, OnlineEarly Articles. Accessible summaryThe government has said that when a health professional writes a letter to other people about their treatment the person being treated (a patient or service user) should have a copy of this letter. We wanted to find out from service ... (Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities)
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Resisting having learning disabilities by managing relative abilitiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
British Journal of Learning Disabilities, Volume 0, Issue 0, Page ???, OnlineEarly Articles. Accessible summary• People who attended a community centre for people with learning disabilities talked to researchers about the centre, their school and personal experiences.• The researchers were interested in what the people in the study said about ... (Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities)
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A Dual Aspect Process Model of Intensive InteractionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
British Journal of Learning Disabilities, Volume 0, Issue 0, Page ???, OnlineEarly Articles. Accessible summary• Intensive Interaction is a way of communicating sociably with people who have severe or profound learning disabilities and/or autism.• The writer of this paper thinks that some people may have different ideas why they do Intensive ... (Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities)
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We are Not StupidEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
British Journal of Learning Disabilities, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 144, June 2008. (Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities)
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From Dare I say … ? to I dare say: a case example illustrating the extension of the use of Talking Mats to people with learning disabilities who are able to speak well but unwilling to do soEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
British Journal of Learning Disabilities, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 122-127, June 2008. Accessible summary• Sometimes people are worried about saying things to staff even if they are usually good at talking.• Sometimes they think if they say something then someone might blame them.• It can help to use picture symbols to help you say what ... (Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities)
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Philippa RussellEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
British Journal of Learning Disabilities, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 81-83, June 2008. • Philippa Russell has a son with a learning disability.• She has been involved in lots of work and campaigns to make things better for people with learning disabilities.• Philippa believes people with learning disabilities and carers should work ... (Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities)
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EditorialEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
British Journal of Learning Disabilities, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 79-80, June 2008. (Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities)
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From Transmitted Deprivation to Social Exclusion: Policy, Poverty and ParentingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
British Journal of Learning Disabilities, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 145-146, June 2008. (Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities)
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Group treatment for men with learning disabilities who are at risk of sexually offending: themes arising from the four-stage model to offendingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
British Journal of Learning Disabilities, Volume 0, Issue 0, Page ???, OnlineEarly Articles. Accessible summary• This paper talks about a treatment group for men with learning disabilities who are at risk of sexual offending.• It looks at the four stages to sexual offending.• We looked at the experiences of some of the men who completed the ... (Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities)
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Commissioning services for people with learning disabilities in Scotland: linking evidence and practiceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
British Journal of Learning Disabilities, Volume 0, Issue 0, Page ???, OnlineEarly Articles. Accessible summary• This paper describes how guidance about good practice for commissioning services for people with learning disabilities was developed in Scotland.• Helping people with learning disabilities to live in their own homes or in other homely ... (Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities)
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