Overview

If you are looking for an incisive overview of current thinking and practice in the field of learning disabilities, then this is the book for you. Written by a highly experienced team of authors, this handy pocket-sized guide succinctly captures the fundamental ideas in policy and practice that currently dominate the field of learning disabilities. With a strong grounding in ethics and values, the book focuses on the experience of people with learning disabilities through examination of topics such as discrimination, communication and assistive technology, as well as promoting readers' understanding of key areas such as care planning, accommodation and application of the Human Rights Act 1998. With explicit 'Implications for Practice' points and extensive signposting to further reading, A-Z of Learning Disabilities is an essential resource not only for students and practitioners in learning disability nursing or social work, but also teachers, policymakers, families and anyone who lives with, or whose work brings them into contact with, people who have learning disabilities.

Full Product Details

Author:   Angela Olsen (University of Salford, Salford) ,  Dan Redfearn (University of Salford, UK) ,  Andrea Pepe (University of Salford, Salford)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Red Globe Press
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
Dimensions:   Width: 12.20cm , Height: 0.60cm , Length: 20.20cm
Weight:   0.520kg
ISBN:  

9781137471208

ISBN 10:   1137471204
Pages:   228
Publication Date:   07 October 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1. Accommodating and Housing 2. Advocacy 3. Adult Placement 4. Ageing 5. Angelman's Syndrome 6. Assessment 7. Assistive Technology 8. Autistic Spectrum 9. Behavioural Approaches 10. Care Planning 11. Cerebral Palsy 13. Charities and Voluntary Agencies 14. Childhood 15. Citizenship 16. Communication and Accessible Information 17. Consent and Capacity 18. Cornelia De Lange Syndrome 19. Ciri De Chat Syndrome 20. Criminal Justice and Forensic Services 21. Day Services 22. Dementias 23. Discrimination 24. Down Syndrome 25. Education 26. Employment 27. Empowerment 28. Epilepsy 29. Ethnicity 30. Fragile X 31. Grief and Loss 32. Hate Crime 33. Health Care Services and Health Inequalities 34. Human Rights and Disability Rights Movement 35. Inclusion 36. International Perspectives 37. Interprofessional Practice 38. Legislation 39. Maternity and Parenting 40. Media Representation 41. Mental Health 42. Models of Disability 43. Philosophical Approaches 44. Parents and Siblings 45. Partnership Working 46. Patau Syndrome 47. Person-Centred Approaches 48. Personalization and Care Planning 49. Phenylketonuria 50. PMLD 51. Prader Willi Syndrome 52. Professional practice 53. Research 54. Restrictive Practice 55. Rett Syndrome 56. Risk 57. Safeguarding 58. Sensory Disabilities 59. Serious Case Reviews 60. Sexuality 61. Short Breaks and Respite Care 62. Social Care Services 63. Spirituality 64. Terminology and History 65. Transition Planning 66. Valuing People 67. Williams Syndrome.

Reviews

'The style of this book, the range of topics it covers and its ability to appeal to a range of readers from across disciplines and fields of practice makes it a very valuable contribution to the literature. I would recommend it to colleagues, practitioners and students.' - Dr Neil James, Senior Lecturer in Learning Disability Nursing, University of East Anglia, UK

Author Information

Angela Olsen, Andrea Pepe and Dan Redfearn are lecturers at the University of Salford, UK. They teach across nursing and social work programmes, and deliver the Integrated Practice in Learning Disabilities Nursing and Social Work course.

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