Working with People with Learning Disabilities
Systemic Approaches
Published on 29. March 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
XVIII, 308 pages
978-1-352-00536-3 (ISBN)
Description
This multi-disciplinary textbook provides a comprehensive guide for anyone working with people with learning disabilities. It considers how we can engage with people with learning disabilities and their networks of relationships. Throughout, the book demonstrates how theory can be applied to practice with a wide range of contemporary examples.
Each chapter is written by a key clinician or writer in this area, incorporating the disciplines of nursing, clinical psychology, and psychotherapy. The chapters also include summaries, reflective questions and explanations of key terms to reinforce themes and topics. The authors provide practical ideas for applying theory across agency contexts including inpatient hospital settings and explore the potential opportunities and future directions for the field.This is a must-read book for students who work with people with learning disabilities including nurses, psychologists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, psychiatrists and social workers.
Reviews / Votes
This volume weaves together the most critical work in systemic theory and practice, transforming the terrain of professional practice with people identified with learning disabilities. It offers an abundance of conceptual and practical resources for practitioners, researchers, communities, clients, and families. * Professor Sheila McNamee, Professor of Communication, University of New Hampshire, USA * A thought provoking text that encourages us all to work towards more effective ways of standing in solidarity with children, young people, men and women with learning disabilities. I would recommend reading, reflecting and acting on its contents. * Ruth Northway, Professor of Learning Disability Nursing, University of South Wales, UK * This book demonstrates how we might think of working in ways that emphasise the capacities of people with learning disabilities embracing innovative and enabling practices. This will be essential reading for anyone engaged in developing practice that understands disability as a fundamental concern of contemporary society. * Dan Goodley, Professor of Disability Studies and Education, University of Sheffield, UK *More details
Edition
1st ed. 2019
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
568 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-352-00536-3 (9781352005363)
DOI
10.26777/978-1-352-00537-0
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Victoria Jones | Mark Haydon-Laurelut
Working with People with Learning Disabilities
Systemic Approaches
E-Book
03/2019
Bloomsbury Academic
€64.99
Available for download
Victoria Jones | Mark Haydon-Laurelut
Working with People with Learning Disabilities
Systemic Approaches
E-Book
03/2019
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Academic
€35.49
Available for download
Persons
Victoria Jones is a Specialist Systemic Family Psychotherapist, Registered Nurse for People with Learning Disabilities and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Dr Mark Haydon-Laurelut is Senior Psychological Therapist Family and Systemic Psychotherapy/Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Portsmouth, UK
Content
What is Systemic?.- What is Social Construction and what does it Offer Learning Disability Scholarship and Practice?.- Understanding disabling barriers faced by people with learning difficulties: The social model and beyond.- Whose story is it anyway? A Narrative Approach to working with people affected by Learning Disabilities, their families and networks.- Beginning to Work Systemically: Working with Referrals.- Working in the Context of a Diagnosis: systemic practice and autistic spectrum conditions.- Systemic ideas in the context of working with children and families.- Evolving education (Psychology) Perspectives on Systemic Working.- Systemic Ideas and Positive Behaviour Support in a crisis service.- Working Systemically with Multi-Disciplinary Teams.- Using Systemic ideas in an in-patient setting.- Guide to a Good Day (G2GD) - A WRAP for People with Learning Disabilities and their Support Network.- When someone dies: Practices of witnessing and re-membering.- Systemic ideas in the context of supervision and reflective practice.- Evidence Based Practice, Practice Based Evidence and Warm Data.- Working systemically when you are not a qualified Family Therapist.- Ascribed Roles.- Applying the coordinated management of meaning.- Cultural Genograms.- Curiosity.- Diversity IS GRACE.- Engaging people with learning disabilities in family and network meetings.- From either/or to both/and.- Irreverence.- My restraint story.- Prejudices.- Reflecting conversations.- Reframing.- Relational Reflexivity