A-Z of Learning Disability
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
'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, UKMore details
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Content
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.