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Looking after my balls

01 November 2004

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

The Books Beyond Words series has proved to be an excellent resource for me and I regularly use the Keeping Healthy Down Below and Looking After my Breasts books...

making a difference

01 February 2004

Learning Disability Practice

A&S Science

In June 2000 I wrote an article for this journal titled ‘Pioneering spirit’ (LDP 2000, 3, 1, 4-8). I was inspired by reading an article by Pearson et al (1998),...

Disability, Counselling and Psychotherapy

01 April 2003

Learning Disability Practice

Resources

I found the psychoanalytical approach in this book difficult to interpret at times and not at all easy to read. This book could provide teams of professionals with...

Don’t Cop That (interactive CD on crime prevention)

01 June 2006

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

St Wilfrid’s Drop-in Day Centre in association with South Yorkshire police have produced this interactive CD on crime prevention and have worked closely with two...

Your Guide to Advocacy

01 April 2006

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

Advocacy has been talked about for many years. How many of our service users completely understood the process and then received support from an independent advocate...

My pregnancy my choice

01 July 2009

Learning Disability Practice

Opinion

THERE HAVE been many occasions throughout my career as a community nurse when I have required a resource as well written and presented as this while working with...

Talking together about death

01 March 2001

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

Talking together about death is a pack about bereavement for people with learning disabilities, their families and carers. The pack consists of a user guide and five...

The impact of the foot and mouth epidemic

01 October 2001

Learning Disability Practice

Feature

In February life in the area of Devon in which I live and work changed dramatically. As the foot and mouth crisis began to unfold, routines changed fundamentally for...

Considered choices? the new genetics, pre-natal testing and people with learning disabilities

01 September 2001

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

This book is the first that I have seen that not only includes many professional’s views, but also encourages disabled people and parents to have a voice on a...

Pioneering spirit

01 June 2000

Learning Disability Practice

Health promotion

FOR MANY YEARS, the goal of services for people with learning disabilities has been to close large institutions and improve the social aspects of care for people...