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Disablism: How to tackle the last prejudice

01 December 2004

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

Demos is an independent think tank that attempts, through its publications, to influence the process and redesign of public services, and is organised around five...

Positive approaches to person centred planning: a workbook to support the person centred planning optional units of the certificates in working with people who have learning disabilities

01 September 2005

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

This workbook is aimed at staff who have completed their induction and foundation units from the L2 or L3 certificates and is one of a series of optional units from...

Morals, rights and practice in the human services: effective and fair decision-making in health, social care and criminal justice

01 December 2008

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

This book is about how to implement a practical model for human rights theory. In common with many contemporary texts, Connolly and Ward offer readers an opportunity...

Authentic Dialogue with Persons who are Developmentally Disabled

01 November 2009

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

THIS BOOK focuses on using authentic dialogue with four individuals – Patricia, Len, harold and todd. through psychotherapy sessions hill explores feelings of...

Solution-focused nursing: Rethinking practice

01 March 2008

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

McAllister has a pragmatic philosophical approach that emphasises change at three levels: the client, nursing and society. She and her contributors warn readers to...

Practising critical reflection: a resource handbook

01 May 2008

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

In the learning disability field, little has been written about the important role that reflective practice can play when working with people who have a complex...

Lest we forget

01 March 2005

Learning Disability Practice

Opinion

Teaching about reflective practice in health care to British forces stationed in Germany recently, led me to reflect on what happened in Germany from 1939 to 1945....

Inclusion at the Crossroads

01 July 2005

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

With the current focus on promoting social inclusion, it is interesting to see a book tackling inclusion in special education. The author is an independent...

Understanding intensive interaction

01 December 2010

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

THIS BOOk is an essential resource for practitioners working towards person-centred care, where the application of ‘intensive interaction’ is seen as a highly...

Prepared for personalisation?

01 May 2010

Learning Disability Practice

Opinion

IN THE February issue of this journal (13, 1, 18-21), Atkinson et al claimed that learning disability nurses ‘have an opportunity to refocus their roles, so as to...