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Principles of learning disability support|Your role as a learning disability worker|Health and safety in a learning disability service|Protecting people who have a learning disability from abuse

01 October 2008

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

These four books comprise an induction package for anyone beginning work with people with a learning disability. The topics covered meet the Common Induction...

Testing the holy water

01 September 2003

Learning Disability Practice

A&S Science

The need to facilitate the expression of spirituality among people with a learning disability has occupied me for some years (Foster 2000). Recently, however, I had...

Spirituality and the practice of healthcare

01 February 2004

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

Any book on the oft-neglected topic of spirituality and the practice of health care is to be welcomed and this comprehensive offering is certainly no exception. It...

All about us! The story of people with a learning disability and Mencap

01 April 2007

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

This readable and accessible book, which includes a DVD, was published in 2006 by the Royal Mencap Society to celebrate its 60th anniversary. In 1946, the...

Public or private (pop)

01 April 2011

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

THIS NEW publication is a social skills teaching pack aimed at those with special educational needs, autism and learning difficulties. It consists of a 19-page...

The human spirit in health and illness: A handbook for carers

01 July 2006

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

This comprehensive book is part of an expanding body of literature concerning spirituality and health care. It has a specific nursing focus as it is written by a...

Celebrating the special school

01 October 2006

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

This readable and accessible book challenges the assumption that special schools are a second-best educational option for their pupils. It celebrates the success and...

Job success for persons with developmental disabilities

01 February 2010

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

The Title of this book gives away its American origin. it is not clear who the book is aimed at and it does not make the transition across the Atlantic in an...

The Compassionate Mind

01 June 2009

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

The author of this book is Professor Paul Gilbert (not to be confused with Professor Peter Gilbert) and he is professor of clinical psychology at the University of...

A picture of success

01 April 1999

Learning Disability Practice

Partnership

IN JANUARY 1997, Anglia Polytechnic University (APU), in partnership with a local organisation for people with learning disabilities called Values Incorporated,...