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Working Together: developing and providing services for people with learning disabilities and mental health problems

01 December 2003

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

The launch of this resource pack is timely, as the need to improve mental health services for people with learning disabilities has been highlighted in recent...

BILD code of practice for the use of physical interventions: a guide for trainers and commissioners of training

01 October 2007

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

This is a welcome addition to the literature aimed at providing guidance for those commissioning physical interventions training and for trainers as a guide of their...

Quality of life and disability: an approach for community practitioners

01 April 2004

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

This book provides a detailed overview of quality of life issues relating to disabilities. While it does not focus solely on people with learning disabilities there...

Physical Health of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

01 December 2004

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

This book is a welcome addition to the field, attempting to raise the profile of physical health issues affecting people with learning disabilities. This project is...

A meeting of minds

01 November 2003

Learning Disability Practice

Practice & research

By virtue of their disability, people with learning disabilities are vulnerable to developing mental health problems (Hardy and Bouras 2002). Prevalence rates of...

using the Care Programme Approach for people with learning disabilities

01 February 2006

Learning Disability Practice

A&S Science

The Care Programme Approach (CPA) (DH 1990) was introduced when there was increasing public concern over a series of high-profile homicides and suicides involving...