Learning Disability

2. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-335-23844-6
Verlag: Open University Press

Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 190 mm x 246 mm

"The editors have brought together a range of eminent contributors who present a range of issues throughout the life cycle. The book asserts that it hopes to 'assist readers to anticipate change and discontinuity in people's lives and think about strategies to support them' through the many challenges that they may face in their lives. In my view this book certainly does that and the editors and contributors are to be congratulated on the production of a relevant and contemporary text that I have no hesitation in both endorsing and recommending to all involved in supporting and or caring for people with learning disabilities."

Professor Bob Gates, Project Leader - Learning Disabilities Workforce Development, NHS Education South Central, UK

"The editors have gathered an authoritative faculty to present and discuss a range of contemporary issues; both practical and ethical. The text is well grounded in the lived experience of people with disability and draws on the evidence-base of contemporary science. Each chapter includes thought provoking exercises. This is a seminal text for students and practitioners, researchers and policy makers."

Associate Professor Keith R. McVilly, Deakin University, Australia

"I currently own a copy of the first edition and it has proved an invaluable resource time and time again. There is not an essay I complete that does not make reference to the book and I can consistently use it to reflect back on my practice as a student nurse and social worker. Having read several extracts from the new edition it does appear to include very high quality content covering learning disabilities over the lifespan. if I were to personally recommend any book for budding or current learning disability professionals then this would be it."

James Grainger, Student Nurse/Social Worker, Sheffield Hallam University, UK

"I like the way it has primary and secondary information from a range of sources. The exercises in the book also get you to think about the situation in question which helps us think about our values and anti-oppressive practice. This book really does start with the basics and having a learning disability from birth and the effects, to in depth knowledge and literature. This book would be very helpful to me as it brings in literature policies and models from both a health and social side, which is important for my course and collaborative working."

Laura Jean Lowe, Student Nurse, Sheffield Hallam University, UK

"It is written with a clearly conveyed in-depth knowledge and in a way that has professional lived experience within the context of the work. The authors have taken into account the emotional, client-centred approach to the modern practitioner's practice. The book gives a true wealth of good practice scenarios that can only help practitioners be good at what they do and aspire to be."

Lee Marshall, Student Nurse, Sheffield Hallam University, UK

With its spread of chapters covering key issues across the life cycle this text has established itself as the foundational primer for those studying the lived experiences of people with learning disabilities and their families, and outcomes achieved through services and support systems.

Recognising learning disability as a lifelong disability, this accessible book is structured around the life cycle. The second edition is refreshed and expanded to include seven new chapters, covering:

- Aetiology

- Breaking news (about disability) and early intervention

- Transition to adulthood

- The sexual lives of women

- Employment

- Personalisation

- People with hidden identities

With contributions from respected figures from a range of disciplines, the book draws heavily upon multidisciplinary perspectives and is based on the latest research and evidence for practice. The text is informed by medical, social

Autoren/Hrsg.

Grant, Gordon

Ramcharan, Paul

Flynn, Margaret

Richardson, Malcolm

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction - why the life cycle?

Part 1 - The construction of learning disability

Narratives and people with learning disabilities

Social constructions and social models: Disability explained?

The roots of biomedical diagnosis

Learning disability and the law

Models of service delivery

Maintaining a commitment to quality

Advocacy, campaigning and people with learning difficulties

Part 2 - Childhood and early parenting

Children with learning disabilities talking about their everyday lives

Communication with children and young people

The importance of aetiology of intellectual disability

Breaking the news and early intervention

Addressing the physical and sensory needs of children with profound and multiple learning disabilities

Family care: Experiences and expectations

Part 3 - Adolescence and transitions to adulthood

Adolescents and younger adults: Narrative accounts

Transition: A moment of change

Safeguarding adults with learning disabilities against abuse

Promoting healthy lifestyles: Challenging behaviour

(Almost) everything you ever wanted to know about sexuality and learning disability but were always too afraid to ask

The sexual lives of women with learning disabilities

Supporting people with learning disabilities within the criminal justice system

Independence, reciprocity and resilience

Personalizing learning disability services

Part 4 - Adult identities and community inclusion

You have to prove yourself all the time: People with learning disabilities as parents

Promoting friendships and developing social networks

Enabling and supporting person-centred planning

Culture and ethnicity: Developing accessible and appropriate services for health and social care

Work, supported employment and leisure

Promoting healthy lifestyles: Mental health

Retrieving lost identities: Men with severe intellectual disabilities and mental health problems in long-term care

Engaging communities of interest

Part 5 - Experiences of ageing and end-of-life issues

A late picking: Narratives of older people with learning disabilities

Growing old: Adapting to change and realizing a sense of belonging, continuity and purpose

End-of-life issues

Healthy and successful ageing

Research and emancipation: Prospects and problems

Über Autor(innen)

Gordon Grant is Emeritus Professor at the Centre for Health and Social Care at Sheffield Hallam University. He works as an Academic Coordinator with Paul Ramcharan for the Learning Disability Research Initiative, established to inform the implementation of Valuing People (2001-2007).

Paul Ramcharan is Senior Lecturer in Disability Studies at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia. He is Academic Coordinator of the Learning Disability Research Initiative.

Margaret Flynn is Principal Researcher at the Centre for Health and Social Care Research at Sheffield Hallam University. She is also Chair of the Stephen Hoskin serious case review and Chair of Lancashire County Council’s Safeguarding Board, and works as an independent consultant.

Malcolm Richardson is Principal Lecturer and Associate Subject Group Leader in the Faculty of Health and Wellbeing at Sheffield Hallam University.