Learning Disabilities
Churchill Livingstone (Verlag)
978-0-443-07135-5 (ISBN)
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This is a key textbook for pre-registration diploma and graduate nursing students of learning disabilities covering a wide variety of topics relevant not only for nursing courses, but also for care workers, OT's, and other professional and non-professional carers. Using reader activities, case illustrations, diagrams, figures, tables, and further resources, the author guides the reader through this complex and delicate area.
In addition to Bob Gates' role as senior lecturer, he became Director of theEast Yorkshire Learning Disability Institute. He is editor in chief of the Journal of learning Disabilities and has authored/edited 5 books.
Proposed content: Section 1: Understanding Learning Disability. The nature of Learning Disability. Causation of Learning Disability. A brief history of Learning Disability. Section 2: Services and support for people with Learning Disability. Accessing services. Residential alternatives. Monitoring and evaluating services. Day services. Compulsory School Education. Further education and learning for life. Employment and leisure. Section 3: Distressed states of Learning Disability. Challenging behaviour. Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Mental ill-health. Self-injurious-behaviour. People who have offended in law. Section 4: Helping people achieve independence and well-being. Communication. Health and health promotion. Working with and caring for people with profound and complex needs. Specialist learning disability services in the UK. Section 5: Therapeutic interventions for people with learning disabilities. Alternatives and complementary therapies. Art drama and dance with people with learning disabilities. Psychological approaches. Section 6: Relationship learning disability. Personal and sexual relationships. Working with families. Helping to empower people. Section 7: European dimensions of Learning Disability. The United Kingdom. The Netherlands. Sweden. 29. Germany. Finland. Section 8: Education and leadership. Education and training. Management and leadership in learning disability.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 11.12.2002 |
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Zusatzinfo | 38 ills. |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Gewicht | 1230 g |
Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege | |
ISBN-10 | 0-443-07135-7 / 0443071357 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-443-07135-5 / 9780443071355 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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