Supporting People with Learning Disabilities in Health and Social Care - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 184920084X ISBN 13: 9781849200844

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2011

Synopsis

This reflective and evidence-based book will equip students as well as professionals who work with people with learning disabilities in primary, secondary and specialist healthcare settings, with the knowledge and skills they need to work effectively with people with learning disabilities.

Chapters - written by leading academics and practitioners in the learning disabilities field - examine and discuss core issues, while a case-study approach ensures a solid grounding in practical skills. This practical element is further reinforced by the inclusion of service-user and practitioner ′voices′, whose lived experiences make the book even more engaging, as well as a range of reflective exercises and regular opportunities for readers to self-audit their learning.

Reflecting the multi-professional nature of services for people with learning disabilities, this book will help practitioners and students make a real difference to the lives of people with learning disabilities who access health and social care environments.

About this title

About the Author

Eric Broussine is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at the University of The West of England, where he teaches across a range of learning disability nursing modules on the Bsc (Hons)/Diploma in HE Learning Disabilities Nursing programme. Eric specialises in communication and inter-personal skills development, Person-Centred Planning, meeting the mental health needs of people with learning disabilities and working with families and young people with learning disabilities. Eric is a trustee and a volunteer of a charity that provides a befriending service to families.

Kim Scarborough is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at the University of The West of England. Kim is a national teaching fellow and an Academic in Practice where she supports and updates mentors in practice. Her specialisms are working with people with profound and multiple learning disabilities and their families, user and carer involvement in Higher Education and work-based learning. Kim is an external examiner and an editor for ′Involved′, a UWE bulletin on user involvement.

From the Back Cover

Engaging, practical, multidisciplinary textbook for students and practitioners working at all levels, providing comprehensive coverage of the skills and knowledge needed to work with people with learning disabilities in a variety of settings. Written by leading academics and practitioners, this is a case-study-based text drawing on service-user experience.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184920084X
• ISBN 13: 9781849200844
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 232
• Editor: Broussine Eric, Scarborough Kim