Trauma-informed Care in Intellectual Disability: A Self-study Guide for Health and Social Care Support Staff

Frankish, Pat

ISBN 10: 1912755793 / ISBN 13: 9781912755790

Published by Pavilion Pub, 2020

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83 pages. 9.50x7.25x0.25 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Trauma-informed Care in Intellectual Disability: A Self-study Guide for Health and Social Care Support Staff
• Publisher: Pavilion Pub
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1912755793
• ISBN 13: 9781912755790
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New

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Synopsis

Recent studies have shown that there is a high incidence of trauma among people with intellectual disabilities, often stemming from early events and experiences of being restrained and separated from people they know. For many years, psychotherapy has been denied to these individuals on the basis that they could not benefit from it - something we now know to be untrue. Trauma-informed Care in Intellectual Disability seeks to set this right, and to circumvent the paucity of specialist individual psychotherapy by finding ways for support staff to work therapeutically.

Written for those supporting people with intellectual disabilities in any setting, Trauma-informed Care in Intellectual Disability covers all the main topics of trauma-informed care. It incorporates the work of a range of pioneers in the fields of psychotherapy, disability or both, bringing together these bodies of knowledge so that support staff can plan effective, person-centred interventions. The researchers covered are Donald Winnicott, John Bowlby, Margaret Mahler, Sigmund Freud, Melanie Klein, Wilfred Bion, David Malan, and Valerie Sinason. The book concludes with a look at the Frankish Assessment of the Impact of Trauma in Intellectual Disability (FAIT) tool and its use.

About the Author

PAT FRANKISH is a clinical psychologist with wide experience of psychological issues across age groups, especially relating to disability and psychotherapy. She has a specialist interest in early personality development and the consequences of disturbance through traumatic life events. She was an active member of the British Psychological Society for many years and still serves as a Trustee of BPS Comms. Pat continues to develop and provide staff services and training for supporting people with complex needs, and individuals with trauma in their background and arrested or delayed emotional development as a response.