Tizard Learning Disability Review: Volume 14 Issue 4
Practice, management, research and innovation
Table of contents
Valuing Tom: will Valuing People Now change the lives of people with profound and multiple learning disabilities?
Beverley DawkinsValuing People Now (DH, 2009) recognises that some people, particularly those with complex needs, have been missing out. It has made ‘including everyone’ a priority for the next…
A positive approach to risk requires person‐centred thinking
Max Neill, Julie Allen, Neil Woodhead, Helen Sanderson, Stephen Reid, Lori ErwinThis article discusses the question of risk in the lives of people who are supported by human services. It responds to the way in which risk, as it has traditionally been…
Establishing a context to reduce challenging behaviour using procedures from active support: a clinical case example
Sandy Toogood, Gemma Drury, Karen Gilsenan, Dave Parry, Kevin Roberts, Simon SherriffClient engagement increases substantially when staff teams implement active support. The impact of active support on challenging behaviour is less clear. There are grounds for…
Callous/unemotional conduct disorder as a learning disability
Robin Mackenzie, John WattsCruelty has often been understood as the result of incurable bad character by those able to distinguish right from wrong. Recent research suggests a way of thinking about it as a…
Estimating future numbers of adults with profound multiple learning disabilities in England
Eric EmersonThis article summarises recent work, commissioned by the Department of Health, which estimated the future need for health and social care services for adults with profound…
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Dr Athanasios (Thanos) Vostanis