Tizard Learning Disability Review: Volume 26 Issue 1

Building capable environments using practice leadership

Linda Hume, Nadia Khan, Martin Reilly

The purpose of this paper is to outline the development and piloting of a training intervention for social care staff that uses a capable environments framework to improve the…

Commentary on “Building capable environments using practice leadership”

Edwin Jones

This paper aims to present a conceptual viewpoint highlighting the utility of active support in implementing capable environments and to extend this by presenting a three-tiered…

What are the experiences of professionals working with parents with learning disabilities? A meta-ethnography

Agnieszka Pytlowana, Biza Stenfert Kroese

It has been recommended that social, health and other relevant professionals work collaboratively to support parents with learning disabilities (LD) and their children. A number…

Commentary on “What are the experiences of professionals working with parents with learning disabilities? A meta-ethnography”

Gillian MacIntyre, Ailsa Stewart

The purpose of this paper is to provide a commentary on Pytlowana and Stenfert Kroese’s article on the experiences of professionals working with parents with learning disabilities…

De-fusing and re-fusing face-to-face encounters involving autistic persons in Hong Kong

Alex Cockain

This article documents accounts of the tactics parents and siblings of autistic persons in Hong Kong deploy to manage social encounters. This article aims to consider the impact…

Commentary on “De-fusing and re-fusing face-to-face encounters involving autistic persons in Hong Kong”

Karl Nunkoosing

The purpose of this paper is to provide a commentary on Alex Cockain’s article “De-fusing and re-fusing face-to-face encounters involving autistic persons in Hong Kong”.

The experiences of older carers of people with learning disabilities: “I just carry on with it”

Rachel Forrester-Jones

Because people with learning disabilities (LD) are living longer, their family carers are likely to continue their caring role for longer. This study aims to explore the…

Commentary on “The experiences of older carers of people with learning disabilities: ‘I just carry on with it’”

Jan Sunman

The purpose of this paper is to provide a commentary on the article by Rachel Forrester-Jones on the experiences of older carers of people with learning disabilities.