How multisensory relaxation sessions can help service users
Children and adults with profound and multiple learning disabilities and complex needs can...
27 Jun 2014
Clinical
Our clinical nursing articles aim to inform and educate nurse practitioners and students. This is achieved through the publication of peer-reviewed, evidence-based, relevant and topical articles.
Physiotherapy for service users: a personal account
This article describes the career of a learning disability physiotherapist between 1988 and...
27 Jun 2014
Understanding autism spectrum conditions
People with autism are especially vulnerable to mental health problems such as anxiety and...
27 Jun 2014
When School Says No... How to Get the Yes! Securing Special Education Services for Your...
THE INDIVIDUALISED education programme (IEP) is a system of education for children...
27 Jun 2014
Warrior Mums
IN THIS collection of blogs, 12 mothers with children with learning disabilities...
27 Jun 2014
Helping people cope with bereavement
This article reports on research by the family-support organisation Promoting a More...
27 Jun 2014
Is there a prejudice against practitioners?
Just as there is a stigma associated with people with learning disabilities, there is a ‘...
28 May 2014
Psychosocial Nursing Care: A Guide to Nursing the Whole Person
AS A learning disability nurse, I immediately recognised the discussion presented...
28 May 2014
Non-aversive care of people on the autism spectrum
This article considers the challenges involved in supporting a man with autism to develop a...
28 May 2014
Autism: A Social and Medical History
THIS BOOK demonstrates how attitudes toward people with autism have changed through...
28 May 2014
Helping vulnerable people develop and maintain relationships
In the North Somerset Primary Care Trust catchment area, local healthcare guidelines on...
28 May 2014
How nurses and carers can avoid the slippery slope to abuse
This article contends that, in the care of people with learning disabilities, there can be a...
28 May 2014
Succeeding as a Student in the Stem Fields with an Invisible Disability
‘A STUDENT was placing a single pair of socks into a washing machine. His tutor...
28 Apr 2014
Constructing a model of professional practice
An article in Learning Disability Practice last year argued the need for a model for...
28 Apr 2014
Service users’ views of the Research Active Programme
Background The Research Active Programme (RAP) was an eight-week group-based research...
28 Apr 2014
Health beliefs and access to services in an ethnic minority population
According to the 2012 UK census, 6.6% of the population of London have a South Asian...
28 Apr 2014
Managing pulmonary aspiration in service users
People with learning disabilities who are fed enterally often have complications, including...
26 Mar 2014
Dental services for children with autism spectrum disorder
Aim To identify what parents perceive to be good practice in the care of children with...
26 Mar 2014