The Asperkid’s Game Plan
INTENDED FOR the parents of children with Asperger’s syndrome, this book is written...
02 Mar 2015
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.
Role of reasonable adjustments in improving care: a case study
Healthcare and other services have a legal duty to ensure that people with learning...
02 Mar 2015
Learning Disabilities: Bold Visions
THIS IS the second book by the author that I have read. The first was a critique of...
02 Mar 2015
Evaluating service users’ quality of life
The Maslow Assessment of Needs Scale for Learning Disabilities (MANS-LD) and the World...
02 Mar 2015
The Anger Box: Sensory Turmoil and Pain in Autism
I REVIEWED this book with another on the same subject and thought at first that...
02 Feb 2015
Clinical Work with Substance-Abusing Clients
FOCUSING ON the clinical care of substance-misusing patients, this extensively...
02 Feb 2015
Autism Breakthrough
WITH 17 chapters over almost 370 pages, this book may appear daunting. However its...
02 Feb 2015
Service users’ perspectives on sex and sexuality
Background People with intellectual disabilities have the same sexual needs as the rest of...
02 Feb 2015
Making sure all nurses understand the needs of clients
In recent years learning disability nurses have had to demonstrate the viability of their...
02 Feb 2015
Managing clients placed far away from their communities
Background The number of people with learning disabilities and significant health needs who...
02 Feb 2015
A Different Kettle of Fish
THE AUTHOR of this book, a final-year physics student at the time of writing, has...
26 Nov 2014
Intellectual Disability in Health and Social Care
INTENDED PRIMARILY for learning disability nursing students and untrained...
26 Nov 2014
Sexuality and Severe Autism: A Practical Guide for Parents, Caregivers and Health...
INTEREST IN the sexuality of people with autism has grown over recent years, and...
26 Nov 2014
The Conversation Train: A Visual Approach to Conversation for Children on the Autism...
IN THIS book trains and train travel are metaphors for different aspects of...
26 Nov 2014
Out of area and bottom of agenda
The recommendations in the Mansell reports published first in 1993 and updated in 2007 have...
26 Nov 2014
Winterbourne View hospital and the social psychology of abuse
The abuse of adults with learning disabilities at Winterbourne View by staff with no...
26 Nov 2014
Struggle for self-determination among service users in Norway
By the end of 1991, institutional care for people with learning disabilities ended in Norway...
26 Nov 2014
Managing constipation in adults with severe learning disabilities
Constipation is common among people with severe learning disabilities but its effect on...
29 Oct 2014