Learning Disability Today 2nd Edition
Learning Disability Today
Author: Steven Carnaby
Pages: 218pp
Format: handbook
ISBN: 978 1 84196 224 5
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This revised edition of Learning Disability Today provides an updated introduction to some of the central issues in the lives of people with learning disabilities and their supporters. It provides context, underpinning knowledge and practical strategies for giving care and support to people with learning disabilities that promotes rights, independence, choice and inclusion.

Key themes include:
· person-centred planning and community involvement
· communication
· advocacy, choice and decision-making
· assessing and managing risk
· legislative frameworks
· direct payments
· protection from abuse
· sexuality and physical health
· challenging behaviour
· mental health
· autism
· older people
· managing change, transition and loss
· parenting.

Benefits of the handbook
The ideas and approaches presented in this handbook will help practitioners to reassess their values, consolidate their skills and gain new insights into the needs of people with learning disabilities. Accessible and thought provoking, the book offers real practical support to anyone working with a person who has learning disabilities, from home and family carers through to people working in hospitals and residential accommodation.

Vital information for: all those working with people with learning disabilities, voluntary workers, and carers. It will serve as a useful introduction for anyone who is new to the field.
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