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Learning Disability Today

ISSN: 1752-007X

This monthly magazine highlights examples of best practice and what works in the learning disability field.

The content is informed by the Valuing People Now agenda and is an accessible digest of key policy developments. There is a focus on promoting inclusion, particularly through housing, employment, health and leisure.

It is a must read for all those involved in extending choice and control for people with learning disabilities including:

service managers
social care workers
support staff, day services staff
housing workers
community health workers
partnership board members
students and people continuing their professional development

lecturers and training providers
carers and/or natural supports

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In the latest Issue:

In the August/September 2010 issue of Learning Disability Today magazine: COVER STORY Beyond belief Sally Gillen on supporting people in their religious faith Comment Seeking reasons to be cheerful News update More than 2,300 attend the Inclusion International Congress News focus Amy Taylor on Mencap’s Getting It Right campaign Watching brief Personalisation guru Simon Duffy says it hasn’t turned out right Take 3 Three people with learning disabilities are asked: Do you go to church? Home at last Doug Sanders outlines a shared ownership scheme with a wider social remit To work, or not to work? It is possible to have a job and afford a home, says Daron Billings Reviews Good relations The South West has made relationships its regional priority, reports Sally Gillen Let’s get together Andy Bradley of Frameworks4Change explains his vision for ‘togetherness’ Quality guaranteed Jayne Leeson on the work of an audit team made up of self-advocates Raising our sights Suzie Lemmey and Graham Hinchcliffe on improving standards in mental health units for people with learning disability Bowled over Crispin Andrews on international cricket for people with learning disabilities Our patients are our watchdogs People in secure settings can also have choice and control, says Alan Sockalingum Me and my job Jim Blair, consultant nurse learning disabilities and would-be West Ham manager The last word Less cash may focus our minds, says Axel Kaehne For full contents and sample article click here

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