Learning disability services: user views on transition planning
This study provides insights into attributes of continuity of care valued by people with a learning disability. Possibilities of translating these attributes into practice w ithin localities are explored. Findings could be used to inform strategic planning locally to promote service integration thereby contributing to continuity of care within transition planning. Originality/value Continuity of care in the transition planning process is highlighted in policy guidance with recognition that both practice and procedures require improvement. This research explores areas for development from the perspective of people with lea...
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - July 11, 2018 Category: Disability Source Type: research
Commentary on “learning disability services: user views on transition planning”
Tizard Learning Disability Review, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a commentary on “Learning disability services: user views on transition planning”. Design/methodology/approach The commentary provides a discussion of the concept of continuity of care (Forbes et al., 2001; Freeman et al., 2000) in relation to transition from children’s to adults’ services for young peopl e with intellectual/developmental disabilities. Findings Continuity of care is an important consideration for this population and is emphasised in recent policy initiatives in England, as well as being highlighted...
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - July 2, 2018 Category: Disability Source Type: research
Commentary on “Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme: a collaboration opportunity for academia and industry”
Tizard Learning Disability Review, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a UK perspective on the article by Mason et al. on Australia ’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Design/methodology/approach A commentary on the main article, drawing on the author’s knowledge and experience of the implementation of personalisation in the UK and information gleaned during a recent visit to Australia. Findings There is a ma jor risk that the implementation of NDIS will repeat some of the failings of personalisation in the UK. Specifically, the failures of public bodies to invest in supportin...
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - June 29, 2018 Category: Disability Source Type: research
Paid employment amongst adults with learning disabilities receiving social care in England: trends over time and geographical variation
Tizard Learning Disability Review,Volume 23, Issue 2, Page 117-122, April 2018. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine trends over time and geographical variation in rates of paid employment amongst working age adults with learning disabilities receiving long-term social care in England. Design/methodology/approach Data were drawn from NHS Digital adult social care statistics examining paid/self-employment for working age (18-64 years) adults with learning disabilities known to social care (2008/2009 to 2013/2014) or receiving long-term social care (2014/2015 to 2016/2017). Findings In 2016/2017, councils repor...
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - March 28, 2018 Category: Disability Source Type: research
Supporting the direct involvement of students with disabilities in functional assessment through use of Talking Mats ®
Tizard Learning Disability Review,Volume 23, Issue 2, Page 111-116, April 2018. Purpose Bowring et al. describe ways of using the Behavior Problems Inventory – Short Form, illustrating how to use clinical norms to evaluate change. This commentary focuses on the importance of considering information gained directly from people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) during assessment. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/metho dology/approach A pilot project involved interviews with four children with IDD. A Talking Mats® (TM) framework was used to gather children’s views regarding challengin...
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - March 28, 2018 Category: Disability Source Type: research
Toward data-based clinical decision making for adults with challenging behavior using the Behavior Problems Inventory-Short Form (BPI-S)
Tizard Learning Disability Review,Volume 23, Issue 2, Page 103-110, April 2018. Purpose The Behavior Problems Inventory-Short Form (BPI-S) is a shorter version of the Behavior Problems Inventory-01. In this paper, BPI-S population norms are reported from a total administrative population of adults with intellectual disability (ID). To facilitate the use of the BPI-S in clinical services to assess behavior change, the purpose of this paper is to describe how to use BPI-S clinically significant and reliable change (RC) scores. Design/methodology/approach Data were gathered on 265 adults with ID known to services. Proxy inf...
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - March 28, 2018 Category: Disability Source Type: research
Commentary on “Fall prevention for people with learning disabilities: key points and recommendations for practitioners and researchers”
Tizard Learning Disability Review,Volume 23, Issue 2, Page 100-102, April 2018. Purpose Age-related processes are marked by physiological, psychological and social decline, threatening health, quality of life, functional status and the mobility of individuals. As the impact of demographic change also begins to affect persons with intellectual disabilities (ID), issues and needs regarding the aging process are slowly entering the field of ID research. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach In the population of older people with ID, important, age-related events such as falls have prompted incr...
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - March 28, 2018 Category: Disability Source Type: research
Fall prevention for people with learning disabilities: key points and recommendations for practitioners and researchers
Tizard Learning Disability Review,Volume 23, Issue 2, Page 91-99, April 2018. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a narrative review of what is currently known about the high rates of falls, and fall injuries, which are experienced by people with learning disabilities (LDs) throughout their lives. Design/methodology/approach Narrative review. Current evidence is summarised as key points and recommendations for practitioners and researchers. Findings People with LDs experience similar rates of falls as older adults in the wider population, but throughout their lives, or at an earlier age. Originality/value K...
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - March 28, 2018 Category: Disability Source Type: research
Commentary on “Evaluating service users’ experiences of using Talking Mats®”
Tizard Learning Disability Review,Volume 23, Issue 2, Page 87-90, April 2018. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide some thoughts following on from reading “Evaluating service users’ experiences of using Talking Mats®”. Design/methodology/approach This commentary outlines some considerations for the continued discussions about how to engage people who have profound and multiple learning disabilities. Findings The literature is not clear on t he involvement of people with more profound and multiple learning disabilities, or for those who do not use much spoken language. Some papers have explored the noti...
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - March 28, 2018 Category: Disability Source Type: research
Evaluating service users ’ experiences using Talking Mats®
This study included a population who are often left out of qualitative research because of the methodologies adopted. It also included older PWIDD, where there has been less research about the effectiveness of TM. (Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review)
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - March 28, 2018 Category: Disability Source Type: research
Full and equal equality
Tizard Learning Disability Review,Volume 23, Issue 2, Page 72-77, April 2018. Purpose This commentary takes the article, “Participation of adults with learning disabilities in the 2015 United Kingdom General Election”, as a jumping-off point for considering a tension between the aim of full and equal equality for all people with disabilities as set out in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities a nd more traditional beliefs, that on occasion, it is necessary to deny legal autonomy of men and women with intellectual disabilities in order to protect them. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design...
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - March 28, 2018 Category: Disability Source Type: research
