Key concepts in learning disabilities

by Astbury, Geoff Mason, Tom Talbot, Pat

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This is a handy guide to the topics you need to know about whether studying or working in the field of learning disabilities. The A-Z format allows you to 'dip in' and quickly find relevant information on topics ranging from autism to rights and from advocacy to challenging behaviours.

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Title Statements

Full title :Key concepts in learning disabilities / edited by Pat Talbot, Geoff Astbury & Tom Mason.

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Publication Date:2010.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):SAGE
Place of Publication:Los Angeles
Language:eng
Publication Date:2010.

The Physical Object

Description:xvii, 274 pages : : illustrations ; : 22 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781848606340, 1848606346, 9781848606357, 1848606354
oclc:ocn436265508
LC Classification:LC4704
Dewey Decimal:362.3

Advocacy -- Arts: drama therapy -- Assessment -- Autism -- Behavioural phenotypes -- Causes -- Challenging behaviour -- Children and adolescents -- Choice -- Communication -- Community learning disability nursing -- Compassion -- Complementary medicine/therapies -- Consent -- Complex needs -- Development -- Disability studies -- Employment -- Empowerment -- Epilepsy -- Ethnicity -- Forensic services -- Friendships and social networks -- Health services -- Inclusion (social) -- Intelligence -- Learning -- Life skills -- Life story -- Loss -- Mental health -- Multi-agency and multi-professional services -- Nursing -- Older people -- Parenthood -- Parents and families -- Person-centred planning -- Physical health -- Psychological therapies -- Rights -- Service philosophy -- Service quality -- Service user voice -- Sexuality -- Social care -- Social model of disability -- Spirituality -- Transition -- Values -- Vulnerability.