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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787817603321

Autore

Fulton Rorie

Titolo

Supporting individuals with learning disabilities : understanding the context : a care quality guide for health and social care staff and carers / / by Rorie Fulton and Kate Richardson ; editor, Catherine Ansell-Jones ; design, Katherine Paine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hove, England : , : Pavilion Publishing and Media Ltd, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-909810-94-0

1-909810-95-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (91 p.)

Disciplina

371.90475

Soggetti

Learning disabled

Learning disabled - Services for

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Imprint; About the authors; Introduction; Section 1: Legislation and policies that support the human rights and inclusion of individuals with learning disabilities; Section 2: The nature and characteristics of learning disability; Section 3: The historical context oflearningdisability; Section 4: The basic principlesand practice of advocacy, empowerment andactive participation; Section 5: Understand how views and attitudes impact on the lives of individuals with learning disabilities and their family carers

Section 6: How to promote communication with individuals with learning disabilitiesReferences; Certificate of achievement; Useful contacts

Sommario/riassunto

Pavilion's care quality guides aim to help you refresh, develop or extend your learning in key areas of practice.  If you are new to working with a particular client group or in a new role, you can use the material to quickly develop knowledge you will need, and where appropriate, work towards a relevant qualification. If you are a more experienced worker, you can use the guides to refresh your learning, meet the General Social Care Council's Code of Practice, and for continuing



professional development. If you are a manager, you can use these guides with staff in the context of induction, supervision and continuing professional development, and to contribute towards meeting Care Quality Commission (CQC) Standards and Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) Codes of Practice.This guide also provides underpinning knowledge for unit LD 201 Understand the context of supporting individuals with learning Disabilities, and the thinking and practice activities can contribute to evidence of learning.