Planning and support for people with intellectual disabilities : issues for case managers and other professionals / edited by Christine Bigby, Chris Fyffe, and Elizabeth Ozanne ; foreword by Jim Mansell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bigby, Christine.

Fyffe, Chris, 1954-

Ozanne, Elizabeth, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

People with mental disabilities--Services for.

People with mental disabilities.

Social work with people with disabilities.

Physical Description:

308 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Sydney : UNSW Press ; London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2007.

Summary:

Planning and Support for People with Intellectual Disabilities provides comprehensive information for any professional working with people with intellectual disabilities, particularly case managers. In illuminating the complexities, the tensions and dilemmas practitioners must negotiate in their everyday practice, the book considers the three key dimensions that mediate outcomes for people with intellectual disabilities: the context of the broader social welfare system; program structure; and practice - the processes used by practitioners including the skills and knowledge they draw on.

The book outlines the expertise required and common issues in case management practice for working with people at different stages of their life. Emphasising the importance of taking a rights-based approach to supporting people, the contributors show how effective case management needs to be individualised, carried out in partnership with the individual and their family, and needs to take a whole-of-life approach to needs and aspirations.

Areas covered include inter-agency and cross-sector collaboration, balancing risk, rights and protection, listening and communication, approaches to behaviour support and ethical decision-making. The text is complemented by first-hand accounts of the case management experience from service-users, parents and case managers. An essential reference for practitioners, this book is also an invaluable guide for policy makers, researchers, students, nurses, carers, and people with intellectual disabilities and their families.

Contents:

Introduction: contexts, structures and processes of case management / Christine Bigby, Chris Fyffe, Elizabeth Ozanne 17

1 Case management with people with intellectual disabilities: purpose, tensions and challenges / Christine Bigby 29

2 Understanding intellectual disabilities / Chris Fyffe 48

3 Balancing rights, risk and protection of adults / David Green, David Sykes 65

4 Walk a day in my shoes: managing unmet need on a daily basis / Lesley Gough 84

5 Case management in a rights-based environment: structure, context and roles / Tim Stainton 90

6 Working with other organisations and other service sectors / Estelle Fyffe 108

7 Working to empower families: perspectives of care managers / Gordon Grant, Paul Ramcharan 121

8 A life managed or a life lived? A parental view on case management / Marie Knox 139

9 Taking it personally: challenging poor and abusive care management practice / Margaret Flynn, Peter Flynn 150

10 Be there for me: case management in my life / Colin Hiscoe, Kelley Johnson 162

11 Working things out together: a collaborative approach to supporting parents with intellectual disabilities / Margaret Spencer, Gwynnyth Llewellyn 171

12 Intellectual disability and the complexity of challenging behaviour and mental illness: some case management suggestions / Gary W. LaVigna, Thomas J. Willis 191

13 The importance of friendships for young people with intellectual disabilities / Brenda Burgen, Christine Bigby 208

14 Issues of middle age and beyond for people with intellectual disabilities and their families / Christine Bigby 215

15 The role of the case manager in supporting communication / Susan Balandin 233

16 Accessing quality healthcare / Philip Graves 247

17 Supporting children and their families / Susana Gavidia-Payne 264

18 Review of evaluative research on case management for people with intellectual disabilities / Janet Robertson, Eric Emerson 280.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781843103547

1843103540

OCLC:

85484904