Valuing people with a learning disability / Steve Mee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mee, Steve.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Learning disabled.

Learning disabilities.

Dignity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Keswick [England] : M&K Update, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Most health and social care service providers claim to 'value' those with a learning disability. Yet there can sometimes be a huge gulf between stated intentions and what happens in everyday practice. In a few cases that have recently hit the headlines, there have even been allegations of systematic abuse. This timely book asks three vital questions: What do we mean by valuing? How does the process of valuing work? What needs to happen to ensure that we value people with a learning disability?Too often, practitioners tend to say 'it's all right in theory but not in the real world'. In thisb

Contents:

Prelims; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 The purpose of this book; Chapter 2 The Power of Stories; Chapter 3 Historic Roles; Chapter 4 Metaphor and Attribution; Chapter 5 Impression Management; Chapter 6 Schemas, Social Representationand Stereotypes; Chapter 7 Normalisation; Chapter 8 Social Construction of Disability; Chapter 9 Listening and Talking; Chapter 10 Valuing In Practice; Chapter 11 The Eugenics Era andFollowing Instructions; Chapter 12 How Might We Value Peoplewith a Learning Difficulty?; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613680037

9781280769269

1280769262

9781907830662

1907830669

OCLC:

797916353