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Services for people with learning disabilities / edited by Nigel Malin.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- People with mental disabilities--Services for--Great Britain.
- People with mental disabilities.
- Learning disabled--Services for--Great Britain.
- Learning disabled.
- Social work with people with mental disabilities--Great Britain.
- Social work with people with mental disabilities.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (310 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Invaluable resource providing a broad review of services available to people with learning disabilities. Includes service developments and policy changes.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: a policy overview; Classification of people with learning disabilities; Causes of learning disabilities; Epidemiology of learning disabilities; Historical development of service provision; Residential and day services; Services to families; Education and assessment services; Leisure and recreation services; Empowerment and advocacy; Financial services; Professional and planning issues in assessment; Assessment methods and professional directions; Community care plans: starting and finishing with individuals
- CaremanagementQuality assurance and inspection; The survival of collaboration and co-operation; Is a co-ordinated service attainable?; Author index; Subject index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-85774-8
- 1-134-85775-6
- 1-280-06163-4
- 0-203-42409-3
- 9780203424094
- OCLC:
- 646725954
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