Intellectual disabilities : a systemic approach / edited by Sandra Baum and Henrik Lynggaard, foreword by Tom Andersen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baum, Sandra Lea, 1970-

Lynggaard, Henrik.

Series:

Systemic thinking and practice series.

Systemic thinking and practice series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Systemic therapy (Family therapy).

People with mental disabilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Karnac, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The application of systemic ideas and principles in working with people with intellectual disabilities, their families and their service systems, has grown over the last decade in the UK. This book, for the first time, brings together the writings of a group of practitioners who have been using this approach in their clinical practice. It is hoped it will inspire others to try out different ways of working with people with intellectual disabilities and their wider systems, so that they can have the choice of a wide range of therapeutic approaches. It is also hoped that systemic practitioners w

Contents:

COVER; CONTENTS; SERIES EDITORS' FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENR; ABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS; FOREWORD Significant new voices; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE Working systemically with intellectual disability: why not?; CHAPTER TWO The use of the systemic approach to adults with intellectual disabilities and their families: historical overview and current research; CHAPTER THREE Lifespan family therapy services; CHAPTER FOUR Setting up and evaluating a family therapy service in a community team for people with intellectual disabilities

CHAPTER FIVE Engaging people with intellectual disabilities in systemic therapyCHAPTER SIX New stories of intellectual disabilities: a narrative approach; CHAPTER SEVEN Supporting transitions; CHAPTER EIGHT Who needs to change? Using systemic ideas when working in group homes; CHAPTER NINE The practitioner's position in relation to systemic work in intellectual disability contexts; CHAPTER TEN So how do I . . . ?; REFERENCE; INDEX

Notes:

Previously issued in print: London: Karnac, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-220) and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-429-91503-9

0-429-90080-5

0-429-47603-5

1-283-06901-6

9786613069016

1-84940-503-4

9780429476037

OCLC:

723945217