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This valuable text offers a range of practical, person centred and evidence based approaches to tackling challenges faced by professionals working with people with learning disabilities. It helps the reader to analyze issues relating to person centred practice and citizenship and considers the implications of this key government initiative for health and social care professionals.

The authors aim to support professionals in working through this changing agenda, whilst identifying the interface between their own professional practice and person centred approaches to working with people who have a learning disability. The book includes well referenced practical approaches to the subject area, alongside creative and innovative thinking.

In addition, the book also:

  • Explores the historical context of learning disability services and how this has contributed to the development of person centred services
  • Introduces a range of practical person centred thinking tools that ca

    Table of Contents
    Acknowledgment
    Contributor biographies
    Introduction

    Exploring the history of person centred practice
    Towards person centred practice
    Person centred thinking
    Person centred partnerships
    Person centred approaches to educating the learning disability workforce
    Person centred approaches to meeting the health needs of people who have a learning disability
    Communication
    Meeting the needs of people from diverse backgrounds through person centred planning
    Person centred transition
    People with learning disabilities planning for themselves
    Person centred planning and professionals: Families leading person centred planning
    Support planning
    Creating community inclusion

Person Centred Practice for Professionals

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    A Paperback / softback by Jeanette Thompson, Jackie Kilbane, Helen Sanderson

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      Publisher: Open University Press
      Publication Date: 16/12/2007
      ISBN13: 9780335221950, 978-0335221950
      ISBN10: 335221955
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      Health systems and services Social services and welfare, criminology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This valuable text offers a range of practical, person centred and evidence based approaches to tackling challenges faced by professionals working with people with learning disabilities. It helps the reader to analyze issues relating to person centred practice and citizenship and considers the implications of this key government initiative for health and social care professionals.

      The authors aim to support professionals in working through this changing agenda, whilst identifying the interface between their own professional practice and person centred approaches to working with people who have a learning disability. The book includes well referenced practical approaches to the subject area, alongside creative and innovative thinking.

      In addition, the book also:

      • Explores the historical context of learning disability services and how this has contributed to the development of person centred services
      • Introduces a range of practical person centred thinking tools that ca

        Table of Contents
        Acknowledgment
        Contributor biographies
        Introduction

        Exploring the history of person centred practice
        Towards person centred practice
        Person centred thinking
        Person centred partnerships
        Person centred approaches to educating the learning disability workforce
        Person centred approaches to meeting the health needs of people who have a learning disability
        Communication
        Meeting the needs of people from diverse backgrounds through person centred planning
        Person centred transition
        People with learning disabilities planning for themselves
        Person centred planning and professionals: Families leading person centred planning
        Support planning
        Creating community inclusion

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