Tizard Learning Disability Review: Volume 18 Issue 1
Practice, management, research and innovation
Table of contents
Enabling access to information by people with learning disabilities
Warren Oldreive, Mary WaightThe purpose of this paper is to outline a screening protocol that can be used to support the provision of more accessible information.
Commentary on “Enabling access to information by people with learning disabilities”
Jan WalmsleyThe purpose of this paper is to provide a commentary on Oldreive and Waight's article on enabling access to information by people with learning disabilities.
Resisting loneliness' dark pit: a narrative therapy approach
James Stacey, Adrian EdwardsPeople with learning disabilities want and value friendships and close, intimate, or romantic relationships. However, many people with learning disabilities are socially and…
Commentary on “Resisting loneliness' dark pit: a narrative therapy approach”
Karl NunkoosingThe purpose of this paper is to provide a commentary on Stacey and Edwards' article on a narrative therapy approach to working with men with learning disabilities who are lonely.
The use of augmentative and alternative communication apps for the iPad, iPod and iPhone: an overview of recent developments
Jill BradshawThe purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the communication applications (apps) that can be used with devices such as the iPad, iPod and iPhone to support…
The zone of parental control: a reasonable idea or an unusable concept?
John Watts, Robin MackenzieThe Zone of Parental Control (ZPC) is a concept that has been introduced in the Code of Practice for the revised Mental Health Act 1983, but guidance on its scope remains scanty…
The uptake of health checks for adults with learning disabilities in England: 2008/9‐2011/12
Gyles Glover, Eric Emerson, Felicity EvisonThe purpose of this paper is to report on trends in the provision of health checks for adults with learning disabilities over the period 2008/9‐2011/12.
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- Dr Jill Bradshaw