Tizard Learning Disability Review: Volume 21 Issue 3

Assessing children’s swallowing: parent and professional perceptions

Helen Cockerill, Lenie van den Engel - Hoek, Celia Harding

For infants and children who have difficulties with eating, drinking and swallowing (dysphagia), there are significant health risks that include aspiration (food and fluid…

Commentary: assessing children’s swallowing – parent and professional perceptions

Steve M Rose

– The purpose of this paper is to provide a commentary on “Assessing children’s swallowing: parent and professional perceptions”.

Supporting people with complex communication needs through community capacity building: the Communication Access Network

Hilary Johnson, Barbara Solarsh, Karen Bloomberg, Denise West

The purpose of this paper is to describe specific features of a Victorian (Australia) state-wide hub and spoke model of speech pathology provision established for adults with…

Commentary: enhancing community inclusion for people with complex needs through partnership working

Steve Carnaby

The purpose of this paper is to serve as a commentary on the work reported by Hilary Johnson and her colleagues, which used partnership working as a lever for developing community…

Causing trouble: the language of learning disability and challenging behaviour

Mark Haydon-Laurelut, Karl Nunkoosing

The purpose of this paper is to review two studies concerning referrals for challenging behaviour to community learning disability teams (CLDTs). The social constructionist…

Commentary on “Causing trouble: the language of learning disability and challenging behaviour”

Bob Marks

The purpose of this paper is to consider the findings of the research studies on referral to a community learning disability team presented in “Causing trouble: the language of…

Employment for all: United States disability policy

Rebecca Monteleone

The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief overview of policy regarding employment for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID) in the USA. Drawing from recent data…

Commentary on “Employment for all: United States Disability Policy”

Stephen Beyer

The purpose of this paper is to reflect on Rebecca Monteleone’s paper “Employment for all: United States Disability Policy” and provides a commentary on its implications for the…

BILD Code of Practice for Minimising the Use of Restrictive Physical Interventions: Planning, Developing and Delivering Training

Roy Deveau