Jim Mansell, Julie Beadle-Brown

Active Support: Enabling and Empowering People with Intellectual Disabilities

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Active Support is a proven model of care that enables and empowers people with intellectual disabilities to participate in all aspects of their lives. This evidence-based approach is particularly effective for working with people with more severe disabilities, and is of growing interest to those responsible for providing support and services.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 330g
• ISBN-13: 9781849051118
• ISBN-10: 1849051119
• Artikelnr.: 34692863

Autorenporträt

Jim Mansell was Emeritus Professor of Learning Disability at the Tizard Centre, University of Kent, and Adjunct Professor in the School of Social Work and Social Policy at La Trobe University, Melbourne. He was a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, a Chartered Psychologist and an Academician of the Social Sciences. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2012. Julie Beadle-Brown is Reader in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities at the Tizard Centre at the University of Kent, and an Adjunct Associate Professor at La Trobe University, Melbourne. She is a Chartered Psychologist and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychology Society.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. Preface. Introduction. 1. Engagement in Meaningful
Activity and Relationships. 2. The Enabling Relationship. 3. Organising
Staff Support. 4. Practice Leadership. 5. The Organisational Context. 6.
Integrating Active Support with Other Person-centred Approaches.
Conclusion. Appendix I: Summary of the Levels of Engagement Reported in
Available Studies and Additional Analysis of Available Data, with Adaptive
Behaviour Scale Part 1 (ABS) Score Where Available. Appendix II: Summary of
Data on Engagement and Support from Staff Following Implementation of
Active Support. References. Index.