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Grant, Gordon; Ramcharan, Paul; and Flynn, Margaret. Learning Disability: A life cycle approach, 2nd edition. Maidenhead: Open University Press, 2010.

Learning Disability: A life cycle approach, 2nd edition

Authors: Gordon Grant, Paul Ramcharan and Margaret Flynn

Published:  May 2010 Pages: 784

eISBN: 9780335238446 | ISBN: 9780335238439
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  • Front cover
  • Half title page
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • About the editors
  • Contributors
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: why the life cycle?
  • Part One - The construction of learning disability
  • 1 Narratives and people with learning disabilities
  • 2 Social constructions and social models: disability explained?
  • 3 The roots of biomedical diagnosis
  • 4 Learning disability and the law
  • 5 Models of service delivery
  • 6 Maintaining a commitment to quality
  • 7 Advocacy, campaigning and people with learning difficulties
  • Part Two - Childhood and early parenting
  • 8 Children with learning disabilities talking about their everyday lives
  • 9 Communication with children and young people
  • 10 The importance of aetiology of intellectual disability
  • 11 Breaking the news and early intervention
  • 12 Addressing the physical and sensory needs of children with profound and multiple learning disabilities
  • 13 Family care: experiences and expectations
  • Part Three - Adolescence and transitions to adulthood
  • 14 Adolescents and younger adults – narrative accounts
  • 15 Transition: a moment of change
  • 16 Safeguarding adults with learning disabilities against abuse
  • 17 Promoting healthy lifestyles – challenging behaviour
  • 18 (Almost) everything you ever wanted to know about sexuality and learning disability but were always too afraid to ask
  • 19 The sexual lives of women with learning disabilities
  • 20 Supporting people with learning disabilities within the criminal justice system
  • 21 Independence, reciprocity and resilience
  • 22 Personalizing learning disability services
  • Part Four - Adult identities and community inclusion
  • 23 You have to prove yourself all the time: people with learning disabilities as parents
  • 24 Promoting friendships and developing social networks
  • 25 Enabling and supporting person-centred planning
  • 26 Culture and ethnicity: developing accessible and appropriate services for health and social care
  • 27 Work, supported employment and leisure
  • 28 Promoting healthy lifestyles: mental health
  • 29 Retrieving lost identities: men with severe intellectual disabilities and mental health problems in long-term care
  • 30 Engaging communities of interest
  • Part Five - Ageing and end-of-life issues
  • 31 A late picking: narratives of older people with learning disabilities
  • 32 Growing old: adapting to change and realizing a sense of belonging, continuity and purpose
  • 33 End-of-life issues
  • 34 Healthy and successful ageing
  • 35 Research and emancipation: prospects and problems
  • Index
  • Back cover