Social work with autistic people : essential knowledge, skills and the law for working with children and adults /

"This book will help social workers and practitioners to find achievable solutions to support autistic people -- including those with complex needs -- to live fulfilling lives in their communities. Far too many autistic people are currently in inappropriate institutional placements, putting the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dunn, Yo (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2020.
Temas:
Social work with people with disabilities > Great Britain.
Autistic people > Services for > Great Britain.
Autism spectrum disorders.
Service social aux personnes handicapées > Grande-Bretagne.
Autistes > Services > Grande-Bretagne.
Troubles du spectre de l'autisme.
Autism spectrum disorders
Autistic people > Services for
Social work with people with disabilities
Great Britain
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Social Work with Autistic People
  • Cover
  • Of related interest
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Foreword by Alex Ruck Keene
  • Foreword by Ruth Allen
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Where Does Autism Fit from a Social Work Perspective?
  • 1.1 Autism in the context of social work
  • 1.2 Why do I need to do anything differently for autism?
  • 1.3 Autism and co-occurring conditions
  • 1.4 Undiagnosed autism
  • 1.5 How can this book help social workers?
  • 2. Social Care Assessment and Autism
  • 2.1 Before the assessment
  • 2.2 During the assessment
  • 2.3 Chapter summary and key points
  • 3. Social Care Eligibility and Autism
  • 3.1 Assumptions
  • 3.2 Thresholds or barriers?
  • 3.3 Autistic needs in daily living
  • 3.4 Chapter summary and key points
  • 4. Person-Centred Care Planning and Autism
  • 4.1 Person-centred approaches, needs-led planning and the wider context
  • 4.2 What does good care look like? Goals
  • 4.3 What does good care look like? A framework
  • 4.4 Chapter summary and key points
  • 5. Life Stages, Aging, Transition Planning and Autism
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Autism and attachment difficulties
  • 5.3 Human development and developmental delay in autism
  • 5.4 Autistic identity development
  • 5.5 Managing transitions
  • 5.6 Chapter summary and key points
  • 6. Assessing Mental Capacity and Autism
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Who does the assessment?
  • 6.3 Assumptions
  • 6.4 Autistic people and the development of decision-making skills
  • 6.5 Providing all relevant information
  • 6.6 Types of decision
  • 6.7 Timing
  • 6.8 The functional test
  • 6.9 Chapter summary and key points
  • 7. Supporting Decision Making and Autism
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 Lack of experience
  • 7.3 Adapting communication
  • 7.4 Providing information
  • 7.5 Weighing information and making a decision
  • 7.6 Communicating and executing the decision
  • 7.7 Chapter summary and key points
  • 8. Safeguarding and Autism
  • 8.1 How big is the risk?
  • 8.2 Types of abuse
  • 8.3 Prevention
  • 8.4 Safeguarding enquiries
  • 8.5 Chapter summary and key points
  • 9. Behaviour which May Challenge and Autism
  • 9.1 Overload: fight, freeze or flight
  • 9.2 Managing behaviour: reaction
  • 9.3 Managing behaviour: prevention
  • 9.4 The wider context: preventing the breakdown of community placements and ending the inappropriate use of inpatient settings
  • 9.5 Crisis planning
  • 9.6 Chapter summary and key points
  • References
  • Endnotes
  • Subject Index
  • Author Index

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