Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: a policy overview / Nigel Malin
  • 1. Classification of people with learning disabilities / David Race
  • 2. Causes of learning disabilities / David Race
  • 3. Epidemiology of learning disabilities / David Race
  • 4. Historical development of service provision / David Race
  • 5. Residential and day services / Paul Williams
  • 6. Services to families / Jill Manthorpe
  • 7. Education and assessment services / Glenys Jones
  • 8. Leisure and recreation services / Judith Russell
  • 9. Empowerment and advocacy / Ken Simons
  • 10. Financial services / Paul Martinez and Andrew Balchin
  • 11. Professional and planning issues in assessment / Oliver Russell
  • 12. Assessment methods and professional directions / James Hogg
  • 13. Community care plans: starting and finishing with individuals / Derek Thomas
  • 14. Caremanagement / Ann Richardson
  • 15. Quality assurance and inspection / Ian Sinclair and John Brown
  • 16. The survival of collaboration and co-operation / John Hattersley.