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Rip it up
September 11, 2014
Destructive behaviour is distressing, expensive and hard to manage, yet often a feature of caring for someone with profound learning disability. What can we do to reduce it? Charlie is…
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Changes for service planning for young adults
September 4, 2014
Adult service providers may not be aware of the changes in special needs children’s services that came into force on 1st September. Some aspects of the new SEND Code of…
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Misunderstood, misquoted or mistake?
August 28, 2014
Oxford evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins has incurred the wrath of thousands with his Twitter comments on Down’s syndrome. Was he really saying what people read? Or was this a case…
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So – Who Are You?
August 22, 2014
For people with a learning disability, having a sense of self can be difficult, more so when you consider the factors many people use to define who they are. In…
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Prepare to be Spontaneous
August 14, 2014
For many people dependent on others for their care, the chance to just drop everything and do something random is lost. Use your common sense and give back spontaneity. Henry…
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Technology as a Means to Greater Independence
August 7, 2014
The greatest cost of any care service is personnel. Can we reduce personnel but still ensure service users are safe? Social care services are notoriously people-heavy. To deliver support to…
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Healthier Approaches
July 17, 2014
If you have ever had to support a service user as an inpatient on a general hospital ward, you will appreciate the need to educate doctors and nurses in positive…
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Is Summer Making You Miserable?
July 10, 2014
For many people, the early summer can be an irritating time. The levels of grass pollen, combined with pollution, humidity and breezy weather, can lead to misery. Hay fever is…
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