This book traces the development of services for people with disabilities and discusses how much things have really changed for today?s ?service users? since the days of asylums. It also assesses whether the policy of involvement, such as that outlined in Valuing People, is achievable in practice or simply places unrealistic burdens on professionals and service users. Based on findings from original research and interviews, the author argues that involving people with learning disabilities in service planning is difficult to achieve successfully and is currently, to a large extent, tokenistic. This area of challenging practice and emotive debate is brought to life by the voices of service providers, carers and the service users themselves, and illustrates the realities of working with people with learning disabilities. Planning for Life is valuable and informative for students of social work, social care and social policy, and will be enlightening reading for those working with adults with learning disabilities, in policy and in practice.
Additional ISBNs
9780203017845, 9786610175314, 9781280175312, 9781134265411, 9781134265367, 9781134265404, 0203017846, 6610175314, 1280175311, 1134265417, 1134265360, 1134265409, 9780415351560, 9780415351577, 0415351561, 041535157X
Planning For Life Ebook
Involving Adults with Learning Disabilities in Service Planning
By: Liam Concannon
Publisher:
Routledge
Print ISBN: 9780415351577, 041535157X
eText ISBN: 9781134265404, 1134265409
Edition: 1st
Pages: 232
Copyright year: 2004
Format: EPUB
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