Risk Assessment in People With Learning Disabilities (eBook)

Carol Sellars (Autor)

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2011 | 2. Auflage
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
9781119975762 (ISBN)

Infos

Risk Assessment in People with Learning Disabilities, Second Edition reflects legislative updates made over the past decade while continuing to demystify the process of assessing risk for people with intellectual impairment (previously called 'learning disabilities').

• Revisits techniques of risk assessment outlined in First Edition in light of the recent legislative changes, most notably the 2005 Mental Capacity Act
• Covers methods of assessing a person's capacity to consent in a range of situations, from the everyday, to complex medical or psychological scenarios
• Covers implications of new guidelines issued in relation to the Care Programme Approach (CPA)

Carol Sellars is a retired Chartered Clinical and Forensic Psychologist. She worked for the NHS Trust for more than thirty years with a wide range of client groups with different types of problems.

Inhalt

Preface: Introduction to Second Edition vii

Chapter 1 Assessing Risks in the Lives of People with
Intellectual Impairment 1

Chapter 2 The Problem of Predicting Risk 13

Chapter 3 Assessing Risks and Establishing Care Plans 27

Chapter 4 Everyday Risks 47

Chapter 5 Parents with Intellectual Impairment 69

Chapter 6 Self-harm, Mental Illness and Risk 89

Chapter 7 Other Mental Disorders and Associated Risks 103

Chapter 8 Violence and Offending in People with Intellectual
Impairment 123

Chapter 9 Sex Offenders with Intellectual Impairment 141

Chapter 10 Assessment of Risk with Those You Care For: the Way
Forward 155

References and Suggested Further Reading 167

Index 171

Rezensionen

Risk Assessment in People with Learning Disabilities,
2nd Edition provides a step-by-step guide to the
process of assessing and minimising risk in situations ranging from
crossing the road to serious sexual offending. It offers a
thoughtful, 'person-centred' approach, encourages
empathy and explores the impact of risk decisions on both the
person with intellectual impairment and those around them. It
explains the apparently conflicting legal responsibilities and
gives clear guidance on implementing the Mental Capacity Act.
This is a book that will be pulled off the shelf every time a
difficult risk decision needs to be made. Everyone who works with
individuals with intellectual impairment should have a copy.

--Zillah Webb, Consultant Clinical
Psychologist for the Learning Disabilities Service, Surrey and
Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, UK

Following the passing of the Mental Health Act, this updated
version takes as its philosophy an enabling and facilitating rather
than just a preventative approach to risk for those with mental
impairments, so that they can lead as normal a life as
possible. It is commonsensical in its approach, advising what
questions should be addressed together with credible
examples. This book will give confidence to care staff in
ensuring a safe environment for those for whom they care on a
day-to-day basis.

--Paul Devonshire,Former Head of Forensic
Clinical Psychology Department, Shaftesbury Clinic, London,
UK.

Risk Assessment in People with Learning Difficulties,
2nd Edition is a clear and up to date
description of risk assessment, written by someone who has many
years of experience in the field. It helps care staff and
professionals to make sense of the complexities involved in risk
assessment and gives frameworks for people to undertake it,
maximising safety for all involved whilst giving people with
intellectual impairment 'fuller lives with greater freedom of
choice' and recognising resource limitations. This is a book
to read, use and keep on the shelf to refer to over and over
again.

--Valerie E. Barden, Retired Consultant
Clinical Psychologist, Learning Disability Services NHS, UK

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.8.2011
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Klinische Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Approach • Assessing • Assessment • awareness • changes • Clinical psychology • Continuing • decade • Disabilities • Edition • implemented • important legislative • increased • Klinische Psychologie • Legislative • PAST • People • Problem • Psychologie • Psychology • Risk • Several • stepbystep • succinct • Updates • Ways
• ISBN-13: 9781119975762 / 9781119975762