Dyslexia, a reading disability, is one of the types of learning disorder that affects many children. Most of the children will eventually become competent, indeed skilled, readers of their language. Dyslexic children are proficient in their language because of their learning difficulties. While learning English as second language they face many problems. On the basis of their disability, this p...

The following paper examines the applicability of Maxwell's Multi-dimensional Quality Evaluation model to community learning disability health services. The model defines seven dimensions against which the quality of any given service can be measured: effectiveness, efficiency, economy, equity, access to services, appropriateness and social acceptability. A number of examples in relation to com...

Gloucestershire Learning Disability Partnership is a collaborative service of NHS Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire County Council. It serves over 2500 people with a learning disability and is currently working to incorporate telecare and telehealth into its mainstream services. We believe this proposed presentation would fit under the Developing Applications at Scale category. The Partnershi...

A recent report from the National Patient Safety Agency has highlighted the risks facing people with a learning disability when they enter hospital. Recent policies and current patterns of care will see increasing numbers of people with a learning disability accessing generic health services, including hospitals. Nurses may need to develop suitable approaches to deal with the demand. This artic...

*Reza Kiani, MD, MRCPsych Specialist Registrar/Honorary Lecturer in Psychiatry of Learning Disability, and Honorary Specialist Registrar, National Deaf Services. Leicester Frith Hospital, Leicester, UK Tel: 0116 225 5273 Fax: 0116 225 5272 email: [email protected] Satheesh Kumar Gangadharan, MD, MRCPsych Consultant in Psychiatry of Learning Disability, Leicester Frith Hospital, Leicester, UK T...

A person-centred approach is needed to improve access to secondary health care for people who have learning disabilities. The Department of Health (1995a) drew attention to this issue when it reported that people with learning disabilities sometimes have problems maintaining their health because hospitals fail to work in an interdisciplinary manner with the specialist learning disability servic...

BACKGROUND Psychological therapies are first-line interventions for depression, but existing provision is not accessible for many adults with intellectual disabilities. We investigated the clinical and cost-effectiveness of a behavioural activation intervention (BeatIt) for people with intellectual disabilities and depression. BeatIt was compared with a guided self-help intervention (StepUp). ...

Declaration of interest The authors are orhavebeenpartofthe clinicalteamat the specialistunitevaluated. National Health Service (NHS) and social services expenditure on adults with learning disability is approximately £3000 million per annum (Department of Health, 2003) from which the costs of meeting the needs of those who are aggressive are estimated at £50–140 million (Netten et al, 2001). C...

This study investigated adaptive behaviour of learners with severe intellectual disabilities with the view of trying to mirror their problems in the acquisition of adaptive behaviour. Respondents comprised teachers of learners with severe intellectual disabilities. The survey used a modified form of the critical incident technique. The purpose of the study was, therefore, to analyse the nature ...

A D D R E S S Correspondence should be addressed to: G R E G O RY O ’ B R I E N , Professor of Developmental Psychiatry, University of Northumbria, Northgate Hospital, Morpeth NE61 3BP, UK. e-mail: [email protected]