Janet Finlayson is a Registered Mental Health Nurse and Senior Research Fellow at Glasgow Caledonian University. Her research is focused on improving the health and wellbeing of people with a learning disability and autistic people. She has over thirty years experience of working with people with a learning disability, autistic people, and their supporters. She also teaches research methods to Postgraduate students.
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Description
- People with learning disability and autistic people
- Supporting choices and decision making
- Support in daily life
- Inclusive communication with people with a learning disability
- Inclusive communication with autistic people
- Physical health and wellbeing
- Mental health and wellbeing
- Understanding behaviours that challenge
- Reasonable adjustments
- Empowerment
This engaging book should be essential reading for all health and social care practitioners . It provides a thorough overview of health needs, importantly set within a person-centred approach, with emphasis on supporting choices, decision-making, and empowerment. Practical advice is provided throughout (the section on inclusive communication is a particular highlight), making it a "must-read". Including the voices of experts really brings home reality and importance. Fully recommended!
Sally-Ann Cooper, Professor of Learning Disabilities, University of Glasgow