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Pauline (Ed) Heslop - Understanding and Working With People With Learning Disabilities Who Self-Injure - 9781849052085 - V9781849052085
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Understanding and Working With People With Learning Disabilities Who Self-Injure

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Description for Understanding and Working With People With Learning Disabilities Who Self-Injure Paperback. This book looks at ways of improving care provision for people with learning disabilities who self-injure. The first part of the book sets out the theories behind psychological approaches to understanding self-injury, and in the second half case studies and 'practice pointers' propose ways of improving direct care. Editor(s): Heslop, Pauline; Lovell, Andrew. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKSN; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 240.

Adopting a predominantly psychological approach, this book provides carers with up-to-date information and resources to provide appropriately individualised care to people with learning disabilities who self-injure.

Understanding and Working with People with Learning Disabilities who Self-Injure synthesises traditional (behavioural) and newer (psychological) approaches to understanding self-injury, drawing on psychoanalytic and social theory to provide practical guidelines for more sustained and effective support. It suggests that motivations for self-injury may be similar for people with and without learning disabilities, and draws on case work examples to suggest person-centred techniques that encourage communication – particularly important with people who ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849052085
SKU
V9781849052085
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50

About Pauline (Ed) Heslop
Pauline Heslop is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Bristol. Andrew Lovell is Reader in Learning Disabilities at the University of Chester.

Reviews for Understanding and Working With People With Learning Disabilities Who Self-Injure
This welcome book on self-injury has been put together by some of the best practitioners working with people with learning disabilities in the UK today. They have succeeded in bringing together social, psychological and service-user perspectives to inform our understanding and develop our skills. I am delighted to recommend it.
Baroness Sheila Hollins, Executive Chair, Books Beyond Words and ... Read more

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