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Jim Mansell - Active Support: Enabling and Empowering People with Intellectual Disabilities - 9781849051118 - V9781849051118
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Active Support: Enabling and Empowering People with Intellectual Disabilities

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Description for Active Support: Enabling and Empowering People with Intellectual Disabilities Paperback. Active Support is a proven model of care that enables and empowers people with intellectual disabilities to participate in all aspects of their lives. This evidence-based approach is particularly effective for working with people with more severe disabilities, and is of growing interest to those responsible for providing support and services. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 162 x 13. Weight in Grams: 326.

Active Support is a proven model of care that enables and empowers people with intellectual disabilities to participate fully in all aspects of their lives. This evidence-based approach is particularly effective for working with people with more severe disabilities, and is of growing interest to those responsible for providing support and services.

The authors provide a comprehensive overview of Active Support and how it can be used in practice, based on the theory and research underpinning the methods involved. They describe how to engage people with intellectual disabilities in meaningful activity as active participants, and look at the ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849051118
SKU
V9781849051118
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10

About Jim Mansell
Jim Mansell was Emeritus Professor of Learning Disability at the Tizard Centre, University of Kent, and Adjunct Professor in the School of Social Work and Social Policy at La Trobe University, Melbourne. He was a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, a Chartered Psychologist and an Academician of the Social Sciences. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the ... Read more

Reviews for Active Support: Enabling and Empowering People with Intellectual Disabilities
Mansell and Beadle-Brown have created a thorough handbook of AS and how to implement it successfully. Readers of this book will also obtain different perspectives of challenges faced with AS, and how to resolve these. The book is a stimulating read, with a strong evidence base referenced to research and government papers. The authors explain their material clearly, and offer ... Read more

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