Person centred planning and care management with people with learning disabilities (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2005)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Cover; Person Centred Planning and Care Management with People with Learning Disabilities; Contents; 1. Introduction and Overview; PART 1; 2. Person Centred Planning and Person-Centred Action: A Critical Perspective; 3. Relationships between Care Management and Person Centred Planning; 4. Managing the Tensions between the Interests of Organisations and Service Users; PART 2; 5. Promoting Empowerment: Your Life Can Change If You Want It To; 6. Involving Young People with Learning Disabilities Leaving School in Planning for the Future
This timely book provides a reflective analysis of person centred planning for people with learning disabilities, complementing policy initiatives that focus on individualised planning and service user involvement. Drawing on practical experience and research findings, the contributors explore policy and practice issues, including: advocacy and empowerment; risk management and adult protection; inter-agency and inter-professional working; ethnicity and culture; de-institutionalisation. Vivid case studies illustrate best practice in person centred planning, and the authors offer a rich variety