Advances in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities: Volume 2 Issue 3
Table of contents
Failing to plan is planning to fail: out‐of‐area placements for people with learning disabilities
David AllenBeing placed in out‐of‐area services can be one of the most significant forms of transition experienced by people with learning disabilities. The paper reviews the extent of such…
Transition to old age — what can we do to aid the process?
Karen DoddThis article looks at how people with learning disabilities, including people with learning disabilities who develop dementia, make the transition to old age. It identifies key…
‘Sunrise, sunset’ — the transitions faced by the parents of adults with learning disabilities
Peter LindsayThis article is based on statements freely written by the parents of three adults with learning disabilities describing the transitions in the lives of these adults, and…
Good practice in transition services for young people with learning disabilities: a review
Diana Barron, Angela HassiotisThere is now a vast amount of available information, research and policy on the transition of young people with learning disabilities to adulthood. These sources are informed by…
Medication: the last resort. A parent carer's account
Linda WoodcockThree years ago I became part of the guideline development group for the new national guide for prescribing medication for problem behaviours in people with learning disabilities…
Transition and social networks of young people with learning disabilities
Raghu Raghavan, Nicole PawsonSchool leavers with learning disabilities are often lost within service structures as part of the transition process. Many young people lose their social networks at the point of…
An adolescent with Rasmussen's encephalitis and psychosis: transition to adult services
Muthukumar Kannabiran, Sarah BernardThis case study highlights issues surrounding the transition of a 19‐year‐old man with moderate learning disabilities and a psychotic illness from child and adolescent mental…