Moving on: Transitions out of care for young people with learning disabilities in England and Sweden

H Roberts, A Ingold, K Liabo, G Manzotti… - British Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Accessible summary When young people with learning disabilities leave the care system,
they can experience many problems. Here we describe some of these problems and what …

'It's the system working for the system': carers' experiences of learning disability services in Ireland

A Power - Health & social care in the community, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this article is to examine the experiences of families with young adults with
learning disabilities trying to access services. The landscape of disability services for this …

Reflections on change: Supporting people with learning disabilities in residential services

R Salmon, N Holmes, K Dodd - British Journal of Learning …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Accessible summary We looked at how staff think about the changes from working in a long‐
stay hospital setting to working in a home for people with learning disabilities. In homes, staff …

Changes and choices: finding out what information young people with learning disabilities, their parents and supporters need at transition

B Tarleton, L Ward - British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Accessible summary• Transition means growing up and becoming an adult. There are a lot
of changes and choices for young people at transition.• We found out what information …

Carer perspectives on the transition of young people with learning disabilities to employment

A Kaehne, SR Beyer - Journal on Developmental Disabilities, 2008 - orca.cardiff.ac.uk
The paper reports the views of carers on transition to employment, college or other services
for young people with learning disabilities (LD). The research draws on interviews with 87 …

Transition to adulthood: experiences of service providers working with immigrant disabled adolescents and young adults in Norway

DA Nyikach, KL Hansen, KA Kassah - Disability & Society, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The demographic landscape of Norway is diversifying. These changes present challenges
for frontline professionals working with immigrant parents raising children with disabilities …

Exploring family members' experiences of the Assessment and Treatment Unit supporting their relative

H Williamson, S Meddings - British Journal of Learning …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Accessible summary It is important to ask people who use services and their families about
their experience of care, and to make service changes in line with what they want/need. We …

Supporting parents with learning disabilities in Scotland: challenges and opportunities

A Stewart, G MacIntyre, S McGregor - 2016 - strathprints.strath.ac.uk
The Scottish Government wants to improve the lives of people with learning disabilities. This
report is one of a series commissioned by the Scottish Commission for Learning Disability …

Learning disability policy and practice in the UK

J Mansell - Tizard Learning Disability Review, 2008 - search.proquest.com
The situation uncovered by families of people with learning disabilities in Cornwall, where
the NHS was running unregistered care homes in breach of the law and where, in these and …

[PDF][PDF] Young people with a disability leaving state care: Phase two report

P Snow, P Mendes, D O'Donohue - 2014 - academia.edu
Background This report presents the second phase of the Monash University Young People
with a Disability Leaving Care Study. The Phase One Report (Mendes, Snow & Broadley …