In this article we examine discourses, conceptualisations and practices of positive risk-taking
for or by children and adults with learning disabilities. We identify tensions and …

Recent theoretical debates highlight the competing risk logics and varying rationalities
mobilised in response to dangers and approaches to risk management. Yet the concept of …

This article discusses the question of risk in the lives of people who are supported by human
services. It responds to the way in which risk, as it has traditionally been approached by …

This review of current research into at‐risk programmes serves to categorise and
characterise existing programmes and to evaluate the contribution of these programmes to …

The present paper examines the importance of risk when supporting individuals with
learning disabilities. It uses data from a small research project designed to examine the …

Studying social dimensions of learning disabilities is not for the faint‐hearted, in light of the
multiple and interactive characteristics of these students and their social/cultural …

The purpose of this article is to respond to Bernice Wong's questions regarding the efficacy
of the risk and resilience model for studying social problems in students with learning …

'Resilience'has become a popular goal in research, social policy, intervention design and
implementation. Reinforced by its conceptual and political slipperiness, resilience has …

This article is an endorsement of Wong's proposal that risk and resilience models provide a
framework for research and practice with regard to the social and emotional functioning of …

This paper argues for the value of resilience as a key concept in work with young people in
need and considers some of the implications of a resilience led approach for policy and …