Planning and Support for People with Intellectual Disabilities : Issues for Case Managers and Other Professionals

by Bigby, Christine

• ISBN13: 9781843103547
• ISBN10: 1843103540
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-03-15
• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Pub

Summary

Planning and Support for People with Intellectual Disabilities provides comprehensive information for any professional working with people with intellectual disabilities, particularly case managers. In illuminating the complexities, the tensions and dilemmas practitioners must negotiate in their everyday practice, the book considers the three key dimensions that mediate outcomes for people with intellectual disabilities: the context of the broader social welfare system; program structure; and practice - the processes used by practitioners including the skills and knowledge they draw on.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 9
The Contributors	p. 13
Introduction: contexts, structures and processes of case management	p. 17
Case management with people with intellectual disabilities: purpose, tensions and challenges	p. 29
Understanding intellectual disabilities	p. 48
Balancing rights, risk and protection of adults	p. 65
Walk a day in my shoes: managing unmet need on a daily basis	p. 84
Case management in a rights-based environment: structure, context and roles	p. 90
Working with other organisations and other service sectors	p. 108
Working to empower families: perspectives of care managers	p. 121
A life managed or a life lived? A parental view on case management	p. 139
Taking it personally: challenging poor and abusive care management practice	p. 150
Be there for me: case management in my life	p. 162
Working things out together: a collaborative approach to supporting parents with intellectual disabilities	p. 171
Intellectual disability and the complexity of challenging behaviour and mental illness: some case management suggestions	p. 191
The importance of friendships for young people with intellectual disabilities	p. 208
Issues of middle age and beyond for people with intellectual disabilities and their families	p. 215
The role of the case manager in supporting communication	p. 233
Accessing quality healthcare	p. 247
Supporting children and their families	p. 264
Review of evaluative research on case management for people with intellectual disabilities	p. 280
Notes	p. 300
Subject Index	p. 301
Author Index	p. 306
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