Supporting People with Learning Disabilities in Health and Social Care

′This is a helpful, practical and sensitive book written in accessible style. If you are a health or social care practitioner aiming to include people with learning disabilities in your service provision, this book is a valuable new resource. It will gently challenge you to look at your own practice and show you positive ways in which to improve it′ –
Dr Irene Tuffrey-Wijne (RGN, PhD)

Senior Research Fellow, St George′s University of London Chair, Palliative Care for People with Learning Disabilities Network

′The best feature of the book is the examples used to consolidate learning. These will help students integrate theory with their experiences of working with people in practice environments.′
-Mary Dearing, Univerisy of Hull

Eric Broussine is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at the University of The West of England, where he teaches across a range of learning disability nursing modules on the Bsc (Hons)/Diploma in HE Learning Disabilities Nursing programme. Eric specialises in communication and inter-personal skills development, Person-Centred Planning, meeting the mental health needs of people with learning disabilities and working with families and young people with learning disabilities. Eric is a trustee and a volunteer of a charity that provides a befriending service to families.

Kim Scarborough is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at the University of The West of England. Kim is a national teaching fellow and an Academic in Practice where she supports and updates mentors in practice. Her specialisms are working with people with profound and multiple learning disabilities and their families, user and carer involvement in Higher Education and work-based learning. Kim is an external examiner and an editor for ′Involved′, a UWE bulletin on user involvement.