Sexuality and Personal Relationships for People with Learning Disabilities: A Framework for Assessment and Intervention

1999 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 130-135
Author(s):  
G. J. Collins ◽  
D. Cozens
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Recent Work ◽  
Personal Relationships

Sexuality and personal relationships still present many challenges to those working to provide valued lifestyles for people with learning disabilities. However, the focus of much recent work has been on a risk management theme rather than promoting sexuality as a positive, valued experience. This paper presents a simple framework for understanding issues about relationships and sexuality and describes the development of an assessment package for identifying key areas in which to promote positive changes. The framework considers issues about relationships in three areas: skills, knowledge and opportunities. Practical examples are used to illustrate its utility.

Brick by brick: building up our knowledge base on the abuse of adults with learning disabilities

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 130-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle McCarthy
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Personal Relationships ◽  
Good Thing ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Adults With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Many Sources

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to draw readers’ attention to the myriad ways to find out about abuse towards people with learning disabilities. Design/methodology/approach – Whilst acknowledging the continued importance of research studies specifically focused on the topic of abuse, this commentary reviews information about abuse of adults with learning disabilities from other sources, e.g., through service audits, studies on sexual and personal relationships. Findings – Having many sources of information about abuse against people with learning disabilities is a good thing, but there are some problems associated with this. First, some forms of abuse appear to be easier to find out about than others, and second, the difficult question of how the information can be used to improve the lives of people with learning disabilities. Originality/value – This commentary encourages readers to take a broad view of abuse of people with learning disabilities and to use all the knowledge available to support individuals, whilst at the same time demanding social changes.

Risk Management in the Rehabilitation of Offenders with Learning Disabilities: A Qualitative Study

2002 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-45
Author(s):  
Bob Heyman ◽  
Carol Buswell Griffiths ◽  
John L Taylor ◽  
Gregory O'Brien
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Qualitative Study

scholarly journals Successful Community Resettlement of Men with Learning Disabilities Who Have Completed a Hospital-Based Treatment for Sexual Offending

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Hollomotz
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Sexual Offending ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Realist Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Methodology ◽  
Personal Attributes ◽  
Community Living ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Social Community

Abstract Treatment for sexual offending equips men with learning disabilities with tools required for pro-social community living. In the past, risk aversiveness prevented discharges from hospital, but fieldwork took place at the time of the Transforming Care Agenda, which sought to enable more people to return to their communities. This offered the opportunity to gain unique insights into community resettlement planning in cases that require ongoing risk management. Eleven case studies were examined through qualitative interviews with the men and professionals. A realist evaluation methodology was applied to examine how treatment outcomes manifested longer term. It was evidenced that treatment had equipped men with risk management tools, as well as encouraged them to develop realistic visions for their pro-social futures and that both outcomes come to fruition under conditions that allow positive risk taking. The welfareist and user-led nature of working towards pro-social community living makes this a useful toolkit for social work, whilst input from forensic health services was valued for skilling up the social care workforce. However, discharge practices continued to be influenced by contextual factors, including local availability of resources and personal attributes, such as men’s sexual preferences and levels of compliance and some men remained in hospital.

Risky Trade, Resilient Traders: Trust and Livestock Marketing in Northern Kenya

Africa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 78 (4) ◽  
pp. 561-581 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hussein Abdullahi Mahmoud
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Recent Work ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Risk Management Strategy ◽  
Northern Kenya ◽  
The Past ◽  
Livestock Marketing ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Successful Business

This article examines innovations in livestock marketing that livestock traders in northern Kenya use to overcome a host of trading obstacles. Livestock trading in northern Kenya is one of the toughest and most risk-prone jobs in the region, yet livestock traders have been able not only to transform the ways in which trading is conducted through ‘home-made’ innovations, but also to mitigate trading risks. The article demonstrates how livestock traders have become resilient to risks and have been able to succeed in a trade that in the past many have had to abandon. Trust embedded in social networks and relations reinforces the adoption of risk-minimizing strategies. The article focuses on the broad field of pastoral risk management to illustrate how an innovative risk management strategy can be used to create a successful business entrepreneurship in a risk-prone environment. I draw on fieldwork conducted during 2001–2 among cattle traders in Moyale District of northern Kenya and Nairobi, and on recent work among Somali livestock traders-cum-ranchers in Garissa District of North Eastern and Coast provinces.

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