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Mental Health, Spirituality and Well-being: A Handbook for Health and Social Care Professionals, Service Users and Carers

A ground-breaking handbook exploring the nature of spirituality and it’s relevance to the mental health and well-being of people coming into contact with health, social care, education and allied support services. Incorporating the perspectives and experience of over 35 leading academics and practitioners in the field, the book offers a practical guide that includes the contemporary context, details of relevant demonstration projects and therapeutic interventions, and issues for services, staff, managers, leaders and trainers. Opportunities for reflection and practice pointers and offered throughout.

The book pays due attention to the current climate of the covid-19 pandemic and the trauma and mental health needs linked to it (both for patients and staff), black and minority ethnic and trans-gender issues, and the voice of mental health experts by experience. Organized into thematic sections, it offers an update to previous publications in the field, including a consideration of spirituality and the new landscape going forwards.

CAMDEX-DS-II: A Comprehensive Assessment for Dementia in People with Down Syndrome and Others with Intellectual Disabilities (2nd edition) – Starter Pack

CAMDEX-DS-II: A Comprehensive Assessment for Dementia in People with Down Syndrome and Others with Intellectual Disabilities (2nd edition) – Manual

The CAMDEX-DS-II is a fully updated second edition of a validated assessment for diagnosing dementia in people with Down Syndrome (a group known to be at particular risk of dementia), as well as others with intellectual disabilities. In order to differentiate decline due to dementia or other mental health issues from pre-existing impairment, particular emphasis has been placed on establishing change from the individual’s best level of functioning.

The CAMDEX-DS-II comprises a comprehensive manual including guidance for diagnosis, a structured informant interview to collect information about presenting symptoms and clinical history, a direct participant assessment (CAMCOG-DS-II), and a picture book to use in conjunction with the participant assessment. The CAMDEX-DS-II may be used in community settings by health professionals as part of the diagnostic process, or to formalise diagnosis in the context of research.

The Dementia Care Training Library: Starter Pack

The Dementia Care Training Library is an important new project designed to provide authoritative training materials across a wide range of dementia-specific topics. These topics have been chosen to relate directly to the learning needs of care staff working in a range of settings, including those dedicated to dementia and those where people with dementia are supported alongside people with diverse needs. The materials will help learners to develop and maintain person-centred practice.

The Starter Pack provides trainers with a master ring binder and two core modules of content: ‘Dementia Awareness’ and ‘Understanding Behaviour Viewed as Challenging.’ Over time, an array of further discretionary modules will become available in areas such as communication, sexuality, teamwork, the physical environment and quality of life, enabling trainers to build a customised library of the content they need to meet the needs of learners and the people they care for.

The training materials take an Action Learning approach. This means a balance of information and practice-based activities. It allows learners to reflect on and apply new knowledge in real time as a team, which in turn leads to improved practice in care.

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Understanding and Responding to Autism: The SPELL framework (2nd edition)

A fully revised, new edition of Understanding and Responding to Autism: The SPELL Framework (2nd edition) including new video, self-study guide and learner workbook.

These new training and self-study resources reflect the changes in the autism context in the UK as well as in many other countries, and the valuable experience the authors have gained from many years of using the original resources for training in many different settings.

This training pack is designed for those who wish to lead more traditional classroom-based training, which is still the recommended option for delivering training in understanding and supporting people on the autism spectrum. The resource includes:

PowerPoint presentations for the training
The trainer’s guidelines which include:
- Instructions
- Background information
- Optional examples and thinking activities
- Ideas for tailoring the presentation to different audiences
A copy of the self-study guide, which mirrors the trainer’s guidelines from the pack, and therefore provides the background information needed to run the training in a convenient format. It also provides a self-study route through the content, guiding the reader through the materials and when to watch particular videos and do the various exercises and activities, to encourage independent thinking and learning
A learner workbook for classroom-based training with key points from each element of the training, some additional background information and space to complete the exercises during the sessions etc.
Training evaluation form and attendance certificate

Sexuality and Learning Disabilities (2nd edition)

Cover of the book - Sexuality and Learning Disabilities - Practical approaches to providing positive support

Practical approaches to providing positive support. Sexuality and Learning Disabilities (2nd edition) is a handbook intended to guide anyone working with people with learning disabilities. This 2nd edition of one of our best-selling handbooks brings the topic up to date, with legal changes, latest approaches to supporting relationships and sexuality, plus the inclusion of issues like sex, relationships and the internet, domestic violence and supporting people with learning disabilities who identify as LGBT.

Sexuality and Learning Disabilities is grounded in research and best practice. It is accessible for staff occupying many roles, for example support workers and managers in learning disability service settings, supported housing, community learning disability teams, social workers, students in health and social care and any professional who may find themselves supporting a person with a learning disability from time to time. The book may also be helpful for family members.

The 2nd edition is a complete revision and updating of content, aiming to address key knowledge requirements and concerns of people working in the field, with opportunities for reflection and professional development. Case studies illustrate the content to help the reader explore how best to address issues in practice.

Supporting People with Learning Disabilities and Dementia Training Pack

Cover of the book - Supporting People with Learning Disabilities and Dementia - A training pack for support staff (based on the Supporting Derek film and guide)

Within this pack you should find everything needed to deliver individual training sessions or, combined, as a half or full day training course. The Supporting People with Learning Disabilities and Dementia Training Pack aims to:

equip staff and volunteers with the confidence and knowledge to provide a high quality of support that is appropriate to each person with a learning disability and dementia
support staff and volunteers to reflect upon, and develop, the provision of care based on the experiences, context and preferred outcomes for each person with a learning disability and dementia
provide materials, information and points for discussion that will support ongoing learning and development.

The main objective of the pack is to promote holistic support that will maintain the abilities of the individual and provide them with services that meet their needs. It is important that people with a learning disability and dementia:

have choice and control over the support and services they receive, now and in the future
maintain meaningful and supportive relationships with family, friends and the wider community
remain in their own accommodation, if appropriate and desired.

Included in the pack are four resources:

The trainer guidelines, including the Powerpoints, resources and handouts needed to run the training.
Supporting People with Learning Disabilities and Dementia Self-study Guide: A self-study guide for support staff and carers for trainers to refer to. Each section in the guide is structured around one of ten topic areas, ranging from background information about dementia and learning disability to end-of-life planning. Each topic area will prompt thinking about practice and development of skills, promoting changes to support which are focused around each individual, rather than expecting the individual to fit the service. The self-study guide can be used as a standalone resource and is available to purchase separately from the training pack for trainees who would like a self-study resource to refer to after the training.
Supporting People with Learning Disabilities and Dementia: A practice development guide for support staff and allied health professionals. The practice development guide provides an overview of content from the self-study guide and the trainer guidelines. It can be provided to learners at the training sessions to supplement the training materials and is available to download.
An online link to the ‘Supporting Derek’ film.

Working with People in Secure Forensic Mental Health Settings

This training pack contains three units to help frontline staff working in forensic mental health to develop their knowledge and practice. Working within secure forensic settings can be highly demanding, and individuals starting work in this challenging and complex sector will be faced with a very steep learning curve.

This training pack has been developed to support new staff members in gaining and developing their understanding of work in forensic mental health services. For those already working with mentally disordered offenders, the material will allow the learner to reflect on their practice and explore their existing knowledge in more depth.

The training pack comprises of three units which are designed to enable the learners to understand their role within secure forensic services, how to develop therapeutic relationships with service users, and how to assess and manage risk effectively. The three units can be run over consecutive days to form a comprehensive training course or delivered individually as standalone units. The training pack includes a CD-rom with all of the resources needed to run the training, including handouts, training materials and PowerPoint slides.

The materials will help learners to evidence aspects of the following Forensic Mental Health National Occupational Standards:

SFHFMH1 – Assess, diagnose and formulate an individual’s mental health disorder
SFHFMH3 – Observe an individual who presents a significant imminent risk to themselves or others
SFHFMH8 – Assess and formulate an individual’s needs for forensic mental health treatment and care
SFHFMH9 – Develop and review an integrated care programme for an individual in forensic mental health care
SFHFMH11 – Support an individual in forensic mental health care to participate in treatment
SFHFMH12 – Manage hostility and risk with non-co-operative individuals, families and carers
SFHFMH13 – Help an individual to feel more psychologically secure
SFHFMH15 – Increase the individual’s capacity to manage negative or distressing thoughts and emotional states

Working with People with Learning Disabilities and Offending Behaviour

This handbook is designed to provide the reader with information on forensic issues in people with learning disabilities. Covering the same topics as the training resource, it reflects the latest developments in services and treatment for this group. The handbook can be read independently or used to support the training course materials contained in Forensic Issues in People with Learning Disabilities: A multi-agency approach: A training resource.

Professionals within the social care sector are required to undertake Continuous Professional Development (CPD) by the General Social Care Council (GSCC). Those who use this resource will be able to gain CPD points.

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Autism and Intellectual Disability in Adults Volume 2

Autism and Intellectual Disability in Adults: Volume 2 explores issues and practice affecting the support of adults with intellectual disabilities who are on the autism spectrum. This volume explores potential key moments in the lives of adults with intellectual disabilities who are on the autism spectrum, covering a breadth of subjects. In this second volume, there is a substantial focus on autistic people with intellectual impairments who come into contact with the criminal justice system, with three chapters on this topic. Other topics include employment, autism and intellectual impairment in old age, mental health, housing, and the transforming care agenda. We have also included a number of chapters on our continuing theme of participatory research and practice.

This volume has been brought to you by a highly creative group of people, many of whom are either on the autism spectrum or have close family ties to autistic people. The focus of this series is not on the causes of autism; our interest instead lies in considering ways in which autistic people (focusing here on those with additional intellectual impairments) can have the best possible quality of life, on their own terms. Common themes emerge between authors, including the fundamental requirement to acknowledge, respect and facilitate autistic expertise as being central to the production of research, policy and practice.

Autism and Intellectual Disability in Adults: Volume 2 will inform and benefit health, social care, and education professionals, families, students, support staff in learning disability services and many others. The annual shares information, tools and resources in ways that are accessible, useful and usable by the broad range of professional groups involved in this area of practice.

Personalisation

Discover how personalisation in adult social care transforms lives by empowering users to take control and shaping effective support strategies. Personalisation: practical thoughts and ideas from people making it happen is a practical guide on the use of personalisation in adult social care services. The content will consider how people can make sure that transformation happens, and how users can be enabled to take more control over their own support and their lives.

Professionals within the social care sector are required to undertake Continuous Professional Development (CPD) by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). Those who use this resource will be able to gain CPD points.