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Mackey, Ellen; Dodd, Karen – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2011
Following Beacroft & Dodd's (2009) audit of pain recognition and management within learning disability services in Surrey, it was recommended that learning disability services should receive training in pain recognition and management. Two hundred and seventy-five services were invited to participate, of which 197 services in Surrey accepted…
Descriptors: Pain, Recognition (Psychology), Health Services, Human Services
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Shaklee, Harriet; Bigbee, Jeri; Wall, Misty – Journal of Family Social Work, 2012
Chronic shortages of health, social service, and mental health professionals in rural areas necessitate creative partnerships in support of families. Cooperative extension professionals in Family and Consumer Sciences and community health nurses, who can bring critical skills to human services teams, are introduced as trusted professionals in…
Descriptors: Prevention, Extension Education, Extension Agents, Rural Areas
Lamont, Emily; Harland, Jennie; Atkinson, Mary; White, Richard – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2009
The Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 was designed to address the wide variation in local authority provision for care leavers and to promote a more multi-dimensional approach to the process of leaving care. Care leavers are likely to be at greater risk of mental health difficulties than other young people and the transitional period from leaving…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Adults, Adolescents, Mental Health