Learning disabilities Blog Posts

• Cochrane review finds insufficient evidence to inform clinical practice on interventions for drooling in children with cerebral palsy

  24 Feb 2012

  • John Northfield

  
• Multisensory storytelling did not result in high quality staff interactivity

  23 Feb 2012

  • John Northfield

  
• Better commissioning should improve outcomes for children and young people with speech, language and communication difficulties

  22 Feb 2012

  • John Northfield

  
• Review fails to find direct link between childhood disability and increased risk for child abuse and neglect

  21 Feb 2012

  • John Northfield

  
• What do older people with learning disabilities say about their lives and their hopes for the future?

  20 Feb 2012

  • John Northfield

  
• Video review could help people with learning disabilities describe experiences of cognitive behaviour therapy

  17 Feb 2012

  • John Northfield

  
• Case studies suggest solution focused brief therapy may be effective for people with mild learning disabilities

  16 Feb 2012

  • John Northfield

  
• Use of 2 or more antipsychotics found in 22% of adults with learning disabilities experiencing psychiatric crisis

  15 Feb 2012

  • John Northfield

  
• Actigraphy offers insight into sleep problems of older people with learning disabilities

  14 Feb 2012

  • John Northfield

  
• CQC report claims people with learning disabilities often not at the centre of their own care

  13 Feb 2012

  • John Northfield