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Direct linkWeber, Ditte Lystbaek; Brereton, Margot; Kanstrup, Anne Marie – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2023
Background: Young people with learning disabilities use many digital technologies to undertake meaningful and social activities in their everyday lives. Understanding these digital activities is essential for supporting their digital participation. Including them in exploring their digital activities can be challenging with conventional…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Adolescents, Young Adults, Information Technology
Ross, Helen; Dodds, Nicola – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2023
Background: There are few identified risk factors that may contribute to the increased risk of hospital admission for children and young people with intellectual disabilities. This qualitative study aimed to identify the key risk factors that precipitate admissions to Tier 4 child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) inpatient services…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Learning Disabilities, Hospitalized Children
Jacobs, Myrthe; Downie, Helen; Kidd, Gill; Fitzsimmons, Lorna; Gibbs, Susie; Melville, Craig – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2016
Background: Children and young people with learning disabilities experience high rates of mental health problems. Methods: The present study reviewed the literature on mental health services for children with learning disabilities, to identify known models of service provision and what has been experienced as effective or challenging in providing…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Mental Health, Health Services
Thomas, Samantha; Butler, Richard; Hare, Dougal Julian; Green, David – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2011
A young person's construct of self can be fundamental to their psychological well being (Glick 1999; Emler 2001). However limited research has been conducted in the United Kingdom to explore self-image with adolescents with learning disabilities. Previous studies have demonstrated the effective use of personal construct theory with children…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Well Being, Adolescents, Foreign Countries
Pritchard, Duncan; Graham, Nicola; Ikin, Annette; Penney, Heather; Kovacs, Lisa; Mercer, Dawn; Edwards, Richard; Jones, Dylan; Mace, Floyd Charles – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2012
Children and young people with learning disabilities who present sexually harmful behaviour are marginalised and do not always participate in community activities. This case study describes a multi-component intervention that successfully reduced the sexually harmful behaviour of a 16-year-old boy with a mild learning disability. The intervention…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Intervention, Special Schools, Residential Schools
Harwood, Ian – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2007
In 2005, the Royal College of Psychiatry Faculty of Learning Disability's three judges unanimously awarded the inaugural Medical Student Essay Prize to Ian Harwood, a mature medical student at Barts & The London School of Medicine. This reflective piece records an undergraduate's contact with an adolescent suffering from advanced Sanfillipo…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Medical Schools, Medical Students, Communication Skills
