1LEARNING DISABILITY PRACTICE April 2009 | Volume 12 | Number 3
On the cover
14 Looking at you
The results of our survey provide
an interesting snapshot of nurses
working in the specialty
21 Care planning
A care plan was devised to help
a boy with autism to wait his turn
26 Fear of dental surgery
A man with challenging behaviour is helped to
achieve his goal of having his teeth extracted
30 Older people's services
Nurses give their views about the services
available to older people with learning disabilities
3 Editorial
News
4 Mother helps son seek sexual partner on the internet
5 `Six Lives' report calls for urgent review of services
Analysis
6 Student numbers may be rising
Christian Duffin investigates what the recent rise in applicants for
nursing courses could mean for the learning disability branch
7 Ombudsmen's report confirms `appalling catalogue of neglect'
The findings of the investigation into the deaths of six people
Opinion
8 Letters, book reviews and regular columns
11 The importance of ethics
Ethics is extremely important in offering guidance to people
working in a caring capacity, explains Eamonn Slevin
Resources
12 Diary events, Training, Noticeboard, Research round-up and web review
Features
14 Who do you think you are?
Christian Duffin reports on the results of our reader survey
18 Positive images
Meet the band campaigning to stay up late
21 Care planning for children in educational settings
Using coloured cards, Joanne Hammond devised a care plan to help
a boy with autism to learn how to wait
26 Helping an individual to overcome his fear of dental surgery
Rob Mirow explains how a solution-focused approach was used to
help a man with challenging behaviour to have his teeth extracted
30 Nurses' views about services for older people with learning disabilities
The strengths and weaknesses of the three service models in
operation were assessed by Robert Jenkins
36 Improving access to sight testing for people with learning disabilities
Martin Thomas suggests ways to support visits to the optician
Careers
39 Face to face
Moira Donlon talks about her career, which began in general nursing
Cover image: Charles Milligan
Overcoming anxiety about
hospital admission26
A punk-rock band drums up support
for the Stay Up Late campaign18
April 2009 | VOLUME 12 | ISSUE 3
Nursing courses are attracting more
applicants in the economic downturn6

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