Commentary on the ‘‘Development of a sex offender assessment and treatment service within a Community Learning Disability Team (the SHEALD project): part 2’’

Olsen, AM and Ravey, M 2011, 'Commentary on the ‘‘Development of a sex offender assessment and treatment service within a Community Learning Disability Team (the SHEALD project): part 2’’' , Tizard Learning Disability Review, 16 (3) , pp. 17-20.

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Abstract

Purpose – This paper aims to provide a commentary on the previous paper in this issue on the ‘‘Development of a sex offender assessment and treatment service within a Community Learning Disability Team (the SHEALD project): part 2’’ Design/methodology/approach – The authors consider the nature of traditional service delivery for people with learning/intellectual disabilities and the potential that services have for the physical, emotional and sexual abuse of these vulnerable people. Findings – The authors argue that effective community based treatment/support is best delivered in a way that acknowledges andemploys therangeof skills offeredbypractitioners fromhealthandsocialbackgrounds. Originality/value – Both SHEALD and HIST are examples of community treatment programmes which show that a person-centred approach supported by a dedicated and consistent team of practitioners may be an effective way of addressing complex, high-risk behaviours.

Item Type:	Article
Themes:	Subjects outside of the University Themes
Schools:	Schools > School of Health and Society > Centre for Applied Research in Health, Welfare and Policy
Journal or Publication Title:	Tizard Learning Disability Review
Publisher:	Emerald
Refereed:	Yes
ISSN:	1359-5474
Depositing User:	Users 29196 not found.
Date Deposited:	31 Jan 2012 12:20
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2019 08:01
URI:	http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/19498

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