Risk Assessment in People With Learning Disabilities

Risk Assessment in People With Learning Disabilities by Carol Sellars

Risk Assessment in People with Learning Disabilities, Second Edition reflects legislative updates made over the past decade while continuing to demystify the process of assessing risk for people with intellectual impairment (previously called 'learning disabilities'). Revisits techniques of risk assessment outlined in First Edition in light of the recent legislative changes, most notably the 2005 Mental Capacity Act Covers methods of assessing a person's capacity to consent in a range of situations, from the everyday, to complex medical or psychological scenarios Covers implications of new guidelines issued in relation to the Care Programme Approach (CPA)

Carol Sellars is a retired Chartered Clinical and Forensic Psychologist. She worked for the NHS Trust for more than thirty years with a wide range of client groups with different types of problems.

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ISBN 13	9780470974858
ISBN 10	0470974850
Title	Risk Assessment in People With Learning Disabilities
Author	Carol Sellars
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Year published	2011-08-26
Number of pages	196
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