Description
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').
About the Author
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.
Book Information
ISBN 9780470974858
Author Carol Sellars
Format Paperback
Page Count 196
Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 290g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 10mm
- 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)
About the Author
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.
Book Information
ISBN 9780470974858
Author Carol Sellars
Format Paperback
Page Count 196
Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 290g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 10mm
