Learning Disability
2011
Service Audit Pilot Report
On overview of attempts to expand the remit of the National Co-Morbidity Working Group to include a re-consideration of the scope of services for people with a learning disability, offending behaviour and/or autistic spectrum difficulties.
Service Audit Pilot Report [174Kb]
2010
Learning Disability Event Documents
Event reports for the learning disability events in Glasgow and Aberdeen, as well as a PowerPoint containing presentations given at both events, are below.
Complex Needs Glasgow Event Report [337Kb]
Complex Needs Aberdeen Event Report [382Kb]
Complex Needs Glasgow Event Presentations [2Mb]
2009
Partnership Matters
The Scottish Government is committed to ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to participate in lifelong learning irrespective of their personal circumstances. In May 2009 the Government issued a revised version of its Partnership Matters document, previously published in 2005 and 2007, which describes the roles and responsibilities of agencies supporting students with additional support needs at or as they prepare to go to college or university. To read the full article which also includes weblinks see the document below.
2007
Getting to Grips with Commissioning for People with Learning Disabilities
The Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP) started Getting to grips with the money in 2006. The aim is to help councils respond to spending pressures in services for people with learning disabilities.
Getting to grips with commissioning for people with learning disabilities [116Kb]
eSAY Data Standards: Learning Disability and Autistic Spectrum
The eSAY Project run by the Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability (SCLD) is a system for bringing together data on learning disability and autism across Scotland. Its roll out was one of the recommendations of The same as you?
Version 4.1 of the National Learning Disability and Autistic Spectrum Disorder Standards (eSAY) was released in early February. The updated Standards will be current until their next review date in February 2009.
You can find out more on the SCLD website, which you can access via the following link:
Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability
Commissioning Services: Laying the Tracks as the Train is Coming?
Article written by Martin Campbell (JIT Action Group) for Learning Disability Practice journal, November 2007. In this article, Martin discusses the benefits of an evidence-based approach to commissioning, and reports on the 7-step individual commissioning pathway guidelines developed by JIT.
Learning Disability Practice Laying the Tracks Nov 2007 [135Kb]
Improving Outcomes: Seven-Step Individual Commissioning Pathway
This online toolkit / flowchart was designed to help commissioners use existing evidence and good practice when developing and evaluating individual service plans for people with learning disabilities.
It involves seven steps, each of which contains a number of key questions that need to be answered as the service plan is developed.
You can access Improving Outcomes via the Toolkits section of our website > click here
Learning Disability: Assessment and Treatment Event Report
JIT and the Scottish Executive jointly held a seminar on 6 October 2006 to consider assessment and treatment beds and models of service provision following long stay hospital closures. The seminar was designed to give people from across Scotland the opportunity to discuss current bed use, identify barriers to local developments, work towards an agreed definition of assessment and treatment provision, and consider developing models of services.
This report of the event includes the key themes from the speakers and feedback from the discussions. A copy of the presentations given on the day is available on request from the Adult Support and Protection Unit of the Scottish Executive. Please phone 0131 244 3704 for more information.
Assessment and Treatment Event Report [217Kb]
2006
Improving the Quality of Life for People with Learning Disabilities
This report summarises the presentations and discussions at a conference held at Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh on 18 November 2005, which focused on ways to turn learning disability research into practice.
Learning Disabilities report [314Kb]
Make My Day!
Report of the Day Services Sub Group that sought practical examples of how day services for people with learning disabilities had been developing across Scotland since The Same As You?
Make My Day!
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