Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributor Profiles; Introduction Meeting Complex Needs Through Collaborative Multidisciplinary Teamwork; Part One: Personal; 1 Positive Health: A Collective Responsibility; 2 Physical Management; 3 Sensory Needs; 4 Personal Needs and Independence; Part Two: Social; 5 Assessing and Developing Successful Communication; 6 Making Relationships; 7 Sexuality: Challenges and Dilemmas; 8 Challenging Behaviour is Normal; Part Three: Learning; 9 Accounting for Learning and Failure to Learn in People with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities
10 Teaching and Learning for Children with Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties11 Person Centred Planning; 12 Managing the Learning Environment; 13 Technology for Living and Learning; Part Four: Community; 14 Supporting Families; 15 Advocacy and Empowerment: What Does it Mean for Pupils and People with PMLD?; 16 Community Integration and Ordinary Lifestyles; 17 Addressing Equality in the Provision of Services to Black People with PMLD; 18 Leisure and the Arts; 19 Community Based Rehabilitation in Developing Countries; References; Index
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First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company