Presenting the most up-to-date information available about dementia and intellectual disabilities, this book brings together the latest international research and evidence-based practice, and describes clearly the relevance and implications for support and servicesInternationally renowned experts from the UK, Ireland, the USA, Canada, Australia and the Netherlands discuss good practice and the way forward in relation to assessment, diagnosis, interventions, staff knowledge and trai...

What key issues and challenges affect the lives of people with severe disabilities today's and what should tomorrow's professionals do to address them? Aligned with the core values and agenda of TASH, this visionary text prepares professionals to strengthen supports and services for people with disabilities across the lifespan. Readers will fully examine more than a dozen critical topics in the lives of people with severe disabilities; explore necessary reforms to policy and practice; and ...

Silvery Elms, The Singing Stone, tells the story ofAnna, an imaginative little girl from Silvery Elms in country New South Wales, who flies with the magical dragon Gadrian to Aartemia to help him put the powerful Singing Stone back together, break the binding spell that has kept the Princess Brianna from her true love, defeat the Sorceress and restore a kingdom to its rightful rulers!

Silvery Elms, The Kaleidoscope, tells the story of brothers Chris and David who befriend Ava, fairy-princess of Aartemia; together they go in search of the owner of a magic kaleidoscope which tells them to ‘Never Forget…’ – never forget what? Read the book and find out!

This book on end of life examines how to include people with intellectual and developmental disability in the inevitability of dying and death. Comprising 17 chapters, it addresses challenging and under-researched topics including suicide, do-not-resuscitate, advance care planning, death doulas and accessible funerals. Topics reflect everyday community, palliative care, hospice and disability services.The book proposes that the rights of people with disabilities should be supported...