Main description:

The application of systemic ideas and principles in working with people with intellectual disabilities, their families and their service systems, has grown over the last decade in the UK. This book, for the first time, brings together the writings of a group of practitioners who have been using this approach in their clinical practice. It is hoped it will inspire others to try out different ways of working with people with intellectual disabilities and their wider systems, so that they can have the choice of a wide range of therapeutic approaches. It is also hoped that systemic practitioners who are unfamiliar with this client group might give consideration to extend their practice to also work with people with intellectual disabilities.

Contents:

Series Editors' Foreword , Foreword , Introduction , Working systemically with intellectual disability , The use of the systemic approach to adults with intellectual disabilities and their families , Lifespan family therapy services , Setting up and evaluating a family therapy service in a community team for people with intellectual disabilities , Engaging people with intellectual disabilities in systemic therapy , New stories of intellectual disabilities , Supporting transitions , Who needs to change? Using systemic ideas when working in group homes , The practitioner's position in relation to systemic work in intellectual disability contexts , So how do I . . . ?