Fully updated to meet current guidelines and standards of practice, this handbook provides concise and practical information for intellectual and learning disability nurses. Small enough to slip into a bag for daily reference but still highly detailed, this is an invaluable resource for everyone working in the field.

• 1: Owen Barr, Aoife Bradley, Maria Cozens, Bob Gates, Dorothy Kupara, and Peter Oakes: The nature of intellectual disability nursing


• 2: Owen Barr, Helen Laverty, and John Swinton: Working with families


• 3: Elaine Kwiatek and Cath Valentine: Communication


• 4: Phil Boulter, Matt Dodwell, Bob Gates, Margaret Sowney, Mohamed Surfraz, and Laurence Taggart: Assessment


• 5: Aoife Bradley, Debbie Crickmore, Mary Dearing, Lynne Marsh, Philip McCallion, Mary McCarron, and Sue Read: Changes across the lifespan


• 6: Owen Barr, Tina Bell, Michael Brown, Rebecca Chester, Caroline Dalton O'Connor, Bob Gates, Edna O'Neill, Sue Read, Lesley Russ, and John Swinton: Physical health and wellbeing


• 7: Eddie Chaplin, Renée Francis, Philip McCallion, Mary McCarron, Sue Read, Laurence Taggart, and Gaynor Ward: Mental health and emotional wellbeing


• 8: Owen Barr, Maurice Devine, Bob Gates, Peter Griffin, Lisa Hanna-Trainor, Kirsty Henry, Victoria Jones, Elaine Kwiatek, Helen Laverty, Damian McAleer, Tanya McCance, Brendan McCormack, and Martina Meenan: Planning with people and their families


• 9: Jonathan Beebee, Tina Bell, Sue Colgrave, Maurice Devine, Bob Gates, Zuzana Matousova-Done, Sue Read, Mohamed Surfraz, Laurence Taggart, Cath Valentine, and Michael Wolverson: Therapeutic Interventions


• 10: Owen Barr, Tina Bell, Jo Bromley, Eddie Chaplin, Renée Francis, Lynne Marsh, Philip McCallion, Mary McCarron, Edna O'Neill, Sue Read, Lesley Russ, Jillian Scott, and Margaret Sowney: Accessing general health services


• 11: Rhona Brennan, Garvin McKnight, and Annie Norman: People with intellectual disabilities and forensic nursing


• 12: Phil Boulter, Maria Cozens, Matt Dodwell, Bob Gates, Lisa Hanna-Trainor, Chiedza Kudita, Dorathy Kupara, and Roy McConkey: Lifestyles and intellectual disability nursing


• 13: Paul Maloret and Michael Wolverson: The law


• 14: Owen Barr, Bob Gates, Kay Mafuba, and Duncan Mitchell: Research and intellectual disability nursing


• 15: Paul Keenan: National occupational standards and professional requirements


• 16: Owen Barr, Michael Brown, Bob Gates, Victoria Jones, and Paul Keenan: Independent regulators of care quality


• 17: Jill Davies, Peter Griffin, and Mohamed Surfraz: Practice resources


• 18: Rhona Brennan, Kirsty Henry, Neil James, Robert Jenkins, Garvin McKnight, Annie Norman, and Edna O'Neill: Emergencies

Professor Owen Barr is Professor of Nursing and Intellectual Disabilities at Ulster University. He commenced his nursing career as Registered General Nurse before undertaking his Registered Nurse Learning Disability education and later his Community Nursing Course: Learning Disabilities. He has worked in a number of hospital and community nursing posts in intellectual / learning disability services in England and Northern Ireland before entering nurse education.
He has particular interests in health needs of people with intellectual disabilities, including access to general health services as well as the impact of receiving personal genetic information. Owen has written widely, with over 110 publications covering nursing services for people with intellectual disabilities, support for the families of people with intellectual / learning disabilities, the health of people with intellectual / learning disabilities and supporting people receiving personal genetic information.
Professor Bob Gates is now semi-retired but continues to work part-time as Professor of Learning Disabilities at the University of West London. He is also Emeritus Professor of Learning Disabilities at the University of Hertfordshire, and Visiting Professor of Learning Disabilities at Derby University. He has a long career in learning disabilities spanning many decades, and is well known for his contribution to the field. During his career he has held numerous positions across the UK in learning disability services, and higher education settings. Before retiring he established the Centre for Learning Disability Studies at Hertfordshire, and previously the East Yorkshire Learning Disability Institute at the University of Hull. He was Founding Editor in Chief of Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, and serves on numerous international journal editorial boards. In 2014 he was appointed Editor in Chief of the British Journal of Learning Disabilities, and has produced more than 160 publications.