The Identification of Research Priorities for Therapy Professions in Ireland

Summary: The therapy professions make up a significant and growing proportion of the health-care workforce in Ireland. In December 2008 the Therapy Advisory Unit of the Department of Health and Children (DoHC, 2008b) published A Research Strategy for the Therapy Professions. One of its strategic goals was to ensure that the therapy professions have a clear direction for their research activities. This study addresses this strategic goal by using the Delphi research technique to identify agreed research priorities for each of six Irish therapy professions:

(i)                physiotherapy,

(ii)              occupational therapy

(iii)             podiatry,

(iv)            speech and language therapy,

(v)              nutrition and dietetics, and

(vi)            orthoptics.

National Institute of Health Sciences Research Bulletin

FINAL CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
National Institute of Health Sciences Research Bulletin*, December 2010

A Final Call for Abstracts for the December 2010 edition of the National Institute of Health Sciences Research Bulletin is currently being made. The closing date for receipt of submissions is Monday, September 6th, 2010.
We are seeking healthcare and health management research, completed or ongoing.
*Please note that we do not accept Case Reports
Please submit an abstract or summary of the research structured according to the following headings as appropriate:
Introduction, Rationale, Objective(s), Methodology, Results, Recommendations, Conclusion(s)
Please refer to the Guidelines for Authors (Published/Unpublished) at http://www.nihs.ie/ResearchBulletin/index.cfm when preparing an abstract for submission.

*This is a bi-annual publication which brings together current medical and social services research in this region [Ireland]. It is an invaluable addition to our knowledge base and its publication is, we hope, the beginning of a dynamic process to facilitate and nurture a strong research culture which will ultimately benefit all. The full text of the current edition of the Research Bulletin may be accessed here.

Featured Article - Attitudes of Catholic religious orders towards children and adults with an intellectual disability in postcolonial Ireland

J Sweeney

Nurs Inq. 2010 Jun;17(2):95-110.

University College Cork, Cork, Ireland. j.sweeney@ucc.ie

Abstract

Attitudes of Catholic religious orders towards children and adults with an intellectual disability in postcolonial Ireland The purpose of this paper is to examine the intersecting roles of Catholic religious orders and psychiatrists in the development of residential care for people with an intellectual disability in Ireland during the fifty-year period after political autonomy from the UK in 1922. The context is the postcolonial development of the country and the crucial role played by the Catholic Church through several of its religious orders in developing and staffing intellectual disability services. The paper will consider the divergent positions of church and psychiatry in the foundation and contemporary position of what was originally known as the care of people with a mental handicap nursing in the 1960s. The development of this form of nursing during the mid-twentieth century can be seen as part of a wider postcolonial response to health and social care by the newly independent Irish state. The author argues that intellectual disability nursing in Ireland has been nuanced by association with the nation's struggle for self-determination from colonial oppression through adoption of a religious identity. This conflation of education and social care combined with a specific form of Catholic nursing has left an enduring legacy on the service provision to people with an intellectual disability in contemporary Ireland.

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Psychiatric and Behavioural Disorders in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

BOOK REVIEW

 edited by Nick Bouras and Geraldine Holt; New York, Cambridge University Press, 2007, 438 pages, $85

Pamela Hoyt, M.D.

This book is a concise and well-written collection of chapters on the assessment and treatment of psychiatric and behavioral disorders among individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. It is broken up into four sections: assessment and diagnosis, psychopathology and special topics, treatment and therapeutic interventions, and policy and service systems. An international group of contributors writes in a manner that is accessible to a variety of readers. They focus on multidisciplinary treatment, with strong contributions from the most current research. Although a relatively short book—424 pages with an index—considering the broad range that is covered, I found it to be comprehensive and very useful as a teaching guide and reference source.

Each of the 25 chapters is carefully constructed with an introduction, body, conclusion, and summary points, all with extensive references. This allows each chapter to stand on its own as a useful reference in this notoriously complicated area of psychiatric care. It also gives readers rapid access to the specific information they desire.

The book covers a wide spectrum of topics, including diagnostic and assessment tools. Other chapters cover the topics of children, depression, anxiety, personality disorders, psychotic disorders, dementia, and forensic issues. Specific information on patient management includes some case examples, and the frequently encountered problem of self-injurious behavior is extensively reviewed. Psychopharmacology, which can be thorny in this population, is covered in depth as well.

In most training programs little time is devoted to this special population, which makes this book a valuable tool in the treatment of this diverse group of people.Contact the library to order articles, borrow books, help with research.

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A meta-analysis of intervention effects on challenging behaviour among persons with intellectual disabilities

To review distinct biological, psychotherapeutic and contextual interventions that are applied to treat challenging behaviour among persons with ID, and to analyse intervention effects and moderating variables.

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Direct payments for health care: Information for pilot sites

Direct payments for health care: Information for pilot sites:This
document
has been published to assist primary care trusts to meet the requirements of
direct payments. It is written to reflect the requirements in the National
Health Service (Direct Payments) Regulations 2010. (Department
of Health - publications)
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BOOK REVIEW - Intellectual Disability Psychiatry: A practical handbook

Intellectual Disability Psychiatry: A practical handbook Angela Hassiotis, Diana Andrea Barron, Ian Hall ISBN: 978-0-470-74251-8 Paperback 288 pages December 2009 £34.95 / €40.20 Add to Cart This price is valid for Ireland. Change location to view local pricing and availability.

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Intellectual Disability Psychiatry is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the management of mental health problems in people with intellectual disabilities.  A clear and user-friendly handbook, it will help busy healthcare professionals develop their understanding of the mental health problems of service users with intellectual disabilities.  Most importantly, it will help them make an accurate diagnostic assessment and develop and implement an holistic, person-centred, evidence-based management plan.

Topics covered include the classification of mental disorders in intellectual disability, the clinical assessment of specific disorders, psychological, psychopharmacological and social interventions, and the practical, legal, and social aspects of supporting service users with intellectual disability who have mental health problems.

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Centre for Health Service Research in Intellectual Disabilities

University College London launch the Centre for Health Service Research in Intellectual Disabilities on 13th July 2010.
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Access to mainstream primary education environments: the case for pupils with an intellectual and/or a pervasive developmental disability

"This thesis is concerned with access to mainstream primary education environments and the differentiated geographies of children diagnosed with an intellectual and/or pervasive developmental disability prior to seeking enrolment. Historically, an ethos of care in segregated environments dominated service provision for this population. Through the first half of the 20th century a transition toward the inclusion of education in these segregated settings evolved and in the latter half of the century access to education in mainstream environments dominated policy development. The Education Act 1998 endorsed these developments and legislates for the right of all citizens to equality of access to mainstream educational environments. It lays down the right to supports for pupils with special education needs and affords parents the right of choice of placement for their child. In this thesis, Pierre Bourdieu‟s Theory of Practice is adapted and used to examine the capacity of the primary education system to meet these objectives through the provision of appropriate capitals at multiple levels. The research argues that appropriate cultural capital is not widely available to educators toward the provision of equal citizenship rights for these pupils and that inadequate investment in multiple forms of capital creates and maintains barriers to universal enrolment practices. It argues that appropriate capitals are not available to parents and their children to facilitate informed choice and positive enrolment practices to secure equality of access to placements. The thesis concludes that access to primary education spaces is resource sensitive and that a lack of pertinent capitals in the education system is a barrier to universal mainstream enrolment. The State and/or its agencies cater poorly for children with an intellectual and/or a pervasive developmental disability and their parents, which results in the continuing differentiated geographies of this population."

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Free Specialist Collection - Learning Disability

"Specialist Collections
About the specialist collections
NHS Evidence provides access to 34 specialist collections which cover a wide range of common medical conditions, topics and health populations, and which were formerly part of the National Library for Health.
The purpose of each collection is to filter the huge quantity of published research to ensure that clinicians and managers find only the best available evidence in each specialty. Collections provide links to the latest guidelines, systematic reviews and research in an area of interest.
Each specialist collection is led by healthcare professionals and uses the expertise of experienced librarians and is developed with NHS staff to meet their needs.
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Learning disabilities

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Direct payments for health care: Information for pilot sites

This document has been published to assist primary care trusts to meet the requirements of direct payments. It is written to reflect the requirements in the National Health Service (Direct Payments) Regulations 2010. (Department of Health - publications)

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Autistic Children May Be Fussy Eaters, Slow to Eat Solids

BRISTOL, England—In a recent study published in Pediatrics, British researchers compared 70 children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to 12, 901 children without an ASD, as parents of autistic children often admit their children don’t eat a wide variety of food and consider them “slow feeders” (July 19, 2010). After comparing the two groups of children, Alan Emond, M.D., and Pauline Emmett, Ph.D., of the University of Bristol in England and colleagues found ASD kids were more likely to be slower eaters by six months.

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	American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
	American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

	American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
	American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

	American Journal on Mental Retardation
	American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

	Autism
	SAGE Publications

	British Journal of Learning Disabilities
	Wiley-Blackwell

	Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
	Wiley-Blackwell

	Disability & Society
	Routledge

	Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
	American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

	International Journal of Disability, Development and Education
	Routledge

	Journal of Advanced Nursing
	Wiley-Blackwell

	Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
	Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior (SEAB)

	Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
	Wiley-Blackwell

	Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
	Springer Science+Business Media B.V., Formerly Kluwer Academic Publishers B.V.

	Journal of Intellectual Disabilities
	SAGE Publications

	Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
	Wiley-Blackwell

	Journal of Nursing Management
	Wiley-Blackwell

	Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention
	Routledge

	The Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (JSLHR)
	American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

	Mental Retardation
	American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

	Nursing Standard
	RCN Publishing Company Ltd.

	Nursing Times
	Emap Business Communications

	Pediatric Physical Therapy
	Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW)

	Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics
	Informa Healthcare

	Physical Therapy
	American Physical Therapy Association

	Practice Development in Health Care
	Whurr Publishers Limited (a subsidiary of John Wiley & Sons, Ltd)

	Tizard Learning Disability Review
	Pier Professional

	Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies
	Routledge

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