Puppets can do more than tell a story
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Puppets can be useful tool in encouraging people with learning disabilities to communicate. The technique can be used with adults so long as the therapist uses the puppets convincingly. The puppets can be used in numerous ways, including to get a patient's attention, to ask questions, demonstrate an activity or give feedback. Glove puppets, finger puppets, mask puppets, shadow puppets and rod-operated puppets are discussed. Patients can help to make the puppet as this helps with team work and physical co-ordination. Puppet therapy should be used in conjunction with other forms of therapy.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1997
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Risk-taking for clients with learning disabilities
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A study into risk-taking among nurses has revealed that those who had studied risk-taking in pre-registration training felt much more confident about taking risks than others. The use of 'normalisation' principles was supported. Risk-taking increases when supported by colleagues decisions, and it diminishes when skill-mix ratios are low. The study into risk-taking, especially among clients with learning disabilities, is discussed further.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1995
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Sensory growth: the cultivation of plants by people with learning disabilities can stimulate their senses, encourage independence and make them more aware of the passing seasons
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Gardening offers benifits to people with learning disabilities by stimulating the senses. Those who have been subjected institutional practices only have their biological clocks to guage the passage of time and plants can offer opportunities to consider the passage time through their life cycle.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1996
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