TY - JOUR
T1 - Promoting access to services: the development of a new screening tool
AU - McKenzie, Karen
AU - Paxton, Donna
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - The term ‘learning disability’ is a social construct whose defining characteristics change in response to political and social influences. Service provision has also had to respond to these influences. Recently, services for people with a learning disability have faced two potentially conflicting factors: the first is the belief that service provision should be shaped by ‘need’ rather than strict adherence to criteria (Scottish Executive 2000). The second, more pragmatic viewpoint, reflects increasing pressure on learning disability services to use scarce resources in the most efficient manner. The former stance leads to a broadening of criteria for accessing services, while the latter tends to lead to a greater adherence to learning disability criteria.
AB - The term ‘learning disability’ is a social construct whose defining characteristics change in response to political and social influences. Service provision has also had to respond to these influences. Recently, services for people with a learning disability have faced two potentially conflicting factors: the first is the belief that service provision should be shaped by ‘need’ rather than strict adherence to criteria (Scottish Executive 2000). The second, more pragmatic viewpoint, reflects increasing pressure on learning disability services to use scarce resources in the most efficient manner. The former stance leads to a broadening of criteria for accessing services, while the latter tends to lead to a greater adherence to learning disability criteria.
KW - learning disability: services
KW - management information systems
KW - multidisciplinary teams
U2 - 10.7748/ldp2006.07.9.6.17.c7451
DO - 10.7748/ldp2006.07.9.6.17.c7451
M3 - Article
VL - 9
SP - 17
EP - 21
JO - Learning Disability Practice
JF - Learning Disability Practice
SN - 1465-8712
IS - 6
ER -