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- Title
Prison staff receive training on learning disabilities.
- Authors
Parish, Colin
- Abstract
The article discusses how prison staff are receiving training on learning disabilities in order to be able to deal effectively with prisoners with learning disabilities and provide appropriate assistance to these individuals. Many offenders miss out on basic services because they are unable to complete the appropriate forms. A project to identify and support individuals with learning disabilities is having a beneficial effect and offenders are receiving timely assistance.
- Subjects
EDUCATION of correctional personnel; CRIMINALS with mental illness; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Learning Disability Practice, 2013, Vol 16, Issue 4, p6
- ISSN
1465-8712
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7748/ldp2013.05.16.4.6.s9