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Learning Disability Nursing

Use this guide to find information resources about learning disability nursing including books, reports and journal articles.

Last updated: 17/09/2024

Key Resources

Adults with incapacity: forms and guidance (Scottish government)
The Learning Disabilities Review Programme (LeDeR) (2022) Annual report. Bristol: LeDeR
Mental capacity act (Northern Ireland) 2016.
NHS England (2018) Stopping over medication of people with a learning disability, autism or both (STOMP).
Reasonable adjustments for people with a learning disability (2018) GOV.UK.
快猫视频 - Clinical topics in learning disabilities.
快猫视频 (2021) Connecting for change: for the future of learning disability nursing. London: 快猫视频
Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (2021) Eating and drinking with acknowledged risks: multidisciplinary team guidance for the shared decision-making process (adults).
  • Eating and drinking with acknowledged risks refers to the decision to continue eating and drinking despite the associated risks from having dysphagia. These risks may refer to aspiration, malnutrition, dehydration and choking. This publication is endorsed by the 快猫视频.
Skills for Health (2019) Capabilities frameworks. Supporting autistic people and/or people with a learning disability.
Taggart L, Tripp H, Conder J, Whitehead L, Scott J, Rouse L, Redquest B, Lunsky Y and Truesdale M. (2021) International consensus guidelines: reasonable adjustments in the management of type 2 diabetes in adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IASSIDD): Health Special Interest Research Group.

Videos

National Autistic Society, Amazing Things Happen by Alexander Amelines. 
We would like to thank the 快猫视频 Learning Disability Nursing member community for their input into the development of this subject guide.

Books

Book cover Baker P and Osgood T (2019) Understanding and responding to behaviour that challenges in intellectual disabilities: a handbook for those that provide support. 2nd edn. Shoreham by Sea: Pavilion Publishing.
Alt Barber C (2022) Learning disabilities: a non-specialist introduction for nursing, health and social care. Banbury: Lantern Publishing.
Book Cover Barr O and Bates B (eds.) (2019) Oxford handbook of learning and intellectual disability nursing. 2nd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Book cover Frankish P (2019) Trauma-informed care in intellectual disability: a self-study guide for health and social care support staff. Shoreham by Sea: Pavilion Publishing.
Book Cover Hemmings C (2018) Mental health in intellectual disabilities: a complete introduction to assessment, intervention, care and support. 5th edn. Hove: Pavilion Publishing.
Book Cover Heslop P and Hebron C (2020) Promoting the health and well-being of people with learning disabilities. Cham: Springer.
Book cover Humphrey S (ed.) (2021) Learning disability placements: a pocket guide. Banbury: Lantern
Book Cover Jones V (2019) Working with people with learning disabilities: systemic approaches. London: Red Globe Press.
book cover Mafuba K and Gates B (eds) (2023) Learning and intellectual disability nursing practice. 2nd edn. London: Routledge. 
Book Cover Moulster G, Iorizzo J, Ames S, and Kernohan J (eds.) (2019) The Moulster and Griffiths nursing model: a framework for learning disability nursing practice. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Book cover Northway R and Hopes P (2022) Learning disability nursing: developing professional practice. St Albans: Critical Publishing
Book cover Sheerin F and Doyle C (eds.) (2023) Intellectual disabilities: health and social care across the lifespan. Cham, Switzerland: Springer.

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