Risk Assessment in People With Learning Disabilities

<i>Risk Assessment in People with Learning Disabilities, Second Edition</i> reflects legislative updates made over the past decade while continuing to demystify the process of assessing risk for people with intellectual impairment (previously called ‘learning disabilities’). <ul> <li>Revisits techniques of risk assessment outlined in First Edition in light of the recent legislative changes, most notably the 2005 Mental Capacity Act</li> <li>Covers methods of assessing a person’s capacity to consent in a range of situations, from the everyday, to complex medical or psychological scenarios</li> <li>Covers implications of new guidelines issued in relation to the Care Programme Approach (CPA)</li> </ul>