BILD publications
BILD is the UK’s leading publisher of books and journals that support the
improvement of practice among professionals and help people with a
learning disability achieve a better quality of life.
Many of our titles draw directly on the latest research in the field, helping
to
encourage evidence-based practice at all levels and across different
professional disciplines.
Our policy is to involve people with a learning
disability in the development of text and illustrations for books designed for
use by them to ensure that they are fully accessible.
New BILD publications catalogue
BILD's new books catalogue gives full details about our range of books around protecting the rights of people with learning disabilities and working in person centred ways. It covers a wide range of subjects, from understanding autism to positive behaviour support. You can download the catalogue using the link below, or we can send you a copy by post if you email t.tindell@bild.org.uk or telephone 01562 723010.
Download the new BILD publications catalogue
Latest books from BILD
BILD Code of Practice for the Use and reduction of restrictive physical interventions
Third Edition
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Around half of all people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour
are subject to physical interventions. High quality training, to increase staff
skills and confidence and reduce injuries among staff and people who use
services, is therefore critical.
The BILD Code of Practice provides guidance for trainers and commissioners of
training who support adults and
children with:
• a learning disability
• an autistic spectrum condition
• special educational needs
• behavioural, emotional and social difficulties
This third edition has been substantially revised and updated and provides an
important point of reference for commissioners of services, those with
responsibility for implementing standards as well as families, carers and all
who are involved in supporting people who may be exposed to the use of
restrictive physical interventions.
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Poetry breaking through barriers to understanding
Breaking
through Barriers is the work of David Thompson, a Wolverhampton man who uses his
poetry to tell us about his life and the role his love of the English language,
his Jamaican heritage and his cerebral palsy have played in what he sees and
what he writes.
As David says: “I have been writing poetry and plays for most of my adult life.
“I don’t feel I need to explain what my poems are about, I like to leave it to
the reader to read them and decide what they are about for themselves. Many of
my poems do though tell the story of my life—and I like telling stories! So what
I’ve seen, what I’ve felt is all in there.
“I just hope people will read my work and enjoy my work.”
An example of David’s poems:
My Goliath
Goliath!
I am David
Can you hear me?
I’m singing a happy song
Goliath!
I’m trying to strip you naked
Because deep in my head
I know that I am right
And you are wrong
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place an order
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form
The BILD Guides - the information you need for only £2
We have launched five new BILD Guides, all 20 A5 pages long, all priced at £2
each. Their aim is to give the right information on their subject, with stories
from the real experts in the subject - people with learning disabilities - and
lots of practical examples of best practice. Written by experts in their field,
some guides aim to help people do their jobs, plan services and deliver support
in person-centred ways, others campaign to improve rights and respect for people
with learning disabilities.
BILD Guide: An introduction to personalisation
Jenny Pitts
2009
ISBN 978 1 905218 14 1
Price: £2
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BILD Guide: Personalisation for community teams
Jenny Pitts
2009
ISBN 978 1 905218 15 8
Price: £2
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BILD Guide: Personalisation for people and organisations delivering direct
support
Jenny Pitts
2009
ISBN 978 1 905218 16 5
Price: £2
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BILD Guide: Communication is a human right
Sue Thurman
2009
ISBN 978 1 905218 17 2
Price: £2
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BILD Guide: Making complaints work for people with learning disabilities
Sue Thurman
2009
ISBN 978 1 905218 18 9
Price: £2
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Learning to Tell - a handbook for inclusive storytelling
Nicola Grove
To
support the development of inclusive storytelling, this new and exciting
resource from BILD has been specifically designed to help people to find
personal meaning in traditional stories, and so make links between a legend and
their own lives. The resource aims to enable people who are marginalised through
communication and language difficulties, to develop skills in narrative and
story. The role of stories in their lives is the same as for everyone else –
stories are fun and interesting, help you to make friends, understand the world
and develop your imagination.
You can use these practical materials flexibly or integrate them into a more
formal course for accreditation on the Open College Network course Inclusive
Storytelling. With a raft of information, games, activities and stories, and an
accompanying DVD containing video footage and PDFs of forms, this resource can
help students develop the ability to narrate, which is fundamental to human
experience.
2009
ISBN 978 1 905218 09 7
Cost: £30 (inc. VAT)
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more or place an order
Ethical Approaches to Physical Interventions
Volume II. Changing the agenda
Edited by David Allen
The
topic of physical intervention is still hugely important: the abuse of such
interventions features all too regularly in national scandals, and people with
intellectual disabilities and other individuals with complex needs are still
dying in the UK as a result of the use of inappropriate restraint.
Through rigorous analysis of current policies and practices, careful examination
of physical interventions and abusive practices, and clear discussion of
objectives and needs for the future, this new publication offers a major
overview of key developments and current best practice in the field.
2009
ISBN 978 1 905218 11 0
Publication cost: £25
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an order
Down’s Syndrome and Dementia- A resource for carers and support staff
Second Edition
Karen Dodd, Vicky Turk and Michelle Christmas
A resource book for family carers, staff and other professionals
to
help them care more effectively for people with Down’s syndrome
and dementia.
The book has been revised to take into account further
developments both in working with people with
learning disabilities in general and specific developments for
people who develop dementia.
2009
ISBN 978 1 905218 08 0
£20
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more or place an order
Supporting Parents and Carers - A trainer’s guide to positive behaviour strategies
Sharon Paley, Chris Stirling and Mark Wakefield
Parents and carers are often the most important
influence on a child’s life and yet they very rarely
receive training in strategies to help them deal with
challenging behaviour. Training delivered by people
who are in, or have been in, the same situation as
themselves is likely to be more meaningful and
produce a more positive response.
This trainer’s guide is intended to provide parents
and carers, as well as professional trainers, with
materials to deliver training in positive behaviour
strategies. The guide includes a CD-ROM with
PowerPoint presentation and handouts and,
with the clearly set out session plans, provides a
comprehensive course that is designed to be
easily understood by those who may have limited
formal training.
2008
ISBN 978 1 905218 07 3
£25 (inc. VAT)
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out more or place an order
Brief guide to the Mental Capacity Act
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 affects the approximately two million
people in England and Wales who are unable to make some or all
decisions that affects their lives.
This BILD guide provides case studies to demonstrate key points of the Act and
practical examples to explain how the Act might be applied in a real-life
situation.
2009
ISBN 978 1 905218 06 6
Publication cost: £10
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