Scottish Government

ON THE BORDERLINE?
PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND/OR AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDERS IN SECURE, FORENSIC AND OTHER SPECIALIST SETTINGS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Members of the research team would like to express their gratitude to the people living in the different secure settings for the welcome they gave to us and their willingness to talk openly about the opportunities and challenges they face. We are also most grateful to the staff working in these settings for their support and evident commitment to the aims of the research. Thanks are also due to the project Reference Group members for their invaluable advice in the early stages of the project and to the Research Advisory Group for their guidance throughout the course of the study.

In addition to the report author and principal investigator, the research team included Gail Cunningham, Emma Halliday, Louise Karbownicki, Eileen McCallum and Kristina Moodie. Support was provided throughout the project by the SDC administrative staff.

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TABLES AND FIGURES

Tables

Table 2.1: Stage One: Secure settings by type
Table 2.2: Distribution and response rate for unit forms and case recording forms by type of secure setting
Table 3.1: Means for being made aware that someone had a learning disability and/or ASD
Table 3.2: Whether an SER or similar report was prepared for the court and whether seen by respondents: case recording form sample
Table 4.1: Number of people assessed/diagnosed as having a learning disability and/or ASD by type of secure setting
Table 5.1: Number of people assessed/diagnosed as having a learning disability and/or ASD by type of secure setting: case recording form sample
Table 5.2: Index offence by type of secure setting: case recording form sample

Figures

Figure 1.1: Seven principles from The same as you?
Figure 2.1: Instructions on who should be included as someone with a learning disability and/or ASD
Figure 9.1: Summary of approaches to identification, assessment and care planning, service provision and after care planning within and across different types of secure setting
Figure 9.2 Possible after care 'outcomes'
Figure 9.3 Illustrative scenarios