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Group therapy for adults with a learning disability: use of active techniques

Child and Family Psychiatric Service, Brookside Clinic, Station Way, Aylesbury, Bucks HP20 2SQ

Shirley Abell, Consultant Psychiatrist for Adults with a Learning Disability

Slade Resource Centre, Horspath Driftway, Headington, Oxford OX3 7JH

^* Correspondence

We describe our experience of running a group using active therapy techniques for adults with a learning disability, and briefly explore cognitive developmental theory in an attempt to understand some of our observations.