Helpful factors and outcomes in person-centered therapy with clients who experience psychotic processes: therapists' perspectives

This qualitative study explores person-centered practitioners' perceptions of what is helpful in their work with clients who experience psychotic processes and the impact that they believe this practice has on their clients. In-depth interviews with twenty British person-centered practitioners focused on how they worked with clients who experienced psychotic process, what they perceived as helpful, and how they believed these practices helped their clients. Analyses used a grounded theory approach. In addition to standard person-centered therapy, practices with this client group often incorporated pre-therapy and other elements acquired through advanced training. Emerging themes in perceived useful practice included "getting beyond labels and illness" and "working with particular care and attention." Results suggest the importance of specific therapeutic conditions, especially unconditional positive regard. The perceived therapeutic change most often described was increased social adjustment. Some clients were also perceived by therapists as showing lessened risk of harm to self or others and improvement in self awareness, mood, resilience and other areas

Adapting e-learning and learning services for people with disabilities

Providing learning materials and support services that are adapted to the needs of individuals has the potential to enable learners to obtain maximal benefit from university level studies. This paper describes EU4ALL project which has been exploring how to present customized learning materials and services for people with disabilities. A number of the technical components of the EU4ALL framework are described. This is followed with a brief description of prototype implementations. This is then followed by a discussion of a number of research directions that may enhance the adaptability, usability and accessibility of information and support systems can be used and consumed by a diverse user population

Xylosma craynii (Salicaceae), a new and restricted species for Queensland's Wet Tropics Bioregion

Xylosma craynii W.E.Cooper is newly described from the Wet Tropics bioregion of north-eastern Queensland. The new species is illustrated and notes on habitat and distribution are provided

A taxonomic revision of Cynometra L. (Fabaceae) in Australia with a new species from the wet tropics of Queensland and a range extension to the mainland

Cynometra comprises three species in Australia. In addition to C. iripa Kostel., the new species C. roseiflora W.E.Cooper is described, illustrated and distinguished from related species. C. ramiflora L. is newly recorded as occurring on the Australian mainland in north Queensland. All species are described with notes provided on typification, distribution and habitat. An identification key to the species of Cynometra in Australia is presented

Reinstatement and revision of Kayea Wall. (Calophyllaceae) in Australia, including two new species from Queensland’s Wet Tropics bioregion.

Cooper, W.E. & Zich, F.A. (2022). Reinstatement and revision of Kayea Wall. (Calophyllaceae) in Australia, including two new species from Queensland’s Wet Tropics bioregion. Austrobaileya 12: 1–13. The genus Kayea Wall. is taxonomically revised for Australia and comprises three species: Kayea larnachiana F.Muell. (syn. Mesua larnachiana F.Muell.), and two new species described here: K. concinna W.E.Cooper & Zich and K. meridionalis W.E.Cooper & Zich. All species are described and illustrated, with notes on habitat, distribution and a suggested conservation status. A comprehensive synonymy for the new species, listing published phrase names and a discussion of lectotypification in Kayea larnachiana are also provided. An identification key is included for the three species of Kayea in Australi

Aglaia monticola W.E.Cooper & P.I.Forst. (Meliaceae), a new species for Queensland’s Wet Tropics

Aglaia Lour. (Meliaceae) comprises approximately 120 species in Indomalesia, Australia and the Western Pacific with 12 occurring in Australia and four or five considered endemic (Pannell 2013); however, A. tomentosa Teijsm. & Binn. was erroneously included in that conclusion (pers. comm. C. Pannell 2021). Five species are now recognised as endemic to Australia: A. australiensis Pannell, A. cooperae Pannell, [Extract] A. ferruginea C.T.White & W.D.Francis, A. meridionalis Pannell and A. monticola W.E.Cooper & P.I.Forst. sp.nov. The Australian species all occur in rainforest communities in the Northern Territory (two species), Queensland (12 species) and Western Australia (two species). The greatest concentration of the Australian species is in north Queensland with centres of species diversity in the Wet Tropics and Cape York Peninsula Bioregions. The southern limit for Aglaia in Australia is at Mary River Heads between Hervey Bay and Maryborough (Forster et al. 1991)

From criminalisation to individual choice: Policy responses to changing constructions of intellectual disability in Western Australia

This article uses an historical perspective to explore how constructions of disability influenced policy and services for people with intellectual disabilities in Western Australia (WA) from the time of British colonisation until the present day. The authors approach the discussion from a critical disability perspective in the analysis of disability constructs, political responses and social change, incorporating the Foucauldian concept of biopower to explain the physical infrastructure, classification and dividing practices that produced ‘docile subjects’. The authors argue that changing social constructions of disability since the 18th century affected the lives of people with disability in WA and continue, through their embodiment in infrastructure, to influence present-day practices, even after policy has changed. This approach illuminates the interplay between metaphorical and literal constructions of disability and allows the legacy of past assumptions to be examined