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Circles of support and mutual caring
- Author:
- TOWERS Christine
- Publisher:
- Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- London
A number of people with learning disabilities are providing regular and substantial care for their ageing relatives. In many cases, neither person would be able to remain living independently without this support. This is known as mutual caring. This booklet is aimed at workers and other people who know these families. The aim is to encourage people to think about the importance of support networks for these families and to develop Circles of Support to improve these. A Circle of Support is a group of family, friends and supportive workers who come together to give support and friendship to a person. The booklet describes: why Circles of Support are a good idea for older families where there is mutual caring; how Circles of Support can make a difference to older families where people are supporting each other; and 10 steps to setting up a Circle of Support. It also describes a case study of how a Circle of Support is helping a mother and daughter make choices and changes.
A life in the community: an action research project promoting citizenship for people with high support needs
- Authors:
- SWIFT Paul, MATTINGLY Molly
- Publisher:
- Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 26p., DVD
- Place of publication:
- London
This project aims to work with four organisations from the third sector to improve daytime opportunities for up to 40 people with higher support needs and help them to be more included in the life of a community; develop the capacity of organisations in the not-for-profit sector to support this group to make greater use of mainstream services and facilities; and stimulate new ways of support provided to them.
What about us?: promoting emotional well-being and inclusion by working with young people with learning difficulties in schools and colleges
- Authors:
- BYERS Richard, et al
- Publisher:
- Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 88p.
- Place of publication:
- London
As more young people with learning difficulties and disabilities are included in mainstream schools and colleges, there is evidence that some of them experience isolation, marginalisation and bullying. Young people with learning difficulties are also six times more likely to experience mental health problems than their non-disabled peers. 'What about us?' was an action research project promoting the emotional well-being of young people with learning difficulties in inclusive secondary schools and colleges. The young people who participated in the project are concerned about their experiences across the whole of the school or college and wanted designated 'safe places', sources of support or supervised activities, especially in the stressful times between lessons. Participants also said that a great deal of information in schools and colleges is inaccessible to them and that it is hard to make their views heard. Some of the mainstream schools and colleges visited did not take up opportunities to use the forms of communication most available to young people with learning difficulties (such as signs, symbols and visual images), therefore excluding them from a great deal of information that they needed to share More positively, the project showed that these young people can make powerful contributions to school and college improvement.
Building community through circles of friends: a practical guide to making inclusion a reality for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- BURKE Christine
- Publisher:
- Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 82p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Describes how to support people to become connected in the community and develop friendships. This book considers the practical steps to developing a circle of support that will result in long-lasting friendships and on-going connections in a person's local community.