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Give us the tools
- Author:
- WERTHEIMER Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 6.2.92, 1992, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on the work of the Real Jobs Project, a partnership between the National Development Team, Training in Systematic Instruction and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, which has been set up to stimulate the development of proper job opportunities for people with learning difficulties.
Success - but only partial
- Author:
- WERTHEIMER Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.4.87, 1987, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The outgoing Director of CMH looks back over the past seven years.
Images of possibility: rethinking services for people with mental handicaps in the light of American experiences
- Author:
- WERTHEIMER Alison
- Publisher:
- Campaign for People with Mental Handicaps
- Publication year:
- 1986
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Real jobs: report of a conference for Supported Employment Agencies sponsored by the Real Jobs Initiative, a partnership between the National Development Team, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, and Training in Systematic Instruction
- Editor:
- WERTHEIMER Alison
- Publisher:
- National Development Team
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 47p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Conference report. Includes papers on: the role of supported employment agencies and employers; profile of a sample of supported employment agencies; issues, opportunities and threats to supported employment in the UK; and strategies for the future.
Self-advocacy skills training: report of two workshops held between April and September 1987
- Author:
- WERTHEIMER Alison
- Publisher:
- Kings Fund Centre
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 31p., illus., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Hospital closures in the eighties
- Author:
- WERTHEIMER Alison
- Publisher:
- Campaign for People with Mental Handicaps
- Publication year:
- 1986
- Pagination:
- 21p., tables, bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
It's good to be part of things: working with older people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- WERTHEIMER Alison
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 78p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This publication is intended to assist and encourage local Age Concern groups to develop services and activities for older people with learning disabilities and their older carers. It explores common attitudes, myths and misconceptions about people with learning disabilities.
Images of possibility: adult and further education opportunities for people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- WERTHEIMER Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 1(8), April 1998, pp.267-270.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Further education opportunities should be an integral part of community-based provision for people with mental health problems. Yet people with a history of mental health difficulties are under-represented in adult and further education, and many colleges and local education authorities have yet to develop appropriate provision. Reports on a NIACE/FEDA project to raise awareness about the importance and benefits of further education opportunities for people with learning difficulties.
Great expectations: experiences of supported living
- Author:
- WERTHEIMER Alison
- Publisher:
- National Development Team
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 70p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Captures some of the early experiences of supported living for people with learning difficulties via the stories of six people and how they experienced supported living.
Building on positives: staff development in community services
- Editor:
- WERTHEIMER Alison
- Publisher:
- King's Fund Centre
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 80p., tables, bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Looks at staff development issues that arise from providing community services to mentally handicapped people through strategies such as normalisation, rights and participation.