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Cross-agency collaboration using visual learning techniques to support inclusion through a healthy eating project
- Authors:
- MEAD Lorian, MEAD Lloyd, WILLIAMS Lawrence
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Assistive Technologies, 3(1), March 2009, pp.32-36.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper is a collaborative report on a visual learning project that utilised a range of information and communication technology (ICT) tools to draw together several different agencies within the Kingston local community. This was achieved by devising a series of practical activities through which all participants could share and develop their different knowledge and expertise. The focus of the project was on resources for healthy eating skills produced for and by people with learning disabilities. The paper gives the detailed aims and objectives of the project, an outline of the practical activities that were undertaken, and an indication of how the project model may be developed in the future.
‘Keeping Safe’ - a community cohesion project linking health with education
- Authors:
- MEAD Lorian, MEAD Lloyd, WILLIAMS Lawrence
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Assistive Technologies, 4(2), June 2010, pp.36-39.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper describes a cross-agency project developed using ICT tools and digital film to create a DVD, called ‘Keeping Safe’, about personal safety for and by people with learning disabilities. The work described in this paper builds on the success of an earlier collaboration, called ‘Healthy Eating’, by the same team of participants. The participants were staff and students from NHS Kingston, The Holy Cross School, and Lambeth College. The DVD was commissioned by NHS Kingston for occupational therapists to use for training purposes. This paper describes the aims and objectives of the project, and the project development from the perspective of the 3 different groups of participants. The article concludes that this was a highly successful cross-agency collaboration between health and education groups, in which all 3 groups of participants achieved their objectives.