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Home on the range
- Author:
- SURRIDGE Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, 13(2), March/April 2013, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
MINT, a job coaching scheme in Norwich, works with young people aged between 16 and 25-years-old who have learning disabilities, mental health problems, low academic skills or other barriers to work. The scheme provides training for young people and also works to build and maintain good relationships with local employers. The article describes how MINT work and provides details of one of their success stories where a young man with learning disabilities secured paid work in the retail sector. (Original abstract)
Communicating through dance
- Author:
- McMILLAN Ian
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 26(2), 2013, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
The Magpie Dance is a group composed of both children and adults with learning disabilities which works in areas of south London and Kent. This article explains how the group has been working with people with learning disabilities at Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. The project began by running two weekly sessions for people with learning disabilities who attended residential and day care services. The article explains how the sessions were organised and how they helped to build trust and relationships between staff and service users. Magpie Dance are also working with Oxleas psychology department who are undertaking a service evaluation of the first nine weeks of the programme. (Original abstract)
Meet Josephine – she’s as good as a real live woman!
- Authors:
- DOUKAS Thomas, MORGAN Claire
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 26(1), 2013, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
The Josephine project, run by “Them Wifies” in Newcastle upon Tyne, provides a fun way to teach women with learning disabilities about their bodies. Josephine is a life-size anatomically correct cloth woman designed to bring a creative, fun and accessible approach to the health, sexual and relationship education using a range of approaches to ensure that the women are central to the thinking behind the project. The impact of Josephine’s awareness workshops has already started to show – the women now have access to useful medical information in a friendly environment where they can talk about their feelings, and share their fears and experiences.
Social care dental team
- Authors:
- KELLY Grace, ROGERS Gaynor
- Journal article citation:
- Llais, 103, Summer 2012, pp.19-20.
- Publisher:
- Learning Disability Wales
Some people have difficulty getting to the dentist because they use a wheelchair and have problems with transport. Others have medical problems that need special attention or have difficulty with communication. In 2008, Special Care Dentistry was established as a new specialty to make sure that disabled people have equal access to dental treatment that meets their needs. The Special Care Dentistry Service provides a dental service for people needing Special Care Dentistry. People who are disabled or have difficulty leaving home can phone to discuss treatment and possibly a home visit. The dental team has portable dental equipment which they take on a home visit. This article describes the Special Care Dental team and how it provides a full service for people with a learning disability.
Support on the job
- Author:
- LITTLE Mathew
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Young People Now, 24.7.12, 2012, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket Business Publications Ltd
Young people with special educational needs seeking jobs often come up against reluctant or inflexible employers. The Realistic Opportunities for Supported Employment Project (Rose) at Havering College of Further and Higher Education works with students with learning difficulties when they have finished Havering College courses, and actively seeks to find them paid employment. It uses job coaches to work alongside them in the first weeks of work. One young person explains how the Rose project has helped him. The article also draws parallels with the Rose project and the recently announced government supported internship pilot scheme.
Implementing a patient centred recovery approach in a secure learning disabilities service
- Authors:
- ESAN Fola, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities and Offending Behaviour, 3(1), 2012, pp.24-35.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article examines how a patient centred recovery approach was implemented in a secure learning disabilities service. The Recovery Star; a measure of individual recovery, was adopted for use among the patients. Staff underwent training on the use of the Recovery Star tool after which a multidisciplinary steering group made some modifications to the tool. It was found that implementing a recovery approach with the Recovery Star tool was a beneficial process for the service. Key workers working with patients thought that the structure of the Recovery Star tool opened up avenues for discussing topics that may otherwise have not been discussed as fully. The authors concluded that the Recovery Star tool, embedded in a care programme approach process, equips patients and staff for measuring the recovery journey.
More than words
- Author:
- FRY Suzanne
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, June 2012, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
This article describes the journey of ‘Ben’ who contracted measles at the age of five leaving him with a damaged brain, resulting in learning difficulties. Frustrated by not being able to communicate, Ben became disruptive and unmanageable, forcing his parents to place him in a residential care home in Hampshire. Ben was taken to a speech therapist for an assessment, where he was introduced to a programme run by Lancaster University that was using a communication aid called ‘Orac’, which plays pre-recorded messages to others. This article describes how Orac has enabled Ben to live a more fulfilling life, even enabling the use of telephones to talk to his family.
Hearing older voices
- Author:
- SOUTHGATE Jaki
- Journal article citation:
- Viewpoint, 126, January 2012, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Mencap/Gateway
Older Voices, is a three year project funded by Comic Relief that is working with 17 people with a learning disability over the age of 50. The project is running a series of workshops to make the older people aware of their rights to services and give them the confidence and skills to change things, such as discrimination. This article provides a brief overview of the project which is being run by Mencap Wales.
Personal development for learning disability workers
- Author:
- BARCHAM Lesley
- Publisher:
- Learning Matters; British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 46p.
- Place of publication:
- Exeter
This practical textbook is aimed at social care staff working with people with learning disabilities to support them their professional and personal development. It is particularly relevant for those new to working with people with learning disabilities, those studying for a qualification, or managers with a training responsibility. Chapters cover: competence in your work role with people with learning disabilities; being a reflective worker and evaluating your practice; and agreeing your personal development plan. Each chapter starts with a story from a service user or care worker before outlining the chapters learning objectives. Chapters also include thinking points to aid reflective practice, examples of good practice, and activities to help you think about your work. The textbook covers material to support Level 2 and 3 Diplomas in Health and Social Care and the Common Induction Standard on Personal Development.
Wish you were here?
- Author:
- CALLEN Ian
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, July 2011, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
For people with learning disabilities, being able to choose where they go on holiday, and what they do there, is fundamentally important. This article discusses the importance of choice, and describes the work of a project in southern France, Go Provence Supported Holidays, offers people with learning disabilities genuine choice in their holidays and what they want to do when they are there.