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Getting good support: report of a survey
- Authors:
- PONTING Lisa, et al
- Publisher:
- Norah Fry Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 9p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
This is an easy-read summary of a report of a survey of people with learning disabilities who get one to one support from a personal assistant. The survey was completed and return by 59 people, most of whom had a direct payment.
Training personal assistants: help your PA to support you better
- Authors:
- PONTING Lisa, et al
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 195p., DVD
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
This training pack, which is written by two service users with learning disabilities in association with the UK’s Norah Fry Research Centre, aims to assist service users with learning disabilities in helping their personal assistants (PAs) better support service users’ needs, hopefully resulting in “more choice and control in their lives”. The training booklet is in four parts, ‘good support’, ‘ideas for using the pack to train your PA’ at home and in groups, ‘photo stories’ and ‘notes for people who are paid to support us’, including detail on the background, history, current policy and practice of learning disability support, which could be copied and handed out by service users while they are training their PAs. The accompanying DVD includes real life clips made during this research of good practice in the giving of support, along with some scenes from the past illustrating ‘poor’ support. Each clip concludes with ‘a time to talk’ point. The five factors key to good support, respect, choices, ‘being friendly’, advice and ‘speaking up’ are featured in the DVD and throughout the booklet’s text and photo stories.