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In the driving seat: a workbook to help me plan my support
- Authors:
- SANDERSON Helen, MCSTRAVICK Suzanne
- Publisher:
- In Control
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 24p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide is aimed at individuals who need support to help them make their own plan which enables them to live the life they want. It has 2 parts. Part 1, ‘Deciding Where To Go’, discusses information that needs to be considered before designing the plan, such as: what money is available; who can help make important decisions and put the plan together; what the person wants their life to be like and what they enjoy doing; and keeping fit and healthy. Part 2, ‘Getting There’, considers the support that is needed to enact the plan. It includes considering where the person want to live and spend time. It also includes consideration of who will provide support, what they should be like, what they should do, how they should be managed, and how much the support will cost.
Top tips: how you can support people to plan
- Authors:
- SANDERSON Helen, MCSTRAVICK Suzanne
- Publisher:
- In Control
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 35p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Some people need support to decide their route through life. This booklet is aimed at family members, friends, advocates and paid workers of people who require support. It provides them with ideas to help them support the person to make a plan which enables them to live the life they want. The guide has 2 parts. Part 1, ‘Deciding Where To Go’ , discusses information that need to be considered before designing the plan, such as: what money is available for support; who can help make important decisions and put the plan together; understanding the person and what they enjoy doing; and keeping fit and healthy. Part 2, ‘Deciding How To Get There’, considers the support that is needed to enact the plan. It includes considering where the person wants to live and what housing choices are possible. It also advises writing out a timetable which sets out how the person will spend their time and filling in the times of paid and unpaid support. Four different types of support that can be used are considered: specialist support providers; individual support providers; family and friends; and support that occurs naturally in the community. Employment of supporters, such as designing the person specification, job description and recruitment, are also considered.
Development and evaluation of a staff training program on palliative care for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities
- Authors:
- HAHN Joan E., CADOGAN Mary P.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 8(1), March 2011, pp.42-52.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Among the barriers and disparities that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities face at the end of life are limited educational opportunities and a lack of targeted training materials on palliative care for staff who provide their day-to-day care. This article reports on a project undertaken to develop, implement and evaluate a palliative care curriculum and educational programme to meet the particular learning needs of staff providing services and supports for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities living in long-term care settings. The programme was designed for staff providing palliative care in 5 developmental centres and 2 community facilities in California. The article describes the curriculum development, implementation, and evaluation to determine satisfaction with and effectiveness of the training programme at the end of the training course and at a 2 year follow-up. The authors report that participants' ratings of their levels of preparation and confidence to provide palliative care improved from pre-training to post-training, and that post-training practice changes in palliative care occurred. They conclude that the need for the development of a set of training materials for staff specific to palliative care for people with lifelong disabilities was confirmed in the study.
Implementation of systematic instruction to increase client engagement in a day habilitation program
- Authors:
- CRITES Steven A., HOWARD Barbara H.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 36(1), March 2011, pp.2-10.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Individuals with severe intellectual disability often attend day habilitation programmes, primarily staffed by paraprofessionals. This article describes a staff training project designed to increase client engagement in a habilitation centre that served adults with intellectual and physical disabilities in the United States. The project had 3 phases: developing curriculum guidelines for staff in how to mentor the development of new skills and personal competencies in clients, conducting staff training for paraprofessional staff on the curriculum, and implementation of systematic instruction during a clinical experience. For the 3rd phase, the day activity centre hosted a five-week on-site summer course in partnership with a local university. The graduate level course on diagnostic and prescriptive training for individuals with moderate and severe disability was taught in the morning, and then immediately implemented in the day habilitation centre. Client engagement for the randomly selected group of 8 clients was measured at the beginning of the five-week period, and again at the end. The results showed increased engagement of clients in activities across all of the programmes in the study.
Helping people with learning disabilities manage continence: a workbook for support workers and carers
- Authors:
- BRADLEY Alice, LAMBE Loretto
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 99p.
- Place of publication:
- Kidderminster
Continence is one of those things we seldom think about if we don’t have a problem, but which assumes massive proportions if we do. Incontinence is very much a taboo subject and relatively little has been written about it in relation to people with learning disabilities. This workbook has been produced in partnership with people with learning disabilities to rectify the situation. By understanding continence better and improving the support available, care staff can help enhance the quality of life for individuals and, where relevant, for their families.
I could do that!: become a short break carer
- Authors:
- SHORT BREAKS NETWORK, (Producer)
- Publisher:
- Short Breaks Network
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- DVD
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Seven short films introduce a variety of short break carers and workers, together with the children they support and their own families. A range of different settings are covered, including community activities, short break care in a carers home, a residential centre. The DVD is especially useful for organisations providing short breaks, child care and activities for disabled children in specialist settings. Also useful for any service recruiting people to provide short breaks and activities.