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It's my life, not just your job
- Authors:
- IVIL Ashleigh, (Director), SULLY Tim, (Producer)
- Publisher:
- Breakout Media
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- DVD
- Place of publication:
- East Sussex
The film is about freedom to live your life your way and the part supporters have to play in celebrating individuality. Tim Sully re-enacts a painful experience and asks the viewer to consider what it feels like to be controlled or patronised. The DVD can be used as part of the staff induction and training process
Towards a more meaningful life: person centred active support
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Community Connecting, 9, Summer 2007, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Community Connecting
This article discusses the work of United Response in developing the approach Person-centred Active Support.
Aspirations of people with intellectual disabilities living in a care organization
- Authors:
- BENOOT Toon, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work, 22(4), 2022, pp.1105-1122.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Summary: This article presents the results of a research project involving 10 people with intellectual disabilities concerning their idea of "a good life" in a residential care setting, within a context of personal budgets. We introduce the capability approach as a framework for focusing on the opportunities personal budgets offer for people with intellectual disabilities. We make use of qualitative interviews following a photovoice project in which people with intellectual disabilities documented their lives in order to research what they deem valuable and aspire to. Findings: In the analysis section, we present the elements which the participants identified as limiting and enhancing for imagining their future. From their stories, we learn that their aspirations are nourished by the encounters and social bonds that they engage in within a residential care context. The results make clear that the use of money offers opportunities to elaborate on what is already known and enables the realization of aspirations, while interactions with significant others more often than not encourage participants to explore and try out changes and thus further develop people's set of aspirations. Applications: In drawing the discussion to a close, we explore the implications these stories might have for understanding the role of aspirations in the practice of care and support for people with intellectual disabilities. The findings encourage us to think about a relational pedagogy and to address this in the practices of personal budgets. (Edited publisher abstract)
Quality of life: standards and toolkit
- Author:
- CHANGING OUR LIVES
- Publisher:
- Changing Our Lives
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 48
- Place of publication:
- Hagley
These Quality of Life standards aim to raise people’s expectations about what a good quality of life really means. The standards have been written by over 650 children, young people and adults with learning disabilities and autism. They are based on people with disabilities being seen and respected as equal citizens in society, capable of having a full and valued life. The standards, which apply to all people with disability, and use a rights based approach, spell out what expectations people with disability should have with regard to personal autonomy and control over their life, staying safe, personal care, enjoying a full life, housing, employment and financial autonomy. The document also contains a toolkit, which gives an overview of some of the ways the Quality of Life standards can be used to both check the quality of support and services and to challenge culture and develop new practice. (Original abstract)
Evaluation toolkit for providers: an assessment tool and action plan for organisations to improve the quality of life for people with learning disabilities as they grow older
- Author:
- TOWERS Christine
- Publisher:
- Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 34
- Place of publication:
- London
This evaluation toolkit is to help provider organisations to improve the quality of support for people with learning disabilities as they grow older. It aims to enable providers to understand the values, knowledge and skills that need to be in place to support people as they grow older so that their lives are as happy, healthy and fulfilling as possible and draw up and deliver an action plan to improve the support provided to people as they grow older. It uses the 8 outcomes from the Association for Real Change 'Real Change Challenge on Older People'. It provides indicators for each of the eight outcome that providers can use to assess themselves against using a traffic light system (red, amber and green). The toolkit suggests resources to help achieve each outcome. There is also a template for developing an action plan to help organisations implement the necessary changes. (Edited publisher abstract)
In celebration: living a life through Positive Behaviour Support
- Author:
- SHEPHARD John
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 17(2), 2012, pp.69-75.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) has become an established model of intervention for people with learning disabilities and challenging needs. This paper provides a narrative account of one person's experience of PBS. The individual, David, is on the autistic spectrum, has severe learning disabilities, major communication deficits, and some long-established challenging needs. Following a move to residential care at the age of 19, David experienced a series of re-locations, from one service to another, under different regimes of care, and of variable quality. The impact of this was that David became increasingly distressed and his behaviour became more extreme. In November 2009, David’s care was enlisted to a service provider committed to the principals of PBS. The decision was made for David to live alone, and a property was found available to lease. Responsibility for founding the new service was given to a skilled manager who was committed to PBS and well-versed in person-centred approaches. The paper describes the improvements to David’s quality of life following these changes to his care. The purpose of this paper is celebratory, rather than analytic. It presents a human story of a life being lived and attempts to capture the virtues of its ordinariness.
Models of disability, quality of life, and individualized supports: implications for professional practice in intellectual disability
- Authors:
- BUNTINX Wil H. E., SCHALOCK Robert L.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 7(4), December 2010, pp.283-294.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
In the past decade, new models have emerged with respect to the constructs of intellectual disability, quality of life, and supports. These models have implications both for understanding the underlying phenomena as for validating professional practices. This article describes the context and key components of models of human functioning and disability (American Association on Intellectual and Development Disabilities, and International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health), quality of life, and supports, and demonstrate how these models are related by synthesising their similarities and differences. From this it discusses the implications for professional clinical and service good practice. It is argued that these models offer relevant frames of reference for guiding and integrating activities of medical, behavioural, and social disciplines in the field of intellectual disability services. It is also argued that knowledge of these models and their relationships facilitates communication among professionals and between professionals and policy makers.
A valued life: developing person-centred approaches so people can be more included
- Authors:
- ASHMAN Bev, BEADLE-BROWN Julie
- Publisher:
- United Response
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report describes a project by United Response in partnership with the Tizard Centre at the University of Kent to evaluate the impact that person-centred approaches are having on the lives of people with learning disabilities. This extensive observational study looked at the needs and characteristics of people supported by United Response, looking at the extent to which these people engaged in meaningful activities and social interaction. Baseline assessment was carried out in 1999/2000 with observations made of 343 people with learning disabilities living in 76 residential and supported living services in England. Reassessment was made in 2005/2006 with trained assessors visiting 138 services, where they observed 469 people being supported in their own homes. Questionnaires were also completed by 425 staff, and information collected on 649 people with learning disabilities. The results show that person-centred approaches have resulted in the people supported by United Response being significantly more engaged in everyday activities, with the greatest change being seen among people with the most complex needs. In 2000, 35% of people were largely disengaged; this reduced to 14% in 2005/2006. The number of people engaged for more than 50% of the time increased from 13% to 31%.
Inclusion: progress and promise. Beyond the disability bubble
- Authors:
- GARDNER James F., MATHIS Elizabeth A.
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Leadership in Public Services, 5(2 Supplement), July 2009, pp.38-45.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper focuses on people with learning and developmental disabilities. It explores the ideas of inclusion, social networks and social capital; discusses the feasibility of using person-centred quality of life measures to examine inclusion and social networks; and presents strategies for increasing inclusion and social capital beyond the disability bubble and other important strategies for making inclusion a reality. Finally, four complementary strategies for collaboration for inclusion are highlighted: asset-based community development, organisation development, person-directed services and public policy.
A commentary on the quality agenda: the contribution of person-centred action
- Authors:
- LOWE Kathy, JONES Edwin
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 11(3), July 2006, pp.37-42.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This commentary reviews the four main features of this issue of Learning Disability Review. It considers in particular the current practical and conceptual issues around person-centred approaches and in particular active action.