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Putting the person at the centre of planning
- Authors:
- ROUTLEDGE Martin, SANDERSON Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 14(2), October 2000, pp.17-18.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Person centred planning (PCP) is increasingly promoted as a means by which people with learning difficulties can explore and be supported to pursue the lives they wish to lead. The authors from the North West Training and Development Team report on a serious attempt to make PCP happen within a large learning disability service.
An employment project as a route to social inclusion for people with learning difficulties?
- Authors:
- GOSLING Vashti, COTTERILL Lesley
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 15(7), December 2000, pp.1001-1018.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Government policy to reduce social exclusion focuses on increasing employment opportunities and incentives, especially for disadvantaged groups. This article discusses the findings of an evaluation of a project in the North West of England for people with learning difficulties, which sought to create opportunities for paid and/or integrated employment. The findings suggest that this goal can be undermined by factors such as the isolation of social care services from employers and the disinclination of service organisations to include users, carers and staff in the development of new service approaches. Social welfare policies may also fail to enable providers to translate the rhetoric of social inclusion into a reality. Discusses some of the obstacles preventing people with learning difficulties from inclusion into mainstream employment, by considering their impact upon the achievements of the North West project.
Achieving positive change in people's lives through the national learning disabilities strategy: lessons from an American experience
- Author:
- TOWELL David
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 5(3), August 2000, pp.30-36.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
In 1999, a team from England, comprising self-advocates, family members, leading professionals and policy-makers, participated in the annual 'collaborative Academy' of the US president's committee on Mental Retardation. Fundamental to the academy methods is the commitment to work inclusively across different interests and engage directly with experiences. This paper identifies 41 lessons drawn by the team from US experience, including research- and practice-based perspectives relevant to maximising progress in the context of the forthcoming national learning disability strategy in England. Focusing on the four main themes of learning from good stories, strengthening effective leadership, establishing inclusive policies and building better partnerships in policy-making, action points are identified at local, regional and national levels. The paper also promotes the value of the academy method itself as a vehicle for promoting strategy implementation, describing an enhanced role for selected universities in supporting informed change.
Thirty years on - a new White Paper on better learning disability services
- Author:
- McGINNIS Brian
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 3(3), September 2000, pp.7-10.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Outlines the themes that are likely to be important in the new national learning disability strategy. It reflects on assumptions about the best forms of housing provision, and calls for the forthcoming published strategy to pay attention to developing ownership options, promoting social inclusion, how we secure quality across a range of accommodation and support models and what will be achieved or undermined by the Supporting people proposals.
Part of the community: strategies for including everyone
- Authors:
- NISBET Jan, HAGNER David
- Publisher:
- Paul H. Brookes
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 299p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Baltimore, MD
This book argues that inclusion of people with disabilities of all ages in community life can be achieved by creating communities with extensive natural supports rather than individual programmes. Each chapter provides examples of inclusion, from entering pre-school to buying a home, with models and strategies that work. Topics include: inclusive elementary schools; classroom techniques supporting children with emotional disabilities; housing assistance; employment; community and family leadership.
Providing services to Asian Americans with developmental disabilities and their families: mainstream service providers' perspective
- Authors:
- CHOI Keum-Hyeong, WYNNE Martha Ellen
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 36(6), December 2000, pp.589-595.
- Publisher:
- Springer
This survey investigated the opinions and perceptions of 44 mainstream US social service providers regarding barriers to Asian Americans with developmental disabilities and their families receiving appropriate supportive services. Six main barriers were identified: language and communication difficulties; lack of knowledge about service delivery system; perceived cultural differences; being 'a minority within a minority'; individual differences between cultural and family groups; lack of resources to meet needs within the family. Implications of the barriers are discussed.
Social inclusion and community care
- Author:
- TOWELL David
- Journal article citation:
- Managing Community Care, 2000, pp.5-7.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
The pursuit of concerted policies to build a more inclusive society or, more precisely, to tackle social exclusion, is arguably the 'big idea' of New Labour's first year in government. Asks what opportunities and challenges this over-arching policy agenda offers for improving what we call community care.