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Mind the gap
- Author:
- RABIEE Parvaneh
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.6.00, 2000, p.29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
As the government legislates on care leavers, this article draws attention to the plight of young people with learning difficulties who fall between services.
My own place! Transition planning for housing
- Author:
- NATONAL DEVELOPMENT TEAM FOR INCLUSION
- Publisher:
- National Development Team
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 21p.
- Place of publication:
- Bath
This report is part of the 3 year Department of Health funded programme, Getting a Life, on housing and social inclusion for people with learning disabilities. The programme worked with about 400 young people and their families to explore how the system could change so they could move into adulthood with jobs, friends, independent living, and good health. The aim of this report is to provide practical tools and advice to help young people with learning disabilities and their families have good information and to be supported to plan so that they have equal access to housing opportunities. Specifically, it provides a ‘Housing Pathway’ to be followed as young people plan for their adulthood. The Pathway sets out the most important issues that need to be tackled strategically in a local area, so that commissioning can ensure high quality information and support for young disabled people. Young people and their families will then know about the right housing options and be able to plan for them as they move into adulthood. These options might include home ownership, private or public sector renting.
A house is not a home
- Author:
- EVERITT Gabriella
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, December 2008, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Dimensions, a charity supporting young people with a learning disabilities, have completed a study to find out what is necessary for these young people to achieve independent living. Fifteen young people between the ages of 18 and 30, their families and support were interviewed. This article discusses some of the findings, and what the young people learned from their experiences.
The move from Barford House: an account of a residential service before and after a move to ordinary housing
- Author:
- COMMUNITY AND MENTAL HANDICAP EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
- Publisher:
- Community and Mental Handicap Educational and Research Association
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 75p.
- Place of publication:
- London
A combined account of two evaluations, using PASS, of a residential service for children and young people with mental handicaps before and after the service moved from a single site into seven dispersed ordinary houses.
Pathways to getting a life: transition planning for full lives
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 26p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Valuing People Now sets out the Government’s strategy to improve the experience of young people with learning disabilities as they move into adulthood. The Getting a Life programme was one of 3 Valuing Employment Now demonstration programmes which focused on how to increase the number of young people going into full-time paid employment. The programme designed an employment pathway that sets out the most critical things that need to happen during transition. The success of this pathway has led to the development of similar pathways for housing, health, friends, and community. These pathways have been designed to show what needs to happen at each stage of a young person’s progress through transition and into adulthood, using the principles and methods of person-centred transition planning and support planning so that they can have jobs, friends, their own homes and choice and control over their lives. The aim of this document is to bring together what has been learned about transition planning for young people with learning disabilities from Valuing People Now and Getting a Life. Each section describes one of the pathways to Getting a Life: pathway into employment; housing pathway; planning for good health pathway; and developing friendships, relationships and community pathway.
My kind of future: a workbook to help young people with learning disabilities prepare for the future
- Authors:
- DAVIES Jill, PEARCE-NEUDORF Justin
- Publisher:
- Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 85p.
- Place of publication:
- London
A workbook to help for people with learning disabilities to plan for the future when they leave school or college. The booklet is in eight sections. They cover: person centred planning, staying healthy, getting ready for work, planning your own support, keeping in touch with friends, getting around, moving into your own home, and looking after your money. Each section includes useful information and exercises to complete.
Lost in transition?: a home of my own
- Author:
- EVERITT Gabriella
- Publisher:
- Dimensions
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 44p.
- Place of publication:
- Theale
This publication draws on the findings of a research project to highlight best practice in supporting young people with learning disabilities to live independently, and provide practical advice for families about the key things they need to do to help their child to achieve an ordinary, happy life. The study interviewed 15 young people between the ages of 18 and 30, their families and support. Ten case studies are used throughout to illustrate examples of good practice, and the views of carers and supporters are also included.
Room to move: a book for parents of young people with learning disabilities leaving home
- Author:
- COWEN Alison
- Publisher:
- Pavilion,|Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 114p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Leaving home is a rite of passage which most young people take for granted. For young people with learning disabilities, the decision to leave home usually has to be taken in a more carefully planned way. The book looks at the practical and emotional issues involved when a young person leaves home to live independently of their family. The book draws on the experiences of parents and young people, showing how they cope during and after the move. There are practical tips for parents and also views from the people who are the focus of the book, the young people themselves.
Practice Report
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.2.96, 1996, p.16.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on the role played by the Coach House project which steps in when young people with challenging behaviour or slight learning difficulties find themselves homeless.
Learning disability: behaviour that challenges: (QS101)
- Author:
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 57
- Place of publication:
- London
Quality standard covering care and support and services for children, young people and adults with a learning disability (or a learning disability and autism) and behaviour that challenges, and their families and carers. The standard includes 12 quality statements which describe what high quality care should look like. They include quality statements on: a lead commissioner to oversee strategic commissioning of services for all people with a learning disability; provision of annual health checks; initial assessment of behaviour that challenges; the provision of a named lead practitioner; involving families and carers; parent-training programmes; personalised daily activities; services in the community; housing; review of restrictive intervention; and use and review of medication. The standard is expected to contribute to improvements in the following outcomes: promotion of independence, choice and control over daily life; experience of using social care and healthcare services; use of restrictive practices; and quality of life for people with a learning disability and behaviour that challenges, and their carers. Originally published in 2015, this quality standard was updated in July 2019 to add four new statements, update one statement and amend one statement. (Edited publisher abstract)