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Teenage direct payments made transition easier
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Llais, 85, Autumn 2007, pp.17-18.
- Publisher:
- Learning Disability Wales
Not many adults with a learning disability access direct payments. The number of young people doing so is even lower. Parents describe how their son, who has complex health needs and severe learning disabilities, was the first 16 year old to access direct payments.
Lost in transition?: how to find your way through: an overview of recent transitions research for parents and practitioners
- Author:
- EVERITT Gabriella
- Publisher:
- Dimensions
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 100p.
- Place of publication:
- Theale
The lack of effective support for young adults with a learning difficulty at transition has been highlighted as a key issue in the learning difficulty sector. Yet, although everybody seems to be talking about it, nothing seems to be changing. It seems we’re still wary of taking the plunge and developing the right kind of services to meet the needs of young people with a learning difficulty today.
When carers need caring
- Author:
- WILLIAMS Corin
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 7.6.07, 2007, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
When people with learning disabilities have care duties thrust upon them they can become isolated and distressed. The author looks at how they can be better supported and highlights the work of a national network set up by The Who Cares for Us? campaign.
'Bullying always stays with you'
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Viewpoint, May 2007, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Mencap/Gateway
As Mencap prepares to launch a major campaign highlighting the impact of bullying on young people with a learning disability, one adult describes how the experience changed her life forever.
What's happening?
- Authors:
- BARBARA Tim, et al, (Producers), WILSON Alastair, (Author)
- Publisher:
- Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- DVD
- Place of publication:
- London
The University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, worked with 16 young people with learning disabilities to find out what makes them feel anxious or depressed. Using video and photo diaries the young people talked about how they felt. This DVD presents the experiences of three young people from this study. They talk about how their lives became difficult or unhappy and what helped them to start to feel better. The DVD is intended to help young people, families and practitioners to identify and learn from their experiences.
Tracking post-school destinations of young people with mild intellectual disabilities: the problem of attrition
- Authors:
- CATON Sue, KAGAN Carolyn
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 19(2), June 2006, pp.143-152.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This research was carried out as an assessment of the transition towards adult life for school leavers with mild intellectual disabilities. Ninety young people who were enrolled at three schools for people with mild intellectual disabilities were followed up for the first 12–18 months after they left school to assess how they experienced this transition. Young people were interviewed using semi-structured interviews before they left school regarding their aspirations for school leaving. They were then followed up and those who were traced were interviewed a second time regarding how they had experienced the previous year. There were a number of difficulties encountered in following up the school leavers. Most importantly, there were a high number of participants who were unable to be traced for the study, by the schools, the careers office, or other service providers. The attrition started early in the transition process and was largely overlooked by the schools and careers service, presenting a challenge for successful transition experiences. The implications of the high level of attrition are discussed. In addition, the impact of a number of new initiatives are discussed.
A day in the life ...a worm's eye view of doing research in a school with young people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- FLITTON Beverley
- Journal article citation:
- Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 5(2), June 2005, pp.138-139.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Trans-active provides passport to the future
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Viewpoint, January 2005, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Mencap/Gateway
Reports on Mencap's transition project, Trans-active, which provides a peer advocacy helping teenagers with a learning disability to make decisions about their future. The project was launched in January 2001 as a pilot project. Children with a learning disability aged between 13 and 19 team up with peers without learning disabilities from local mainstream schools. An interactive website and practical resource pack also enables young people with mild or severe and complex learning disabilities to plan their own futures through the development of a multimedia passport.
The value of money
- Author:
- MARTIN Arlene
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 92, 2004, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Discusses a report by the Learning Disability Task Force saying the Government is not putting its money where its 'Valuing people' mouth is.
Families leading planning: young people and families planning for their transition
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Soundtrack, 30, September 2004, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- National Development Team
Highlights the person-centred planning tool developed by National Development Team and Helen Sanderson & Associates, specifically for families and young people with learning difficulties involved in transistion. The tool was developed with a funding grant from the Department of Health. Also describes other outcomes from the grant including two launch days and a website.