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A foot in the door: the early years of supported living for people with learning difficulties in the UK
- Authors:
- SIMONS Ken, WARD Linda
- Publisher:
- National Development Team
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 158p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Reviews the experience of developing supported living in the UK, focusing in particular on the supported living programme set up by the National Development Team. Explores the principles of supported living, describes how these principles have been put into practice, outlines some of the barriers encountered during the development of supported living, and discusses the strategic implications of making supported living more widely available.
Support for living?: the impact of the supporting people programme on housing and support for adults with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- FYSON Rachel, TARLETON Beth, WARD Linda
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 68p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
The Supporting People programme, which began on 1 April 2003, was designed to separate out the costs of bricks-and-mortar housing (which, where needed, would continue to be paid through Housing Benefit) from the costs of the support necessary to enable vulnerable adults to attain or maintain independent tenancies. For people with learning disabilities, this new funding mechanism appeared to offer a much-needed opportunity for some of the changes set out in the 2001 Valuing People White Paper to be made a reality. This research project set out to examine how local Supporting People teams were interpreting national guidelines in relation to the provision of housing-related support and to explore the impact that this was having on people with learning disabilities. It also hoped to discover the extent to which the Valuing People core aims – of promoting rights, choice, independence and control in the lives of people with learning disabilities – were being supported by this new programme
Getting better all the time?: issues and strategies for ensuring quality in community services for people with mental handicap; papers and reports from a workshop May 7th - 9th 1986
- Editor:
- WARD Linda
- Publisher:
- Kings Fund Centre
- Publication year:
- 1986
- Pagination:
- 88p., bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Defines quality and looks at practical approaches to pursuing quality in both residential and community support services. Includes section on planning for quality when developing services.
A part of community: social integration and neighbourhood networks
- Authors:
- ATKINSON Dorothy, WARD Linda
- Publisher:
- Campaign for People with Mental Handicap
- Publication year:
- 1986
- Pagination:
- 11p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
People first: developing services in the community for people with mental handicap. A review of the literature
- Author:
- WARD Linda
- Publisher:
- King's Fund Centre
- Publication year:
- 1982
- Pagination:
- 160p.,bibliog.,list of orgns.
- Place of publication:
- London
Planning for people: developing a local service for people with mental handicap. 1, Recruiting and training staff
- Author:
- WARD Linda
- Publisher:
- King's Fund Centre
- Publication year:
- 1984
- Pagination:
- 99p.,bibliog.,diags.
- Place of publication:
- London
Considered choices: the new genetics, prenatal testing and people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- WARD Linda
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 122p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Explores what advances in genetics and possible increases in pre-natal testing will mean for people with learning disabilities and their families. Contains accounts of work undertaken with people with learning difficulties to enable them to understand issues around prenatal testing and to make their views heard.
Access to independent advocacy: an evidence review
- Authors:
- TOWNSLEY Ruth, MARRIOTT Anna, WARD Linda
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office for Disability Issues
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 167p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This review sets out to investigate the nature and extent of evidence relating to independent advocacy for disabled people at risk of losing choice and control in four specific situations: during transition to adulthood; when the children of disabled parents are subject to safeguarding procedures; when entry to residential care is a possibility; when disabled people are victims or alleged perpetrators of anti-social behaviour. In doing so, it describes and evaluates evidence about the need, costs and benefits associated with independent advocacy. The final section summarises the state of the evidence base currently available and the gaps therein, and suggests what additional research is needed to further our knowledge in this field.
Access to independent advocacy: an evidence review: executive summary
- Authors:
- TOWNSLEY Ruth, MARRIOTT Anna, WARD Linda
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office for Disability Issues
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This is the executive summary of a review which sets out to investigate the nature and extent of evidence relating to independent advocacy for disabled people at risk of losing choice and control in four specific situations: during transition to adulthood; when the children of disabled parents are subject to safeguarding procedures; when entry to residential care is a possibility; when disabled people are victims or alleged perpetrators of anti-social behaviour. In doing so, it describes and evaluates evidence about the need, costs and benefits associated with independent advocacy. The final section summarises the state of the evidence base currently available and the gaps therein, and suggests what additional research is needed to further our knowledge in this field.
Innovations in advocacy and empowerment for people with intellectual disabilities
- Editor:
- WARD Linda
- Publisher:
- Lisieux Hall Publications
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 279p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Chorley, Lancs.
Focuses on advocacy and empowerment for people with learning difficulties. Includes chapters on: innovations in advocacy and empowerment; changing systems; self advocacy; the development of the international self advocacy movement; the impact of accessible information on people with learning difficulties; involving people with learning difficulties in the work of a public policy research institute; participation and empowerment through continuing education; empowerment through oral history and personal stories; setting up and running a health advocacy group for women; self advocacy by black people with learning difficulties; empowerment for older people; involving people with profound and multiple disabilities in person centred planning; involving people with learning difficulties in staff selection and recruitment; direct payments; partnerships in policy making; crime and the law; and helping people with learning difficulties to shape services.