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A chance to answer
- Author:
- STRONG Susannah
- Journal article citation:
- Care Weekly, 27.10.94, 1994, pp.12-13.
Advocacy in relation to vulnerable sections of people in society is a relatively new concept. Looks at the different approaches to advocacy and to some of the fundamental dilemmas of advocacy.
Advocacy: the essential link
- Author:
- McKAY Colin
- Journal article citation:
- Care Report Scotland, 18, October 1994, pp.4-5.
Describes the range of roles which can be fulfilled by advocacy.
Obstacles in the professional human service culture to implementation of social role valorization and community integration of clients
- Authors:
- WOLFENSBERGER Wolf, THOMAS Susan
- Journal article citation:
- Care in Place the International Journal of Networks and Community, 1(1), March 1994, pp.53-56.
Looks at the obstacles to the application of Social Role Valorization (SRV) by human services professionals.
A commentary on 'Obstacles in the professional human service culture to implementation of social role valorization and community integration of clients'
- Author:
- NEWNES Craig
- Journal article citation:
- Care in Place the International Journal of Networks and Community, 1(1), March 1994, pp.57-64.
Response to Wolfsenberger and Thomas on the obstacles which prevent human service professionals applying Social Role Valorization (SRV).
Advocacy in community care
- Author:
- DOCKERY Billy
- Journal article citation:
- Tayside Advocate, 11, Autumn 1994, pp.10-11.
Outlines the role of advocacy in the context of community care.
You choose: a handbook for staff working with people who have learning disabilities to promote self-esteem and self-advocacy
- Author:
- MOSLEY Jenny
- Publisher:
- LDA
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 102p.
- Place of publication:
- Wisbech
Practical handbook aimed at all staff working with people with learning difficulties who have an interest in developing self-esteem and self-advocacy work with their users. Contains over 40 sample groupwork sessions and blends theory with practical examples. Looks at: what self advocacy and self esteem are; disempowerment and empowerment; the value of groupwork in raising self-esteem and fostering self-advocacy skills; inititating a self-advocacy group; and personal accounts of groups and projects.
Oi! It's my first assessment: everything you ever wanted to know about community care, your assessment and your care manager, but nobody bothered to tell you
- Author:
- People First
- Publisher:
- People First
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 17p.,illus.
- Place of publication:
- London
Booklet aimed at people with learning difficulties, explaining in words and pictures what community care is and how assessments work.
Jargon-free zone
- Author:
- WARD Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.12.94, 1994, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Ten years ago People First was launched by a group of people with learning difficulties, who had been to America to find out more about self advocacy. In the London boroughs there are now 30 People First groups, and many more through the UK. Reports from their tenth anniversary conference and discovers the aims of People First and where they want to be in the future.
Quality of life for persons with disabilities: international perspectives and issues
- Editor:
- GOODE David
- Publisher:
- Brookline Books
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 218p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge, MA
Comparative study of the quality of life of people with learning difficulties. Includes papers on: quality of life in the Danish context; a six year study of a quality of life model; Australian legislation, service delivery and quality of life; overview of theory and practice in Germany; quality of life and unemployment among people with disabilities in Hungary; the National Quality of Life for Persons with Disabilities Project in the USA; the California quality of life project; towards an understanding of quality of life in people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities; quality of life and ageing; quality of life at school; training staff in quality of life issues; and the concept of quality of life and its current applications in the field of developmental disabilities.