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Getting the right result
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, June 2011, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
CMG and Pure Innovations is a national non-for-profit employment scheme that helps people with learning disabilities and mental health needs to get into work. This article describes how the scheme worked with and supported one of their clients, who had mild learning disabilities and mental health needs, so he was able to secure a permanent job.
Calling the shots
- Author:
- BALDWIN Michele
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, 9(5), July 2009, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
A three year project run by the Association for Real Change (ARC) has trained 12 people with learning disabilities to become trainers. The article summarises the training and learning points from the project.
Turning the tables
- Author:
- HUNT Louise
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 23.10.08, 2008, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The Connect Works training programme has been developed by people with learning disabilities to train the personal assistants they might later recruit. Reports on the potential of the scheme.
The right to be you
- Authors:
- HAMILTON Karen, (Producer)
- Publisher:
- Ealing Consortium
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- (11 mins.), DVD
- Place of publication:
- London
A DVD made by people with learning disabilities was shown for the first time at the House of Commons on 29 September 2005. People with learning disabilities, from Ealing Consortium, commissioned and wrote the script for the DVD, and had the final say in the editing. They wanted other people with learning disabilities to be aware of their rights in areas such as housing, health, and travel. The DVD will also be used for staff training and informing the general public.
Keep it reel
- Author:
- KORONKA Adam
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.06.06, 2006, p.37.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
This author, day services manager at Yarrow Housing in Shepards Bush, talks about making a film with people with learning disabilities. The film, 'Coping Strategies' is a surreal comedy about three flatmates with learning disabilities.
Finding keepers
- Author:
- HOPKINS Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.06.06, 2006, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
This article reports on a joint venture between a day service and an environmental agency in west London which is employing people with learning difficulties as volunteer canal keepers.
A working life
- Author:
- BROUGHTON Laura
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, 14(4), July/August 2014, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Laura, who has learning disabilities, explains how she has overcome a number of barriers in her life to live independently, work in three part-time jobs as a trainer for Choice Support, as a CQC Expert by Experience, and as a trainer for Paradigm. Laura's story illustrates can be achieved with determination, training and support. (Original abstract)
A leap of faith
- Authors:
- MARSHALL Catherine, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, 13(5), September/October 2013, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
An account of how a partnership of family and professionals helped a man with learning disabilities to move from residential care to a personalised supported living bungalow. The article looks at the challlenges and the role Hertfordshire County Council's Positive Moves team and the care provider Look Ahead played. (Original abstract)
Real listening – using personal construct assessment with people with intellectual disabilities: two case studies
- Authors:
- HARE Dougal Julian, SEARSON Ruth, KNOWLES Rebecca
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 39(3), September 2011, pp.190-197.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Although the situation is improving, many people with intellectual disabilities are still not being listened to by services providing them with care and support. When this happens, they become upset and frustrated and are all too readily regarded as being mentally ill. This article, in an attempt to help people with intellectual disabilities describe and make sense of their experiences and feelings in a non-judgemental manner without the need for these experiences to be interpreted and explained, describes the use of an adapted repertory grid procedure developed from George Kelley’s personal construct psychology. Although such an approach has been identified as being particularly suitable for working with people with intellectual disabilities in a person-centred way, little data is available. To improve on this situation, this article presents an outline of personal construct psychology and its use with people with intellectual disabilities to highlight its use in clinical practice.
Do anything you wanna do
- Author:
- MORSE Charlotte
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, September 2008, pp.32-34.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The author describes how her son, Ben, who has learning disabilities, used the 'Choice and Control' pilot to obtain and individual budget. She explains how they found the process, including self-assessment and recruiting personal assistants, and the improvements to Ben's quality of life.