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Connecting services
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 27.7.04, 2004, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Reports on the first-ever national evaluation of the service and support Connexions offers to disabled young people. The evaluation has been running for two-and-a-half-years and is funded by the DfES, Learning Skills Council, and Connections. Researchers consulted 120 young disabled people, and 40 parents or carers in the Black Country, Cornwall and Devon, Humber, Nottinghamshire and south London. In addition, 108 partner agencies responded to a questionnaire, as did all the Connexions services in the study. The researchers also conducted 30 interviews with Personal Advisors.
Making connections: a guide for agencies helping young people with disabilities make the transition from school to adulthood
- Authors:
- SKILL, PRINCE OF WALES ADVISORY GROUP ON DISABILITY
- Publisher:
- Skill
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 106p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Aims to improve the provision of advice about services for young disabled people when they are making the transition from childhood to adulthood and from children's services to adult services. Intended as a practical guide for experts in a wide range of professions to the range of services available so that providers may be better placed to advise young people and steer them in the right directions.
Social and personal relationships: policy and good practice guidelines for staff working with adults with learning disabilities
- Author:
- BRITISH INSTITUTE OF LEARNING DISABILITIES
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities,|West Midlands Learning Disability Fo
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 72p.bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Kidderminster
Sets out a policy framework which outlines the rights and responsibilities of staff, carers, relatives and adults with learning disabilities. Good practice guidelines are provided on how the policy can be used by staff in various settings, in supporting adults with learning difficulties in their social and personal relationships. Topics discussed include: the law; consent; risk; advocacy; staff support; equal opportunities; confidentiality; whistle blowing; parental/carer involvement; personal and sexual relationships; sexual orientation; self stimulation; sexual health; contraception; pregnancy and unwanted pregnancy; sterilisation and vascectomy; marriage and other partnerships; divorce and separation; sexually stimulating material; sexual abuse; service standards