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Finding a voice: self-advocacy theory and practice
- Author:
- ANTOLAK Richard
- Publisher:
- Falkirk. Community Education Unit
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 152p.
- Place of publication:
- Falkirk
Looks at how tutors and participants in a self-advocacy course navigate their way through a maze of experiences, emotions and challenges. Part one examines the different models of self-advocacy and highlights the terminology used by many workers. Also looks critically at motives for working in the area of special needs, and examines why, in a world where everyone is supposedly equal, the fight for disabled people to be treated as such continues to be an uphill struggle. Part two concentrates on practice and methods used to promote self-advocacy. Uses the arts to encourage confidence and self esteem and gives examples of actual activities, highlighting sessions that went wrong and examining the reasons why.
Participation: north and south; new ideas in participatory development from India and the UK
- Authors:
- MERRIFIELD Juliet, et al
- Publisher:
- Elfrida Press
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 52p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
These lectures review participatory development and joint worrking in social services, education and other provisions in developed and developing countries. Contents include: lessons from anti-oppressive movements; learning and cotizenship; overcoming disability; and participatory processes in the North, lessons from the South.
Joining University affiliated programs and schools of social work: a collaborative model for disabilities curriculum development and training
- Authors:
- LIESE Hank, CLEVENGER Richard, HANLEY Barbara
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work Education, 35(1), Winter 1999, pp.63-69.
- Publisher:
- Council on Social Work Education
Schools of social work vary widely in their ability and commitment to prepare students for practice with individuals with disabilities. This article describes a model of collaboration to develop and actively promote specialised curriculum and training opportunities in the field of learning and developmental disabilities. The model builds on the "best practices" of existing collaborative efforts between University Affiliated Programmes and social work programmes in the USA.
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.
A coherent policy for the rehabilitation of people with disabilities: recommendation no. R(92)6 adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 9 April 1992 ...; a model rehabilitation programme for national authorities
- Author:
- COUNCIL OF EUROPE
- Publisher:
- Council of Europe
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 60p.
- Place of publication:
- Strasbourg
Recommendations which take into account the training of non-health staff, technical aids, sporting activities and practical measures for the employment of people with physical or learning disabilities.