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Active Support is a proven model of care that enables and empowers
people with intellectual disabilities to participate fully in all
aspects of their lives. This evidence-based approach is
particularly effective for working with people with more severe
disabilities, and is of growing interest to those responsible for
providing support and services. The authors provide a comprehensive
overview of Active Support and how it can be used in practice,
based on the theory and research underpinning the methods involved.
They describe how to engage people with intellectual disabilities
in meaningful activity as active participants, and look at the
communication style needed to foster positive relationships between
carers and the people they are supporting. Highlighting the main
issues for those trying to put Active Support into practice, they
explain what is needed on a day-to-day basis to support the
implementation, improvement and maintenance of the approach, along
with possible solutions for the difficulties they may encounter.
Finally, they look at how to integrate Active Support with other
person-centred approaches, drawing on examples from various
organisations and individual case studies. The definitive text on
Active Support, this book will be essential reading for anyone
professionally concerned with the quality of life of people with
intellectual disabilities, including psychologists, behaviour
specialists, social workers, care managers, occupational therapists
and inspectors and regulators of services, as well as families.
This excellent, informative and well presented, a book provides the
reader with fourteen edited chapters covering an area of policy and
practice that is quite specific but will inform anyone interested
in the development of a service user participation ethos in adult
social care. It is a book that is relevant to managers and
practitioners, both as students and qualified professionals, as
well as academics. Care management is now well established in the
everyday practice of predominantly statutory organisations. This
book revisits the principles of this method of assessing and
planning the care needs of adult service users, and introduces
Person Centred Planning (PCP) as a suitable method for ensuring
that much of the empowerment rhetoric care management is actually
realised.' - British Journal of Social Work 'Part of the attraction
of this book is its strong practice component. This is applicable
to the different professionals working with people with learning
disabilities, in whatever their service configuration. For
students, the book will also provide a good introduction to the
impact of person centred planning and its connections to a long
history of similar initiatives.' - Journal of Interprofessional
Care 'This book is a stimulating and challenging read of those
working in service development generally, as well as learning
disability services. There is a potential broad care management
readership that might also find this relevant and interesting.' -
Journal of Interprofessional Care 'This is an important book. It
brings together chapters by many of the foremost researchers and
practitioners in person centred planning. The book contains many
ideas for taking the PCP process to a higher level of
sophistication to really underpin the future development of
appropriate and effective services.' - Community Living 'This book
will help social workers to reconnect with the core values of their
profession and to challenge institutionalised policies and
practices. It has proven to be a valuable teaching resource and
whilst its focus is on people with learning disabilities, the
principles of PCP that it raises are relevant to any service user
group and social work arena. Highly recommended.' - Professional
Social Work 'There are many important issues facing the care
management system today in the light of person-centred planning and
approaches, and you would be hard-pressed to find a better
collection of insightful and radical thinkers in this area than
those featured here. It asks hard questions, and challenges the
professional to adopt more inclusive and accessible work practices.
Wherever you work in the field of learning difficulties you should
read this book carefully and aim to put "person-centeredness" at
the core of your practice.' - Community Care 'You would be
hard-pressed to find a better collection of insightful and radical
thinkers in the area of care management. Wherever you work in the
field of learning difficulties you should read this book carefully
and seek to put "person centredness" at the core of your practice.
The challenge for professionals, is making it a reality for
individuals.' - Community Care This timely book provides a
reflective analysis of person centred planning for people with
learning disabilities, complementing policy initiatives that focus
on individualised planning and service user involvement. Drawing on
practical experience and research findings, the contributors
explore policy and practice issues, including: * advocacy and
empowerment * risk management and adult protection * inter-agency
and inter-professional working * ethnicity and culture *
de-institutionalisation. Vivid case studies illustrate best
practice in person centred planning, and the authors offer a rich
variety of ideas for increasing the participation, self-esteem and
quality of life of people with learning disabilities. This
practical and accessible text is an invaluable guide for policy
makers, carers and social work managers, academics and students.
Group homes are the dominant form of residential accommodation for
people with severe learning or intellectual disabilities, and yet
there are significant problems within these living environments.
This book seeks to highlight the key issues for both residents and
staff, and offers practical suggestions for improving community
living. Based on original empirical research and drawing on
extensive field notes, the book paints a picture of life in group
homes today. The authors propose a framework for increasing
community presence and participation, and consider the barriers to
be overcome if progress is to be made in achieving these key goals.
The notion of 'homeliness', the challenge of maintaining a balance
between individual and group needs and the concept of practice
leadership are all explored. Group Homes for People with
Intellectual Disabilities is essential reading for anyone working
with people with learning or intellectual disabilities in
residential services, as well as academics and students of
disability studies, social work and health and social care
programmes.
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