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This practical resource provides the tools to help individuals
explore their ambitions, set goals and plan to achieve them, manage
their lives and gain the skills to make their hopes and dreams a
reality. The programme is ideal for use with people who are making
major changes in their lives and are ready to explore their options
for the future. They may wish to return to education, go back to
work, change jobs, start voluntary work, take up new interests or
are considering other changes in their lives. The book is divided
into two parts: six core sessions covering: Making a start,
Deciding what you want, Setting goals, Making it happen, Learning
to learn and What next? and Eight optional sessions. These can be
used individually or added to the core sessions in any order,
depending on identified need. The sessions cover: Dealing with
stress, Coping with change, Being assertive, Overcoming
relationship conflict, Organising your time, Dealing with
disappointment, Keeping records and Creating an impression. It is
an ideal resource for youth leaders, teachers, support workers,
occupational therapists, social workers and probation staff. It has
been developed through the experience of working with groups and
individuals in adult education, youth services, day centres and
rehabilitation centres.
This practical, photocopiable manual provides group leaders with a
flexible programme to teach interaction skills that can be adapted
to a wide variety of groups, situations and needs. The programme
will benefit anyone who lacks adequate skills or who has difficulty
interacting with other people at home, socially or at work, for
example adults with very few or no formal qualifications, people
with depression or schizophrenia, young people in schools or people
with learning disabilities. The book is filled with workable ideas
and the sessions are designed to be used independently as required
to meet identified needs. Full guidance notes for facilitators,
session plans, handouts and activity guidelines are provided and
this will be an invaluable resource for anyone wanting to run an
interaction skills programme.
An essential resource for all kinds of groups, these tried and
tested strategies will stimulate and encourage full participation
from all group members. Provides ideas for introducing group
members to each other, breaking down barriers, energising people,
helping people learn, moving the group on, building trust between
group members, motivating people, assessing and evaluating the
group, managing behaviour and personal responsibility, and ending
sessions. The activities are set out in a clear, easy to follow
format, with variations and guidance for adapting the activities.
Will enable group leaders to promote group members' self
development, meet the needs of their different learning styles,
stimulate their creativity and develop their thinking skills. This
toolkit is an invaluable resource for tutors, occupational
therapists, nurses, care staff, probation staff, youth leaders or
anyone - new or experienced - who works with groups.
How can you encourage people to be motivated? How can you create
that sense of yearning to achieve or reach a goal? How can you
energise and inspire group members? The exercises and activities in
this resource will help you to motivate your team or the group with
which you are working. The activities are organised in sections
from which you can choose to meet particular group needs. These
include: Ice breakers and warm ups; Trust building; Building
self-esteem; Inspiring creativity; Aligning values; Creating an
inspiring environment; Becoming solution focused; Perception;
Resilience; Team building; Visualising and setting goals; Energy
boosters; Overcoming anxiety and fear; Managing stress; Stopping
procrastination; and; Using competition. Whether your group is
small or large you will find something for any setting. Many of the
activities can also be used on a one-to-one basis in supervision,
with clients or students. The activities are interactive and fun.
Trainers, youth leaders, counsellors, group leaders, team managers,
teachers, care workers and probation officers will find the
resource one in which they constantly dip for inspiration. Robin
Dynes is the Social Inclusion Officer for Skills & Learning in
his local authority. His main role has been to develop an
innovative outreach curriculum that is accessible and meets the
needs of people with disabilities, older people and others who are
vulnerable. The aim is to ensure that people with disabilities have
equal opportunity and an active and fulfilling role within the
community.
Writing Life Histories is a practical handbook which gives clear
guidance on how to put together life histories in supportive or
residential settings. It provides: step-by-step guidance ideas for
different types of life histories activities, strategies and
material for prompting memories helpful tools and writing tips
suggestions for support and forming partnerships with other local
services ideas for involving the person's family and friends
discussion on ethical issues to be considered. The benefits of
engaging a group or an individual in life history activities
include: an aid to memory creative stimulation a personalised
identity when in a residential home promotion of interaction and
co-operation with others continuity with previous life experience
thus combating loss of identity as well as an excellent opportunity
to pass on knowledge and experience to others. For staff knowing
about past experiences will promote an understanding of behaviour,
needs and outlook on life resulting in more personalised care.
Staff have references for conversation with cognitive impaired
individuals and knowledge about life accomplishments which promotes
respect for individuals. This is an indispensible resource for
anyone interested in compiling life histories including nurses,
residential home staff, carers, tutors and occupational therapists,
group facilitators in day centres, clubs for the elderly or
learning disabilities.
This completely revised edition of Winslow's bestselling Quiz Book
contains more than 2,000 questions categorised into 40 stimulating
subjects. It is aimed at adolescents and adults alike and features
questions that are all realistically within the scope of the
average person. Designed for those who use quizzes as a group
activity, the questions are grouped into three ability levels with
a layout that enables the organiser to rapidly locate the required
topic. Its topics cover areas such as cookery, animals, sport,
home, spellings, history and general knowledge.
This is a practical handbook which features 80 adaptable games and
the issues that arise with them. Although primarily intended for
use with older people, these games should be enjoyed by people of
all ages: as part of a social activities programme; specifically
for reminiscence purposes; to help keep people orientated to the
world around them; to exercise memory skills; or as the prelude to
discussion so that individuals can share difficulties and explore
methods of aiding memory. The games can be used one-to-one as well
as in groups, and can be made easier or more difficult accordingly.
Spanning the years 1930 to 1989, this is a highly practical and
enjoyable puzzle book. It covers events, people, entertainment and
everyday life and is designed to encourage group participation to
recall and discuss their own personal experiences. It is fully
adaptable according to the needs and abilities of the individuals
within the group.
The effects of social interaction and engagement with older people
have been proven to considerably improve quality of life and
emotional wellbeing. This book comes packed with ready-to-use
activities for groups of older people, aimed at connecting
individuals, developing their self-esteem, and encouraging personal
expression and independence. The activities are intended to be led
by facilitators working with groups of older people in residential
homes, drop-in or day centres, hospices, clubs for older people,
hospitals, or support groups. The activities range from creative
arts to storytelling to sports, and are all designed to keep both
bodies and minds sharp, while encouraging positive relationships
with others.
Designed for anyone wanting to develop an anxiety management
programme for use with groups or individuals, this practical
handbook offers a useful resource to social workers, professionals
and individuals who are called upon to work with people who have
anxiety problems. The book is divided into two parts: Part 1
provides information for anxiety management training. Part 2
consists of 10 chapters that each look at specific aspects of
anxiety management and provides photocopiable session plans,
exercises and handouts for a ten-week programme, which is adaptable
for use with all client groups and to the time available.
In all types of support services and care situations one of the
biggest challenges is motivating people to change their behaviour.
It particularly applies to individuals who are difficult to
motivate because they might lack insight, wilfully ignore or refuse
to face their situation, are affected by depression or health
problems or are victims of unfortunate circumstances or fear of
failure. The task may be to motivate someone to improve their
quality of life by participating in a group in a residential home,
change a lifestyle because of health reasons, address offending
behaviour, learn a new skill to obtain a job or complete an anxiety
management programme. The strategies and techniques will help:
arouse their interest in making changes; encourage the
consideration of change; support their planning for change; mentor
the person through planned actions; ensure momentum is maintained;
guide the person in making positive use of any relapses; and make
sure the change is successfully achieved. This is an invaluable
resource for support workers, social workers, health workers, youth
workers, probation officers, employment services, tutors and
carers. The techniques can be applied when working with individuals
or groups in all types of settings including residential homes, day
centres, probation, education or youth work.
This multi-purpose board game has been designed to aid reminiscing,
individuals getting to know each, facilitating the sharing of
experiences and for people writing their life histories. It can be
played by 2-8 people, independently or supported by staff. The
cards can also be used on their own or as an additional tool to the
book Writing Life Histories to inspire people writing their life
stories. Benefits from using it include: helping to preserve memory
maintaining a sense of identity integrating the past and present
assisting with reminiscing and the life review process promoting a
sense of pride that people have done their best in life providing
opportunities for socialising and making friends promoting
understanding of behaviour and outlook on life sharing life
accomplishments that promote respect providing references for
conversations with cognitively impaired individuals. This
non-competitive, fun activity will become a well used tool to
benefit both residents and staff in day centres, residential homes,
hospitals, activity clubs, or people being card for at home and
their carers.
Presented in a format that immediately allows you to see what
materials are needed, how much preparation is required and how each
game is played, this book presents practical resource material in
an accessible format. Ideas include introduction mixing exercises,
games using gentle movement, exuberant games, puzzles brain
teasers, verbal games, pen paper games, and more. It includes a
special outdoor selection, and advice on how to make your group
successful. It is ideal for scout and church leaders, as well as
occupational therapists, activity organisers and social workers.
This superb practical handbook contains 100 activities that are
non-competitive and can be used across the whole age spectrum with
individuals or groups. It provides indispensable material for use
with learning disabilities, mental health, physical disabilities
and regressed psychiatric or geriatric patients. The
non-competitive nature of these activities ensures that people feel
safe in making a contribution, and fear of failure or
disappointment is effectively eliminated. Divided into
photocopiable sections, these provide a session format that focuses
on maintaining and increasing the function of the whole person. It
is an ideal resource for day centres, hospitals, care homes and the
creative group leader.
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