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Mainstreaming
in Massachusetts
by Mark
Vaughan and Ann Shearer
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Order code: 11-B011 Price: £3.00
Format: 300 x 210mm 38pp
paperback
Fourteen year old students in this part of America have more legal rights than any
parent in the UK;
this report sets out the federal and state legal framework supporting
inclusion of disabled pupils in ordinary schools and describes good
practice as well as union and LEA views.
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Make A Difference. A guidebook for
Person-Centered Direct Support
By John O’Brien and Beth Mount
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Order code: 02-B030 Price: £13.00
Format: 275 x 210 mm 161pp paperback
As a direct support worker you can choose
to make a positive difference in the lives of the people you assist. If you
choose to make a positive difference, you will join the direct support
workers in this book. These workers deserve to be called “Everyday
Heroes” because, day after day, they support people with disabilities
to act as full citizens who make a worthwhile contribution to their
communities. Direct support work is seldom glamorous and it is not a way to
become rich in money, but it can be important and it can be rich in human relationships
if you decide to make it so.
This book comes from what we have
learned from direct support workers as they step back from the busy-ness of
their work and ask themselves, “When we are at our very best, what
works to improve the lives of the people we support?” and “What
makes our work worth doing?” The ideas and activities you find in
this guidebook have met this test: direct support workers, people with
disabilities, and family members have used them and found them helpful.
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Making
It Work. Removing disability discrimination. Are you ready?
by Phillippa Stobbs and Richard
Rieser
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Order code: 06-B005 Price: £13.65
Format: 210 x 300 mm 189pp
ring bound
From September 2002 all schools have new duties not to
discriminate against disabled pupils: not to treat them ‘less
favourably’ and to make ‘reasonable adjustments’. A range
of statutory guidance on disability discrimination, access and inclusion
has already been issued. This pack help makes sense of it all. It contains:
- photocopiable
and CD Rom resources
- checklists
for school based audits
- includes
examples of making it work
- suggests
contacts for further help.
This pack will help you train and prepare teachers,
governors, LEA personnel.
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Making Peace With Autism. One family’s
story of struggle, discovery and unexpected gifts
by Susan Senator
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Order code:
18-B008 Price: £16.00
Format: 150 x
220 mm 258pp hardback
Receiving a diagnosis of autism is a major crisis for parents and families,
who often feel as if their world has come to an end. In this insightful
narrative, a courageous and inspiring mother explains why a diagnosis of
autism doesn’t have to shatter a family’s dreams of happiness.
Senator offers the hard won, in the trenches wisdom of someone who’s
been there and is still there today—and she demonstrates how families
can find courage, contentment, and connection in the shadow of autism.
In Making Peace With Autism, Susan Senator describes her own journey
raising a child with a severe autism spectrum disorder, along with two
other typically developing boys.
Without offering a miracle treatment or cure, she offers valuable
strategies for coping successfully with the daily struggles of life with an
autistic child. Topics include: the agony of diagnosis, grieving and
acceptance, finding the right school program, helping siblings with their
struggles and concerns, having fun together, and keeping the marriage
strong.
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Members of Each
Other. Building community in company with people with developmental
disabilities
by John
O'Brien and Connie Lyle O'Brien
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Order code: 02-B009 Price: £11.00
Format: 275 x 205 mm 142pp
paperback
Thoughts,
tools, stories to help build a future where friendship and community are
the norm. A thoughtful collection of essays and reflections by John and
Connie Lyle O'Brien which offers a perspective on disability, community and
service practice and policy. This is a book relevant for all of us who want
to build friendships and community, not only for people with developmental
disabilities, but for ourselves. Members of Each Other
exposes the dangers of power, isolation, helplessness, and gives tried and
trusted tools to help build for the future. This collection describes
initiatives in three areas, in particular:
linking people one-to-one (citizen advocacy)
gathering people around helping a person define and
pursue a desirable future (circle of support)
assisting people to pursue their interests as members
of community associations (connecting people to community associations).
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Moments
with me…..
By Heidi Kenworthy & Angela Powell
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Order code: 33-B001 Price: £12.50
Format: 295 x 210 mm 63pp
spiralbound
“I
wish that ‘Moments with me’ had existed when I was teaching in
schools. It is a resource that is, together with it’s companion;
‘Moments with me…A little inspiration’ , going to be used
in many contexts – educational projects, schools, social service
settings, care and residential homes as well as by individuals.
Heidi
and Angela have clearly used their many years experience to produce a
remarkable resource. It may be used as a tool for life history work, that
is equally adaptable for reminiscence or person centred planning. These
books really do inspire and provide a space for people to be
themselves.”
Reverend Chris Gordon,
Chief Executive and Director
of Social Work Training
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Moments with me…..A little inspiration
By Heidi Kenworthy & Angela Powell
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Order code: 33-B002 Price: £12.50
Format: 295 x 210 mm 42pp
spiralbound
Telling
our story is sometimes difficult and we need people who know us to be able
to ask questions in a way that gives us a kick start or prompts us to
remember a moment.
This book
will help you or the person who is sharing your moments with you to focus
on the things that you hold close to your heart.
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Moving on to adult life. A resource pack written by families for
families
by Outside The Box
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code: 30-B001 Price: £27.50
Format: 205x210
mm 136pp wire bound + CD ROM
· How can a young person with
disabilities get to make choices, and get the support she needs?
· How can you avoid getting
upset at planning meetings, or losing your temper?
· Where are the people and
organisations who can help you?
· What have other families found
useful?
Moving on to adult life is a resource pack for young
people with disabilities and their families. It brings together our
experiences of what helps a young person and her mum and dad – and
all the rest of her family and friends – achieve a good life. The
pack has suggestions on things you can do to make the move to adult life
easier, stories about young people and their families, and notes on where
to get more information. The topics covered include how to plan for a good
life and making choices – such as how to get the most from the
assessment processes. It has information and ideas on aspects of a good
life - getting friends, having a social life, getting a job, continuing to
learn, making a contribution, somewhere to live, keeping well, money, and
people who will stand by you.
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Moving on to adult life. A
guide for staff
by Outside The Box
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code: 30-B002 Price: £27.50
Format: 205x210mm
57pp paperback + CD ROM
There is also a companion guide
for staff who work in services or who plan for services. This will
help you use the ideas as part of your work in getting good support for
young people and their families. The staff guide has questions and
suggestions to help staff working with individual people. It looks at what
staff did to help some of the outcomes in the families’ stories
happen. It also has ideas around making community connections. There are
tips for training and sources for further information for people who like
to know the theories and research behind the ideas. Both packs are
published on cd-roms, to make it easy for the reader to dip in and find the
material you need at this stage, and to go straight to sources of further
information. Each CD comes with the printed book.
The resource pack is useful for many people.
Parents of young
people with disabilities who are still at school.
People who are
thinking about life after college or looking to become more independent.
Teachers and staff
who support young people at school, such as educational psychologists.
Staff who support
young people and adults who have disabilities.
People who are assessing
young people’s needs or helping young people plan for the future.
People who plan
for all the services provided in an area.
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