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PATH –A workbook for planning alternative tomorrows with hope 2nd Edition by Jack Pearpoint, John O'Brien, Marsha Forest
	Order code: 02-B004 Price: £7.50 Format: 275x210mm 59pp paperback A guide to exciting, creative, colourful futures planning for families, organisations and schools to build caring, "including" places to live, work and learn. PATH is a creative planning tool which starts in the future and works backwards to an outcome of first (beginning) steps that are possible and positive. It is excellent for team building. It has been used to mediate conflicts. It is loved by people who actually want to change the ways they currently work. The book goes along with the PATH Training Video and the PATH Demonstration video. A colour graphic of a real PATH is included which outlines the PATH process in depth. According to those doing PATH, it is indispensable.
People, Plans and Practicalities. Achieving change through person centred planning by Pete Ritchie, Helen Sanderson, Jackie Kilbane, Martin Routledge
	Order code: 17-B002 Price: £18.70 Format: 295x145mm paperback Be careful what you ask for - you might just get it! Person centred planning used to be something counter-cultural, done by eccentric outsiders with coloured pens and strange ideas about having people in the room when decisions are being made about their lives. Now it’s government policy. Will this lead to an epidemic of thoughtful change, with service systems flexing creatively to help people lead the lives they want as valued citizens? Or will the system just have a mild rash of 'planitis' for a year or so but recover to carry on much as before? This book is a practical guide for would-be implementers of person centred planning who want to travel the road between making plans and changing lives.
Perske Pencil Portraits 1971-1990 drawings by Martha Perske, introduction by Robert Perske
	Order code: 04-B002 Price: £13.99 Format: 235x235mm 119pp hardback Martha Perske is a self-taught illustrator with a marvellous gift for showing a person’s disability and natural beauty at the same time. Martha’s art was known world-wide for helping to give wings to the words of others who spoke out on behalf of persons with disabilities. As well as illustrating major reports for presidents Nixon and Carter, Martha designed the International Year of Disabled Persons commemorative stamp. Her work has been recognised by most major disability organisations in the western world. The artwork in this book may be printed in newsletters, brochures, posters (excluding commercial sales or money making ventures) – anything that gives wings to your words on behalf of persons with disabilities, providing a credit for the artwork is included.
Person-Centred Planning. Finding directions for change using Personal Futures Planning by Dr. Beth Mount
	Order code: 08-B001 Price: £17.50 Format: 280x215mm 80pp paperback This sourcebook is designed to give readers a basic understanding of personal futures planning, a tool to help people implement an emerging set of beliefs and values that are person-centred. These person-centred practices provide a contrast to the beliefs and practices dominant in the field of disability called system-centred. These contrasting beliefs and practices are to be found in Chapter One. Personal Futures Planning makes use of person-centred methods which are described in Chapter Two. A person-centred approach encourages us to take direction from people identifying their interests, gifts and desires. Unspoken messages about personal preferences are expressed in people’s daily lives, so we are challenged to see through the labels, deficiencies and needs that so often define people so as to discover and develop their interests and gifts. Tasks one and two describe ways we can do this. There are a further four tasks in the book.
Person-centered planning with maps & path A workbook for facilitators by John O’Brien & Jack Pearpoint
	Order code: 02-B026 Price: £11.00 Format: 135x210mm 58pp spiral bound This new book was developed over time as a collection of handouts for our three day course teaching MAPS and PATH. Due to popular demand, we have supplemented it and now it is a stand alone workbook to assist facilitators in their learning and implementing of PATH and MAPS processes. It is excellent for training purposes; students, workshops - as well as an updated person centred planning resource. This workbook does not replace the PATH manual, but does provide summary introductory information. It is an excellent addition to the resource collection which of course includes the PATH and MAPS training videos.
Person centred supervision course book. How to make your supervision meetings more positive and productive by Helen Sanderson, Michelle Livesley, Ruth Gorman and Julie Allen
	Order code: 21-B011 Price: £12.95 Format: 295 x 210mm 39pp paperback This course book focuses on the planned meeting time that supervisors spend with the people they support enabling them to do their job well. You may know it as a job consultation or reflective accounts. Person centred supervision is a partnership process that creates a respectful and supportive climate enabling people to understand and support each other well. It starts with a shared appreciation of each other and uses this to establish a respectful environment. The process focuses on clarity in relation to role, support and learning. Individuals come away from supervision feeling understood, supported and motivated with a clear direction for action.
Person centred thinking minibook by The Learning Community
	Order code: 21-B004 Price: £7.50 Format: 105x150mm 33pp spiral bound UPDATED APRIL 2007 A minibook (pocket sized) compiled from “Essential Lifestyle Planning for Everyone” by Helen Sanderson and Michael Smull. Sections covered include; sorting what’s important TO/FOR us ● The doughnut sort ● Matching staff ● Relationship circle ● Communication charts ● Learning log ● Sorting what’s working/not working ● 4+1 questions ● Citizenship ● Decision making agreement ● Presence to contribution ● Dreaming ● Person centred reviews ● Person centred teams ● Positive and productive meetings All this, for quick reference in a handy pocket sized print book
Person centred thinking with older people by H S A Press
	Order code: 21-B009 Price: £7.50 Format: 105x150mm 19pp spiral bound A pocket sized book compiled specifically for people who work with older people. Older people want real choices and the responsibility to choose the best possible lifestyle for them with the support they need. This little book of person centred thinking tools gives you an opportunity to start supporting older people to lead the lives they want by offering practical ways to gather information and to start to set actions that make a real difference. Sections covered include: Appreciations, Relationships, Sorting important to/for, Communication, Histories, Wishing, Good days and bad days and Working/not working.
Person Centred Thinking with older people. Practicalities and possibilities by H S A Press
	Order code: 21-B007 Price: £14.95 Format: 205x145mm 94pp paperback Older people say they want real choices and the responsibility to choose the best possible lifestyle for them. CSCI’s (Commission for Social Care Inspection) report Making Choices, Taking Risks looked at the experiences of older people and carers who need support to live their daily lives. A key message was the need for help to adjust to the life changes (and societal attitudes) associated with ageing – not just to arrange care services. Practicalities and possibilities, and the development programme that will operate alongside it in 2007-08, offers practical guidance as well as a conceptual framework for enabling this to happen so that real improvements are seen and felt by older people in all aspects of their lives. Government is committed to developing a health and social care system that is founded on personalisation, choice and control. Person centred thinking and planning is a fundamental stepping stone to achieving this goal – and can be applied within and across all public services to reflect the way that older people want to live their lives. It is essential for the way we all think about work with older people. I hope you can use the powerful stories and examples shared in this book, to influence the way you think and act, whether you are a professional, an older person, family member or policy maker. Dame Denise Platt Chair, Commission for Social Care Inspection
Person Centred Thinking with people who use mental health services by H S A Press
	Order code: 21-B008 Price: £7.50 Format: 105x150mm 33pp paperback A pocket sized book compiled specifically for people who work with people who use mental health services. It offers practical tools to gather information and to start to set actions that make a real difference in promoting recovery and inclusion. Sections covered include: sorting what's important to/for us; the doughnut sort; sorting what's working/not working; communication chart; like and admire; relationship circles; learning log.
Petroglyphs: The Writing on the wall by S Shapiro-Barnard, C Tashie, J Martin, J Malloy and M Schuh
	Order code: 02-B021 Price: £8.50 Format: 275x205mm 111pp paperback The topic: Inclusion in High School. An elegant, perceptive and powerful photo essay that highlights our old thinking - and our new thinking. This short book is chock full of both information and inspiring photos. Audience: Anyone thinking about Inclusion in High Schools. Families who want to help their school systems.
Planning a baby by Change
	Order code: 24-B003 Price: £2.20 Format: 300x210mm 38pp paperback Are you hoping to have a baby? Are you worried you won’t be able to have a baby? Have you been trying to have a baby without any luck? Women with learning disabilities who are considering having a baby will find this health booklet of great interest. Topics covered in plain language along with Change Picture Bank images include, preparing for pregnancy, health, diet, ovulation, fertilisation, what can go wrong.
Playfair Teams: A manual for community advocates by Gary Bunch & Angela Valeo with Jack Pearpoint
	Order code: 02-B039 Price: £5.00 Format: 215 x 135 mm 47pp paperback This manual is a step-by-step guide for community advisors to assist in creating a PlayFair Team in their local community school.
Playfair Teams: A manual for teacher advisors by Gary Bunch
	Order code: 02-B040 Price: £6.50 Format: 270 x 210 mm 58pp paperback Playfair Teams is a leadership opportunity for schools and students to become engaged in their surrounding community on issues of social justice. PlayFair Teams are a positive response by schools to the unfortunate fact that people with disabilities are not yet fully accepted members of our society. PlayFair Teams are aimed at informing communities about the situation of people with disabilities. It is aimed at disability, social justice, and inclusion. If we wish for equitable treatment of people with disabilities, we must look to the leaders of tomorrow and support them in social justice for all. Most people do not personally know a person with disability. They know of them. The way to change this is to become involved. PlayFair Teams recognizes that advocates for social justice have a powerful tool to alter the regrettable situation of many people with disabilities: elementary and secondary schools full of energetic, eager students. These students are wonderful people, energetic, full of hope, and gifted with the pure desire to be good and to do good. This is a step-by-step guide for teachers (and supporters) to create a PlayFair Team - an extracurricular activity with a blended team of students in their school. Over the year, the students will spend time together, then create and perform some form of 'performance' about what they have learned from each other. The 'performance' is for other classes, the school, other schools, and broader community events.
Playfair Teams CD by Parashoot Productions & Marsha Forest Centre
	Order code: 02-C004 Price: £23.50 Format: CD Playfair Teams is a leadership opportunity for schools and students to become engaged in their surrounding community on issues of social justice. PlayFair Teams are a positive response by schools to the unfortunate fact that people with disabilities are not yet fully accepted members of our society. PlayFair Teams are aimed at informing communities about the situation of people with disabilities. It is aimed at disability, social justice, and inclusion. If we wish for equitable treatment of people with disabilities, we must look to the leaders of tomorrow and support them in social justice for all. Most people do not personally know a person with disability. They know of them. The way to change this is to become involved. PlayFair Teams recognizes that advocates for social justice have a powerful tool to alter the regrettable situation of many people with disabilities: elementary and secondary schools full of energetic, eager students. These students are wonderful people, energetic, full of hope, and gifted with the pure desire to be good and to do good. Seeing is believing. If you are considering starting a Playfair Team, you need this CD. Hear the students talk about how it works, what it means, why it is important. See glimpses of what you could do in your way. The CD can also be used to 'introduce' the idea to a school, classes, teachers, parents. Another outstanding production from Parashoot Productions, a partner with the Marsha Forest Centre. Sections are •What are Playfair Teams • For Organisers • For Students • Resources.
Playfair Kit by Parashoot Productions & Marsha Forest Centre
	Order code: 02-C004 Price: £29.50 Playfair Teams is a leadership opportunity for schools and students to become engaged in their surrounding community on issues of social justice. PlayFair Teams are a positive response by schools to the unfortunate fact that people with disabilities are not yet fully accepted members of our society. PlayFair Teams are aimed at informing communities about the situation of people with disabilities. It is aimed at disability, social justice, and inclusion. If we wish for equitable treatment of people with disabilities, we must look to the leaders of tomorrow and support them in social justice for all. Most people do not personally know a person with disability. They know of them. The way to change this is to become involved. PlayFair Teams recognizes that advocates for social justice have a powerful tool to alter the regrettable situation of many people with disabilities: elementary and secondary schools full of energetic, eager students. These students are wonderful people, energetic, full of hope, and gifted with the pure desire to be good and to do good. A full pack of Playfair resources, comprising of Community Advocates manual, 2 Teachers Advisor manuals (primary and secondary school) and the CD.
Playing to get smart by Elizabeth Jones & Renatta M Cooper
	Order code: 29-B001 Price: £16.50 Format: 150 x 230 mm 125pp paperback Practicing what it preaches, ‘Playing to get smart’ will be a playful reading experience for teachers and parents alike. With jokes, riddles and stories sprinkled throughout, the authors show how important play is for children of all ethnic and socioeconomic groups, from birth to eight. This provocative challenge to teachers and parents of young children demonstrates why play is the most effective way for children to develop critical life skills such as thinking creatively and social problem solving. It explains why teachers need to provide opportunities for quality play and why parents need to understand the benefits of play with their children.
Power Tools -Thoughts about power and control in service to people with developmental disabilities by Dave Hingsburger
	Order code: 05-B012 Price: £3.99 Format: 215 x 140 mm 36pp paperback This book addresses the delicate issue of power within human services. Those of us who say we serve, have tremendous power over those within our care. Power is one of the most important issues that front line care providers need to consider. And we need to consider it every day and in almost every interaction we have with someone who has a disability. Without meaning and without malice we can end up doing things that hurt the dignity and self esteem of those we care for. Awareness of our power reduces the likelihood that we will misuse it. Power is a tough issue. However, Power Tools is written with humour, wit and warmth. Dave doesn’t lay blame, but he suggests that we all have responsibility - for what we do - for what we say - and for who we are when we are serving people who are in our care.
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