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Reach. Standards in supported living by Paradigm
	Order code: 25-M001 Price: £47.00 Format: 2 books & CD pack Reach is the culmination of a year long project between Paradigm, Surrey Oaklands NHS Trust, KeyRing, New Support Options, Ling, Natural Breaks and Michael Batt Foundation, with support from the Department of Health. Reach–Standards in Supported Living sets nine clear standards for Supported Living. These standards are broken down into a range of outcome measures which can be used by any service supporting people with learning difficulties in their own homes. The standards are; I choose who I live with • I choose where I live • I choose who supports me • I choose how I am supported • I choose what happens in my own home • I choose who I live with • I have my own home • I make friendships and relationships with people on my terms • I am supported to be healthy and safe on my terms • I have the same rights and responsibilities as other citizens. The manual contains the Standards, a checklist, various review processes to do anything from an individual review to a full-scale comprehensive service review, and all of the necessary paperwork. As well as the manual, the pack contains a CD-Rom version, Accessible version which all come together in a sturdy folder. The whole pack should prove to be an invaluable resource for people involved with Supported Living. The whole Learning Disability sector has been crying out for clear information about what constitutes Supported Living. Since the advent of the Care Standards Act and the Supporting People policy, there has been an increasing number of services deregistering as care homes - Reach gives clear direction and guidance for such services to help do Supported Living well.
Real Eyes. Lessons in humanity, humility and human services by Ruth Ryan MD & Dave Hingsburger
	Order code: 05-B015 Price: £10.00 215x140mm 124pp paperback On a ride from a hotel to an airport, Ruth and Dave began to swap stories. As they relaxed into the conversation what became more important than the stories were the morals, the lessons that they drew from their experiences. On arrival at the airport they had each been changed by the power of the other's story. This book attempts to capture the sense of intimacy and honesty they shared with each other that day. It is hoped that this book will be a resource to new staff and a challenge to those more "seasoned". Dave Hingsburger has worked his entire career with people with developmental disabilities. He has worked with York Behaviour Management Services for nearly twenty years; much of that time was spent working with people with disabilities who engage in inappropriate sexual behaviours. Dave is a highly sought after speaker and consultant. His writings appear in newspapers, magazines, and journals. Dr. Ruth Ryan is a psychiatrist and works full time with persons with developmental disabilities and complex needs. She has received several awards for work integrating persons with complex needs into their home communities and for research regarding epidemiology, unusual conditions and outcomes. Like Ruth, Dave is committed to the Self Advocate Movement and works regularly with people with disabilities throughout North America on a variety of issues.
Reflections on Inclusive Education by Patrick Mackan C.R.
	Order code: 02-B003 Price: £5.40 £2.00 Format: 200x135mm 133pp paperback Stories and short reflections, one for each week of the year. Perfect to read aloud: to your family, school assemblies, classrooms etc. This book is a popular collection of profound and simple words and short reflections about the ABC's of Inclusion - Acceptance, Belonging and Community. Each story is about creating an atmosphere where all are welcomed, where no one is ever again denied admission for fully participating.
Remembering The Soul Of Our Work. Stories by staff of Options In Community Living Edited by John O’Brien and Connie Lyle O’Brien
	Order code: 27-B001 Price: £18.50 Format: 275x210mm 159pp paperback This book, first published in 1992, is a collection of stories written by Options staff over the course of several years as a part of organizational efforts to reflect on the day to day work and our role in providing services. Options' staff have been writing stories to read to each other at staff meetings since 1987, on a more or less regular basis. Currently stories are written and shared about every other month. Remembering the Soul of our Work is the result of story writing over a five year period. The Book includes stories written on the following themes: Ordinary Moments, Everyday Triumphs, Assistance, Sticking With People, Understanding How People Change, Dreams, Family, Friends, Money Matters, Fighting The System, Clienthood, Suffering & Death, Teachers, Words of Power, Love Stories, Commitment, Discrimination, Why I Do This Work, Last Night I Had a Dream, Community Building, A Future Vision for Options, What it Was Like Before, Writing Stories at Work.
Restorative Justice. Transforming society by Arthur Lockhart and Lynn Zammit
	Order code: 02-B031 Price £12.00 £8.00 Format: 275x205mm 209pp paperback Restorative justice is an ancient wisdom, once lost and now being rediscovered. It is the wisdom based on the 5 tenets of; Community, Capacity, Connection, Voice and Sacredness. Restorative justice goes much deeper than the exclusive experience of a mediation process between a single offender and a single victim. It demonstrates how we can all deal with the harm, pain, trauma that comes into our lives, by attending to the building of community. Restorative justice demonstrates that within community we finally understand that we are all interconnected. In essence, restorative justice is about all of us. This book encourages justice practitioners, educators, students, in fact all of us to engage chronic issues of crime, people in conflict, and states of non-community with new eyes and ways of being.
Restorative Solutions. Making it work By Helen Maffey and Colin Newton
	Order code: 20-B005 Price £25.50 Format: 210x295mm 170pp paperback Bad behaviour in our schools, often leading to school exclusions, speeding the pupils involved to the social scrapheap - has become a blight on our education system. Solutions are hard to come by. Most come in the form of yet more punitive discipline, which merely heightens the problem. What is needed in schools is fresh thinking, new approaches that work—and Restorative Practices are precisely that. Restorative Practices break the cycle by tackling the root causes of misbehaviour, rather than just massaging the symptoms. Many badly behaved pupils, faced directly and personally with the harm they have done to others, not only see the error of their ways but are often even transformed into positive role models. This book is an invaluable tool for all who want to learn about Restorative Solutions. It describes how, when and where they can be used, not just to reduce exclusions but even more importantly to improve the whole behavioural culture of the school and improve attainment.
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