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The All Star Company: People, performance, profit by Nick Marsh
	Order code: 02-B008 Price: £10.99 Format: 235x160 mm 184pp paperback An exciting book about organisational transformation and change. The All Star metaphor is about legendary performance and dedication to constant improvement in your organisation - for the amazement and delight of all audiences. Whether a family, a school, a social service organisation, a small or large business, this book uses cutting edge thinking and examples to show successful teams at work. The All Star metaphor takes the reader out of the traditional hierarchical organisation into the All Star Model. Chapters include such topics as: Destiny - Vision Ringmastery - Leadership Encore - Marketplace Values - Making a difference All Star Cast – People Getting Your Act Together
The are word. Helping individuals with intellectual disabilities deal with bullying and teasing by Dave Hingsburger
	Order code: 05-B020 Price: £4.00 Format: 215 x 135mm 36pp paperback People with intellectual disabilities are often the brunt of teasing and bullying. From schoolyard to workplace the teasing never seems to stop. “Just ignore it” is usually the advice given, but is that good enough? This little book suggests that there are ways that we can help people with disabilities understand teasing and bullying. It also suggests new strategies for dealing with mean people. Further, this book will help parents and staff better support an individual with a disability who is being teased. Until the world is a better place, people with disabilities have to be better prepared to live in it.
The Basics: Supporting Learners with Intellectual Challenge in Regular Classrooms by Gary Bunch
	Order code: 02-B037 Price £8.00 Format 270x210mm 58pp paperback A teacher’s resource book on dealing with intellectual challenges in a regular classroom. This book is a resource for teachers who have the opportunity and the responsibility to work with students who have been labelled with intellectual challenges. The fundamental premise is that good teaching is good teaching - for all students. Secondly, this book believes that teachers are good professionals and have both the skills and the spirit to welcome and teach all learners. However, because of lags in teacher training and support, many teachers may fear the challenge of welcoming students who at first glance appear to require special training they have not had. This book walks through examples that reaffirm the capacity of all teachers to teach all students using their own capacities, the skills and enthusiasm of other students, and the untapped commitment and talents of students labelled intellectually challenged. As a teacher in a regular classroom you know that you will have students with diverse intellectual abilities and needs in your classroom. This manual is designed to give you, whether you teach kindergarten or Grade 12 Chemistry, some ideas on how you can respond to all your students as a professional and on a professional level. Certain basic teaching strategies work effectively across learners and ages and abilities. It is not as much a task of learning new teaching strategies, as it is a matter of using what you already know with adjustments here and there.
The best of both voices. Person centred thinking and advocacy By Julie Lunt and Jonathan Bassett
	Order code: 36-B001 Price £4.50 Format 200x210mm 38pp wire bound In this booklet the approaches are used to help advocates to think about people in a person centred way. They are; Involving the right people ● Learning Together ● Involving your partner ● Making it happen These approaches can be used with anyone. People do not need to be able to use words to communicate. The authors have used examples from their own lives to demonstrate the eight person centred tools, in four areas, in a clear and easy to use format. It will enable advocates to; Find out about their partner ● Tell others about their partner ● Make sure that things happen for their partner
The Big Plan. A good life after school by Stephen Coulson & Heather Simmons
	Order code: 02-B035 Price £17.50 Format 295x215mm 103pp wire bound The Big Plan: A Good Life After School describes the vibrant experience in Scotland and England, of an approach that engages young people and their families in large groups to plan full lives. It is inspired by and modelled on the work of Connie Lyle O'Brien & Beth Mount with the PathFinders Project in New York City. Students and their families and supporters come together over a series of weeks and engage in person centred planning with their circles of support, through a series of guided conversations and reflections. Connie described the PathFinders experience as a process of "self - efficacy" whereby students and families recognized and respected each other's strengths and gifts, growing in confidence and self-esteem as a result. In Implementing Person Centred Planning: Voices of Experience, edited by John O'Brien and Connie Lyle O'Brien, several chapters are devoted to the group person centred planning process and the experience of Pathfinders in New York. The Big Plan is the rich story from the perspective of Heather Simmons and Stephen Coulson of their Scottish/English derivation of the Pathfinders approach, featuring stories of how the families worked, learned and began to create new lives together, including the process facilitators' reflections on their powerful learning and experience along the way.
The Ethics Of Touch. Establishing and maintaining appropriate boundaries in service to people with developmental disabilities by Mary Harber & Dave Hingsburger
	Order code: 05-M001 Price: £70.50 Format: manual 280x215mm 28pp paperback and 2 video set (128 mins.) All human beings need touch. We need to be held. We need to hold. This training package looks at the delicate issue of touch. Those who provide direct care to people with developmental disabilities are often asked to be in private places performing intimate services. From bathing to toileting to dressing, we are necessarily in close proximity to those we serve. Given this situation, it is imperative that staff be aware of how to provide these services while maintaining appropriate professional boundaries. How do we appropriately express affection toward those we serve? This video suggests new and healthy ways of helping people with disabilities fulfil their deepest needs. The package includes over 2 hours of lecture on 'touch', 'privacy' and 'boundaries' by renowned trainer Dave Hingsburger and a manual, co-authored by Mary Harber of the Sexual Health Resource Network, which staff can use to participate in the training.
The Facilitator’s Listening Book by Kenn Jupp
	Order code: 19-B001 Price: £10.00 Format: 295x215mm 56pp comb binding A really useful tool for everyone involved in; Person Centred Planning ● Health Action Plans ● Facilitating Better Tomorrows ● Direct Payments. A down to earth, practical workbook that enables facilitators, Practitioners, Care Managers, etc. to work directly with individuals to plan in detail a future that they really want for themselves. One day workshops are also available. (email for further details)
The good, the bad and the irritating. A practical approach for parents of children who are attention seeking By Dr Nigel Mellor
	Order code: 22-B005 Price:£9.00 Format: 255 x 165mm 90pp paperback What is the pattern behind the bewildering variety of misbehaviour children can display at home? Which explanations for behaviour are not helpful? How does attention seeking provide a penetrating new perspective which empowers parents? The author has the ability to get right to the heart of these topics in a way readers will quickly grasp. This book provides a unique, user friendly, extremely practical guide to the perplexing problem of attention seeking. Dr Mellor BSc, BA, Dip Ed, MSc, PhD is a very experienced educational psychologist who has been at the sharp end of working with parents for over twenty years. His approach is down to earth, encouraging but challenging.
The Graphic Kit by Change
	Order code: 28-B001 Price: £9.99 Format: A5 size ring binder 40pp A useful guide for graphic facilitators, formatted as an A to Z of images to use during meetings. The kit is presented in a handy (A5) size ring binder with space for you to add your own graphics. It comes with simple guidelines and instructions to support even the most anxious graphic facilitator, along with an Assessment sheet for a mentor to assist the Graphic Facilitator in their work.
The Inclusion Assistant: Helping young people with high level support needs in mainstream education by Alliance for Inclusive Education
	Order code: 06-M001 Price: £15.88 Format: book 210x300mm 36pp paperback and video 38 minutes Eleven disabled young people, their parents and supporters were brought together to think about the role of non-teaching assistants in mainstream education. The result is this book and video set which along with the recommendations capture the best thinking of a group of young people and their allies who have pioneered in inclusion and who really know what needs to happen.
The Long Journey Home: Transition planning for deinstitutionalization of people with developmental disabilities by Sue Tough & Dave Hingsburger
	Order code: 05-B008 Price: £8.20 Format: 280x215mm 196pp paperback This book discusses the myths and realities of de-institutionalisation and transition planning for people with developmental disabilities. The book also has within it a transition assessment tool that will give readers the ability to ask all the right questions, when developing a plan to bring someone home.
The Rights Stuff . Self advocates learning and using their rights by Wendy Hollo and the Self Advocates from Skills
	Order code: 05-M005 Price: £32.90 Format: book 280x215mm 40pp paperback and 29 mins video set Rights and responsibilities are two of the most important things that we learn as we grow. Unfortunately many people with developmental disabilities were never taught that they had rights—nor were they taught about responsibilities. Wendy Hollo pioneered a unique approach to this problem. As Wendy considered the issue of rights within her agency, Skills in Alberta, she decided that the agency needed a Bill of Rights for the self advocates that are service recipients. Furthermore, She decided that the self advocates would write their own Bill of Rights. The book outlines in plain language how Wendy and the self advocates used the understanding of rights to change the agency. Step by step direction that will allow other agencies of self advocate groups to embark on the journey to rights and responsibilities are given. The video shows how self advocates portrayed their rights and responsibilities. The video is used to train staff, promote organisational change, and to ensure that self advocates have a tool for training each other and to constantly remind them of their rights and responsibilities. Together, the book and video will give you a place to start when working with self advocates within an agency. It demonstrates a project that can be undertaken that provides a process for learning and a purpose for meeting.
The Self-Esteem Companion. Simple exercises to help you challenge your inner critic & celebrate your personal strengths by Matthew McKay, PH.D, Patrick Fanning, Carole Honeychurch, Catharine Sutker
	Order code: 18-B012 Price: £10.00 Format: 175 x 175 mm 169pp paperback Self-esteem is an important part of leading a happy, fulfilling life. How we feel about ourselves affects every aspect of our lives, from the way we function at work, in love, and in sex, to the way we parent, to what we strive to achieve. The Self-Esteem Companion is a step-by-step guide filled with straightforward and effective techniques to help you dramatically improve the way you think and feel about yourself. This collection of simple exercises will help you talk back to your inner critic, gain confidence, and begin to celebrate your personal strengths.
The Senses: Hearing by Mandy Suhr, Illustrated by Mike Gordon
	Order code: 12-B005 Price: £4.50 Format: 190 x 210 mm 32pp paperback A humorous look at different kinds of sound and how humans and animals hear. Based on the requirements of the Key Stage One science curriculum, 'Hearing' begins by examining different sounds and moves on to look at how the ear hears them. The illustrations and examples refer to a child's likely everyday experiences.
The Support Brokers manual. A resource guide by Kenn Jupp, Patti Scott & Kristin Beck
	Order code: 31-B005 Price: £19.50 Format: 300 x 220 mm 216pp paperback A comprehensive resource for Support Brokers that covers topics such as: the underlying Values of Self Determination; the Role of a Support Broker; Foundations of Facilitation; the process of helping a person Design a Life; supporting the person in following through on their Life Plans; maintaining a Good Relationship with Funders.
Total communication. Person centred thinking, planning and practice by H S A Press
	Order code: 21-B005 Price: £3.50 Format: 190 x 210 mm 32pp paperback Total communication is a communication philosophy – not a communication method and not at all a teaching method…Total communication is an approach to create successful and equal communication between human beings with different language perception and/or production..To use Total communication amounts to a willingness to use all available means in order to understand and be understood.
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