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Graphic Facilitation…

 

It’s not about how well you can draw but about how well you can listen.

See also Careers Scotland

 

Person Centred Tools Workshop

All training in person centred planning and support is tailored to suit the needs of the particular organisation. Some organisations choose to focus specifically on the planning tools, others might be more interested in generic person centred support.See also Careers Scotland and Shirlie Project

 

The Origins of Person – Centred Planning
A Community of Practice Perspective

 

By Connie Lyle O’Brien + John O’Brien, this paper traces the history of person-centered planning in programming for individuals with disabilities. It begins by describing the context shared by the first four methods of person-centered planning to emerge  and some of their formative influences

 

Drummond School's Leaver’s Programme The aim is to prepare pupils for life beyond school by ensuring they are confident, well informed, active citizens who have an excellent quality of life once they have left the school environment.

 
I Exist – the message for adults with autism in Scotland

The I Exist campaign, launched in 2008, highlights the impact of the lack of support on adults with autism and the action that is needed to bring real improvements to people's lives.

 

Policy for Staff Supporting People with Learning Disabilities on Relationships & Sexuality

Outlining recent legislation and national policy which requires public agencies to promote the rights of adults with learning disabilities to have a full private and family life, including sexual relationships, provided they have the capacity to consent to such relationships and there is no evidence of abuse.

 

Count us IN; We’re still here, Successful transitions from secondary school

The report aims to build understanding of inclusion and to identify best practice in schools on the subject of inclusion and strives towards adoption of an ethos where inclusion is viewed as the school adjusting to the child rather than the child fitting with the school as in integration approaches.

 

 

I was lucky because although I am …. a non-speaker I have a brain that works and I wrote letters on my computer of how I felt and this explained to everyone what I was feeling and what my dreams were.
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