The information exchange is produced particularly for supporters and advisers of self-advocacy groups and people with responsibility for developing effective ways of working in partnership with users in planning and delivering services. This issue looks at consulting users about community care plans, with examples from groups throughout England.
The information exchange is produced particularly for supporters and advisors of self-advocacy groups and people with responsibility for developing effective ways of working in partnership with users in planning and delivering services. This issue looks at results of a questionnaire carried out to find out how useful the information exchange ...
The information exchange is produced particularly for supporters and advisors of self-advocacy groups and people with responsibility for developing effective ways of working in partnership with users in planning and delivering services. This issue looks at involving service users on management committees and consulting users about community care plans.
The information exchange is produced particularly for supporters and advisors of self-advocacy groups and people with responsibility for developing effective ways of working in partnership with users in planning and delivering services. This issue looks at involving people who have multiple disabilities.
The information exchange is produced particularly for supporters and advisers of self-advocacy groups and people with responsibility for developing effective ways of working in partnership with users in planning and delivering services. This issue looks at conflict of interest with experiences from users. The articles include: paid self-advocacy workers not ...
The information exchange is produced particularly for supporters and advisors of self-advocacy groups and people with responsibility for developing effective ways of working in partnership with users in planning and delivering services. This second issue includes an interesting collection of individual and group experiences from both service users and staff ...
The information exchange is produced particularly for supporters and advisors of self-advocacy groups and people with responsibility for developing effective ways of working in partnership with users in planning and delivering services. This issue looks at involving service users in the planning and development of services and complaints procedures.
This is a review of recent British initiatives based upon the principles of "An ordinary life", for both children and adults with learning difficulties. Key issues discussed include establishing commitment to basic principles, planning comprehensive services, acquiring appropriate housing, financing and staffing the residential service, operational policies and management, staff ...
Two two-day pilot workshops for self-advocates with learning difficulties and for advisors were held. Under the title 'Helping your self-advocacy group to grow', the workshops aimed to help people increase their own skills and those of other members of their group. People attending already had a basic knowledge of self-advocacy ...