BILD Guide: Communication is a human right

Sue Thurman

2009          ISBN 978 1 905218 17 2       Price: £2

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This guide looks at the importance of communication for people with learning disabilities and explores the ways in which the argument for it being made a human right has developed. It goes on to identify the barriers to communications and ways of ensuring effective communication rights. The guide looks at methods of communication and gives some practical examples. It also identifies some useful resources and where to go for further help.

BILD Guide: Making complaints work for people with learning disabilities

Sue Thurman

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2009            ISBN 978 1 905218 18 9      Price: £2

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This guide identifies the problem with complaining and argues why it is important for people with learning disabilities to be able to complain and be listened to. It highlights the human rights aspect of complaints and outlines practical steps to helping people complain effectively. Examples are given of when complaints need to be made and, while recognising how some key organisations are beginning to treat complaints systems properly, makes clear that much is still to be done.

Life Story Books:

for people with learning disabilities

a practical guide

Helen Hewitt

2006            ISBN 1 904082 76 9            Price £16.00

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Identity is what makes us unique. People with learning disabilities are often denied the opportunity to consider who they are and how life events affect their identity. This is even more pertinent in the light of current community care where people are faced with many transitions in their lives which can lead to a lack of continuity, and even a loss of identity, if a person’s past experiences are not acknowledged.

A life story book is an account of a person’s life, including stories and memories of past events and relationships – all the kinds of experiences that make us who we are.
In addition to helping the person with learning disabilities, these books also enable others to see beyond the ‘client’ identity and appreciate that each person has a unique life history that sets them apart from other people.

This guide provides easy-to-follow advice for creating life story books. It is aimed at all client groups and levels of ability. It can be used by people with learning disabilities themselves, or by people working with them. The benefits of using life story books makes this guide a valuable resource for all people who are involved in the lives of people with learning disabilities.

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A Practical Guide to Intensive Interaction

Melanie Nind and Dave Hewett

2000            ISBN 1 902519 63 9            Price £20.00

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This practical handbook will enable staff, parents and carers to help people with severe learning difficulties to communicate more easily with other people, using Intensive Interaction tools and techniques devised by the authors.

Included in the guide are numerous case studies and examples, checklists, and suggestions for troubleshooting and further reading.

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See What I Mean:

guidelines to aid understanding of communication by people with severe and profound learning disabilities

Nicola Grove

2000            ISBN 1 902519 41 8            Price £12.00

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Guidelines to help staff understand what people with severe and profound learning disabilities are communicating, particularly in the context of decision making.

The guidelines include procedures for:

• gathering information and considering the likely preferences of a person with a learning disability
• arranging a formal discussion with a person with a learning disability to discover their wishes
• checking interpretations

The guide is suitable for use by people who live and work alongside people with severe and profound learning disabilities.

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Supporting a Child with a Learning Disability:

a guide for teachers and classroom assistants

Madelyn Green

2005            ISBN 1 904082 87 4            Price £5.00

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This guide is a practical introduction to supporting a child with a learning disability for teachers and classroom assistants. It identifies the particular difficulties that affect learning and the triggers that highlight the need for intervention. It includes simple and effective strategies that may help.

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Learning to Tell - a handbook for inclusive storytelling

Nicola Grove

To support the development of inclusive storytelling, this new and exciting resource from BILD has been specifically designed to help people to find personal meaning in traditional stories, and so make links between a legend and their own lives. The resource aims to enable people who are marginalised through communication and language difficulties, to develop skills in narrative and story. The role of stories in their lives is the same as for everyone else – stories are fun and interesting, help you to make friends, understand the world and develop your imagination.

You can use these practical materials flexibly or integrate them into a more formal course for accreditation on the Open College Network course Inclusive Storytelling. With a raft of information, games, activities and stories, and an accompanying DVD containing video footage and PDFs of forms, this resource can help students develop the ability to narrate, which is fundamental to human experience.

2009              ISBN 978 1 905218 09 7          Cost: £30 (inc. VAT)

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