Skills for Support: Personal Assistants and People with Learning Disabilities
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| Title: | Skills for Support: Personal Assistants and People with Learning Disabilities |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Williams, Val, Ponting, Lisa, Ford, Kerrie |
| Source: | British Journal of Learning Disabilities. Mar 2010 38(1):59-67. |
| Availability: | Wiley-Blackwell. 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148. Tel: 800-835-6770; Tel: 781-388-8598; Fax: 781-388-8232; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
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| Page Count: | 9 |
| Publication Date: | 2010 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Nonverbal Communication, Mental Retardation, Learning Disabilities, Communication Skills, Quality of Life, Video Technology, Allied Health Personnel, Training, Team Training, On the Job Training |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2009.00570.x |
| ISSN: | 1354-4187 |
| Abstract: | For people with learning disabilities to have control over their lives, the quality of their support staff matters. This paper reports on an inclusive research study, which used video analysis to study the communication skills of personal assistants (PAs) who worked with people with learning disabilities. The findings reveal some of the fine detail in the strategies these PAs used, to show respect, support choices, and give advice. They were able to step back, to listen and observe the person with learning disabilities, and to use good, open body language. They also gave people time, built up a close relationship based on shared interests and activities, and they talked with people in a friendly, adult way. It is difficult to support people to manage their lives, and team work is important. People with learning disabilities also have to play their role in the relationship. This research produced training materials that will help people with learning disabilities to train and support their own PAs. (Contains 1 table and 8 extracts.) |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 30 |
| Entry Date: | 2010 |
| Accession Number: | EJ873765 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | For people with learning disabilities to have control over their lives, the quality of their support staff matters. This paper reports on an inclusive research study, which used video analysis to study the communication skills of personal assistants (PAs) who worked with people with learning disabilities. The findings reveal some of the fine detail in the strategies these PAs used, to show respect, support choices, and give advice. They were able to step back, to listen and observe the person with learning disabilities, and to use good, open body language. They also gave people time, built up a close relationship based on shared interests and activities, and they talked with people in a friendly, adult way. It is difficult to support people to manage their lives, and team work is important. People with learning disabilities also have to play their role in the relationship. This research produced training materials that will help people with learning disabilities to train and support their own PAs. (Contains 1 table and 8 extracts.) |
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| ISSN: | 1354-4187 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2009.00570.x |
