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Building Friendships and Community

http://youtu.be/SbNEig6HZwE

In this module, leading expert Kay Mills frames her personal experiences with stories of people she has worked with to comprehensively explain how we can help people to build friendships and community. Kay begins by defining both friendships and community and then goes on to explain their value. Finally, she offers a full range of strategies that workers can use to not only build but also maintain friendships and community.

This module features presentations from a range of leading professionals and self-advocates, including Dave Hingsburger, Lynda Kahn, Margaret Cushen, Steve Dymond, Beth Mount, Dave Hasbury, Patti Scott, and Jack Pearpoint.

On successful completion of this module, learners will be able to:

 

    • Explain the discrimination, prejudice and institutionalization that people have experienced and how it impacts on their experience of friendships and community.
    • Define and explain the importance of both friendship and community.
    • Describe a range of approaches and strategies that can be applied to help people to find and build friendships and community.
    • Explain the importance of and how people can maintain the friendships they have in their lives.
    • Detail the potential challenges that you may face and explain how you can help the people you support to tackle negative and discriminatory attitudes.

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HANDS OFF IT’S MY HOME!

Enjoy this powerful new music video:

Learn how everyone can take control of their lives and watch this trailer from our module “Self-Determination”.  In this module, the author Simon Duffy uses his expansive knowledge to explain what self-determination means.  A combination of graphics and short films combine with Duffy’s easy read writing style to highlight the importance of control and the understanding that everyone can take control of their lives.

This module includes video presentations from Simon Duffy, Lynda Kahn, Steve Dymond, Dave Hingsburger, Sam Sly, Jack Pearpoint, Patti Scott, Dave Hasbury, and Bernard Carabello.

Upon successful completion of this module, learners will be able to:

– Define why being in control is important to everyone.

– Explain how everyone can be in control, even when people have significant disabilities.

– Explain how to help people take control of their own lives.

– Understand how to work in partnership with others to maximize self-determination.

– Describe how people can stay in control and still be safe.

– Explain how the best support helps people to be full citizens.

Access 24 rotatable seats to 46 modules and over 500 short films for just $98 | £61 | €76 a month.

To ask questions or for information about our free trial please email hello@openfuturelearning.org

 

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Slightly Inspirational Health and Safety Training

The words ‘inspirational’ and ‘health and safety’ may not sit easily together. But not many health and safety training courses feature contributions from leading thinkers like Dave Hingsburger, David Pitonyak, Dave Hasbury, and John Raffaele. This module will help to meet your regulatory requirements and because it is 100% dedicated to our field of work, it might just change the way you think about health and safety training.

Upon successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

– Understand the roles and responsibilities relating to health and safety in the workplace for yourself and others.

– Help the people you support to understand and be responsible for their own and other people’s health and safety.

– Describe the purpose of risk assessments and be able to conduct a basic assessment of risk.

– Demonstrate best moving and positioning practices.

– Appropriately respond to and manage accidents, sudden illness, and stress.

– Follow agreed ways of working regarding medication and healthcare tasks.

– Prevent the spread of infection, promote fire safety, and follow proper security measures in the work setting.

– Promote the well-being of the people you support regarding food safety, nutrition, and hydration.