Wednesday November 23rd 2005
Do you use symbols?
SymbolWord is a website dedicated to people who use symbols. It has material for all ages and includes personal contributions, stories and learning materials.
To view SymbolWord click here
Local Info
The following section contains information on the happenings within areas of Hampshire. Use the navigation on the right to filter down the news items to your area.
Monday November 21st 2005
Link to SCIE and Adult Placements - PCP
The Social Care Insitute for Excellence has some good resources and practice guidence about Adult Placement and person centred planning. From the home page go to new resources, practice guidance 4.
To view the SCIE website click here
Sunday November 20th 2005
Walking & Adventure Holidays
We believe that people wtih a learning disability have so much to gain from the outdoor experience. Many of the people who have joined us for a holiday or activity session have gained confidence, self reliance and a sense of achievement, as well as having lots of fun.
If you think this is for you, or the person you support, click here to find out more.
Friday November 18th 2005
Help for older carers in Eastleigh & Romsey
The Eastleigh and Romsey area now have an Older Family Carers Worker, Jane Gordon.
Jane's job is to support family carers who are over 60, and who care for someone with a learning disability (whether or not they still live at home).
Jane can offer any level of support or advice that might be needed, on your terms. While she has been recruited by Mencap, any older carer can contact her, not just Mencap members.
Her contact numbers are: 023 80770406 or Mobile: 07817 01 88 33
Tuesday November 15th 2005
Local school part of transition planning pilot
Salterns school in Totton has taken part in a pilot project in SE England to try out different ways of doing transition plan meetings. These meetings are an important way of planning with the young person and their family about what they want to happen when they leave school.
The pilot uses some of the ideas from person-centred planning to strengthen the young person and their family's voices within the meeting.
The meeting at the school went very well with lots of ideas shared about what is important to the young person. Osborne School in Winchester is also trying this out in February with one of their students.
Once the whole region has evaluated the project, local authorities and schools can consider how they want to take things forward in the future, and in their other schools.
Tuesday November 8th 2005
Your Hampshire County Council sports links
Peter Hull MBE and the person centred planning team have developed a list of sports contacts in Hampshire County Council in an easy read format.