Inclusion and Person Centred Work

There are loads of interesting sites which have good stuff on person centred planning, inclusion and beyond. For example:

Inclusion Press which is the website which carries lots of publications and ideas from people like Jack Pearpoint, Marsha Forest, Judith Snow and John O'Brien

The British distributor of their books is Inclusion Distribution

Beth Mount who has been heavily involved in planning with young people in the USA has a very colourful and interesting website called Capacity Works

For lots of information on Essential Lifestyles Planning visit the website of Allen Shea Associates where Michael Smull works            Person centred planning

A great source of thoughtful and thought-provoking articles by John O'Brien and Connie Lyle O'Brien can be found at the Center on Human Policy at Syracuse University

There are some good British websites too. Helen Sanderson Associates has some excellent tools for working in person centred ways with people. The Circles Network has good information on planning and Circles of Support. Inclusive Solutions have a colourful and interesting site. The Paradigm site is very busy with an extensive section of articles on a range of inclusive and person centred topics.

Useful Local Resources

There are a large number of local agencies who provide support to people with learning difficulties. Here are some:

The Action Group

ARK Housing

ELCAP                                Community

Enable Scotland

Equal Futures (for Circles of Support)

FAIR (for advice and information)

Garvald

Lothian Centre for Integrated Living (LCIL)

Number 6 (a one stop shop for people with high functioning autism or Asperger's Syndrome)

Push (from Perthshire and Kinross)

Other interesting sites

Some really accessible websites:

Common Knowledge (based in Glasgow)

Change                              People

One for Us

Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability

Some interesting international sites:

For more information about Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) and the work of John McKnight and his colleagues

A very interesting Canadian website which promotes a dialogue on Caring Citizenship is called Philia     

An amusing website by singer, human service   Ideasprofessional and champion of inclusion Peter Leidy

And always making us think about how we can do better is Michael Kendrick