- Administering Medications: In Home Support
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This is a guide for use by in home personal assistants and respite workers as a set of guidelines, not in place of Preservice Medication Training. This guide will help direct support workers understand why specific procedures for administering medications are necessary; understand the use of medication to alter behavior; and view medication administration as an opportunity for learning.
2002. 59 pages. Cost: $5.00
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The purpose of this book is to provide information to accompany facilitator training courses provided by accredited trainers. Current training in essential lifestyle planning entails two days of training in 'person centered thinking, two days of 'facilitator' training and one or more follow-on days. This book is not a substitute for training. A book cannot replace the experiential exercises, practical demonstrations and opportunities to practice and get feedback that are provided in training.
Authors: Michael W. Smull and Helen Sanderson
with Charlotte Sweeney, Louise Skelhorn, Amanda George, Mary Lou Bourne, and Michael Steinbruck. 2005. 165 pages.
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- On the Road to Community Inclusion
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Our first collection of real life stories and experiences written by direct support staff working with, and walking with, people with developmental disabilities as they build community connections in New Jersey.
1999. 50 pages. Cost: $5.00.
First copy free to people in New Jersey.
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- On the Road (Again) to Community Inclusion: It's About Time!
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Our second collection of real life stories and reflections on community building written by direct support staff and others, combined with copies of presentations from the September, 1999 Good Neighbors/Caring Communities Conference, and short accounts of the contributions made by a number of adults with developmental disabilities in their communities.
2000. 72 pages. Cost: $5.00.
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- Planning for Life: The Role of Direct Support Professionals in Self-Directed Supports
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Help direct support professionals know how extremely valuable they are in the lives of people with disabilities! Planning for Life is for those responsible for designing and implementing self-directed supports. It is also for people with disabilities and families to help them to visualize what supports can look like when they are the ones in control. Encourage and motivate your staff while you support consumer directed supports and self-determination. Learn how direct support professionals discover what people want and then make it happen.
2004. 30 minute DVD.
Cost: First copy free to New Jersey Families and Self-Advocates and agencies funded by the NJ Division of Developmental Disabilities.
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