| Make the Day Matter!: Promoting Typical Lifestyles for Adults with Significant Disabilities Contributor(s): Walker, Pamela (Author), Rogan, Patricia (Author), Callahan, Michael (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 1557667136 ISBN-13: 9781557667137 Publisher: Brookes Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2007 Annotation: With this illuminating resource, professionals can tap into the best, most current knowledge on helping adults with significant disabilities enjoy active, rewarding, and meaningful daytimes in their communities. Readers will get proven ideas for supporting adults as they find or create employment that fits their goals and desires, pursue their interests and hobbies, participate in postsecondary education, develop social relationships and community connections, explore opportunities for paid self-advocacy and systems change work, and maintain active and healthy lifestyles as they age. Detailed case studies from across the country combine with practical guidelines to show readers how to replicate success stories, and extensive discussion of organizational change helps facilitate the critical shift from facility-based to community-based services. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Social Work - Social Science | Human Services - Social Science | People With Disabilities |
| Dewey: 362.404 |
| LCCN: 2007007704 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.55 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Mentally Challenged - Topical - Physically Challenged |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Adults with disabilities enjoying active, rewarding, and meaningful daytimes in their communities--that's the reality when service providers and programs tap into innovative support strategies that really work. That's just what they'll do with this invaluable book, the first to compile all the best, most current knowledge on helping adults "make the day matter." A call to action and an in-depth guide to the most effective strategies, this illuminating resource gives service providers proven ideas for supporting adults with significant disabilities as they
Throughout the book, detailed case stories from across the country combine with practical guidelines to show professionals how to replicate success stories in their own communities. And with the extensive discussion of organizational change, programs will have a blueprint they can use to make the critical shift from facility-based to community-based services. The only comprehensive look at promoting better, more fulfilling daytimes for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, this idea-filled guide from respected researchers is a must for all service providers who want to do more but aren't sure how. Every program serving adults needs a copy |