Disability Practice Safeguarding Quality Service Delivery: a podcast series from the Living With Disability Research Centre
Disability Practice: Safeguarding Quality and Service Delivery is a new podcast series based upon the book of the same name, which is available as a free e-book from Springer.
Each episode coincides with one of the book’s chapters, featuring discussions the chapter’s author and a series of take-home messages[JP1] to apply to disability service delivery.
This series has been facilitated by Emeritus Professor Christine Bigby AO, Living with Disability Research Centre at La Trobe University, and Dr. Alan Hough, director of Purpose at Work, who co-edited the Disability Practice book.
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Disability Practice Safeguarding Quality Service Delivery: a podcast series from the Living With Disability Research Centre
Supporting Engagement in Everyday Life at Home and in the Community: Active Support
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This discussion is based upon the chapter of the same title by Christine Bigby in the book Disability Practice Safeguarding Quality Service Delivery (Bigby & Hough, 2023).
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This episode describes the rationale for the practice of Active Support, presents evidence about its impact on the quality of life of people with intellectual disabilities, and lays out its essential elements.
Many people with intellectual disabilities need support to engage in meaningful activities and social interactions. Active Support is a way for frontline disability support workers to support clients to engage in these activities.
