Resources
Materials in a range of formats to assist practice in health, education and community services with parents who have learning difficulties. These practical tools are intended for practitioners working in fields related to ante-natal care, parenting or social support who are familiar with the skills and knowledge covered in the Basics and Practice Points.
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Me & My BabyThis resource promotes the health and wellbeing of pregnant women with learning difficulties, during pregnancy and childbirth. It includes a book for pregnant women with learning difficulties who use it in consultation with their midwife or pregnancy care worker, at home or in the clinic. The resource includes a guide for practitioners. |
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Parent Education Practice GuideThis guide supports experienced parent educators and practitioners who have completed Parenting Young Children (PYC) training to develop and use task analyses as a parenting skill assessment and teaching aid. They can be used to highlight a parent's strengths as well as to indicate areas for further development and record progress over time. |
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Step by Step DVDThe Step-by-Step Baby Care DVD supports the specific needs of new parents who have learning difficulties. The DVD can be used as an interactive teaching aide and left with parents to use at home. Skills are broken down into step-by-step components, with repetition and prompts to direct the viewer’s attention to the most important parts of each skill. |
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Strengthening Every FamilyThe Strengthening Every Family DVD is a compilation of interviews with parents with learning difficulties. The parents in the DVD talk about their experiences as parents, their experience of the service system and how they best learn new skills. |
E-LearningLinks to e-learning will be available in early 2012 |
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Me & My CommunityThis resource aims to help mothers with learning difficulties to identify their own learning needs and aspirations, and support them to create learning opportunities and connect with resources available in their local communities. It can be run by any experienced group work facilitator committed to strength-based family support. A practitioner's experience implementing Me and My Community: Video |
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Understanding and Planing Support Assesment and Planning Approach (UPS)The Understanding and Planning Support Assessment and Planning Approach (referred to from here on as the UPS) is an innovative assessment tool developed to assist practitioners and parents with intellectual disabilities work collaboratively to understand and plan support. The UPS was developed by Dr Margaret Spencer as a doctoral candidate and as part of a research initiative undertaken by the University of Sydney and NSW Family Services, with the assistance of an Australian Research Council Strategic Partnership Industry Research and Training Grant. |
