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Make the Day Matter!: Promoting Typical Lifestyles for Adults with Significant Disabilities
Pamela Walker
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Description for Make the Day Matter!: Promoting Typical Lifestyles for Adults with Significant Disabilities
Paperback. Includes an introduction that addresses the background and evolution of day services, national trends, and guiding principles for meaningful daytimes. This volume discusses: transition from school to meaningful lives, how individuals have used their own initiative to create work and work alternatives, lifelong learning/adult education, and more. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKS; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 262.
An introduction to the volume addresses the background and evolution of day services, national trends, and guiding principles for meaningful daytimes. Chapters discuss: transition from school to meaningful lives, how individuals have used their own initiative to create work and work alternatives, lifelong learning/adult education, promoting community relationships and connections, self-advocacy, promoting meaningful daytimes for older people, organizational issues (innovative organizational structures and practices, organizational conversion from facility-based to community-based services), and policy and practice in promoting quality daytime supports. Focus will be placed on examples, case studies, and practical strategies, themes of self-determination, cultural diversity, and collaboration.
An introduction to the volume addresses the background and evolution of day services, national trends, and guiding principles for meaningful daytimes. Chapters discuss: transition from school to meaningful lives, how individuals have used their own initiative to create work and work alternatives, lifelong learning/adult education, promoting community relationships and connections, self-advocacy, promoting meaningful daytimes for older people, organizational issues (innovative organizational structures and practices, organizational conversion from facility-based to community-based services), and policy and practice in promoting quality daytime supports. Focus will be placed on examples, case studies, and practical strategies, themes of self-determination, cultural diversity, and collaboration.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Brookes Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9781557667137
SKU
V9781557667137
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-32
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