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Lifeskills
- A Positive Approach
by
Monica Macnamara
The
keynote of this pioneering book is empowerment.
Based on years of 'hands on' experience, it
provides practical, structured programmes
that will enable parents, teachers and carers
to train adults who have learning disabilities
in the numerous small, everyday skills they
need to live independently in the community.
The
emphasis throughout is on respect for the
individual and his or her needs and preferences.
Personal profile charts enable the teacher
to assess an individual and identify those
areas where training is needed , while the
"Lifeskills Network" takes six core skills
representing the main aspects of daily life
and breaks each one down into main skills
and then individual tasks. Step-by-step instructions
and diagrams show how to teach the tasks and
link them together to form a whole core skill,
and checklists provide an easy reference for
assessing progress. Light-hearted cartoons
emphasise the cheerful optimism of the book's
approach.
Too often, in large-scale service provision,
people who have learning disabilities are
treated as a group, with rigid routines, limited
choices and lack of personal contact. This
book, by acknowledging the importance of personal
identity, gives parents and carers the means
to liberate a person with learning difficulties
and at the same time ensure their own peace
of mind about his or her ability to cope.
The core skill areas of the "Lifeskills Network"
are self-care, home skills, community skills,
interpersonal skills, leisure skills, and
work skills. The chapters within the book
include:
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The Lifeskills Network;
- Know
Your Trainee;
- greeing
Goals and Selecting Skills;
- Know
the Task Yourself;
- Planning
The Training Programme;
- Implementing
The Training Programme;
- Teaching
Methods, Materials and Resources;
- Bringing
Lifeskills Training to Life.
Ms
Macnamara developed and ran the Lifeskills
Training Unit at St. Michael's House,
in Dublin Ireland, thus terminology differs
from Canadian. This book was recommended
for the basic, useable information and
presentation of material.
Copyright
© 1995 by Monica Macnamara.
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Souvenir
Press (Educational and Academic) Ltd,
43 Great Russell Street,
London, WC1B 3PA
and simultaneously in Canada
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Canadian
Distributor: Chapters Online
Description
of Resource: 240 pages, soft cover
Approximate
Cost: $22.00 (Canadian)
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