A
Credo for Support
winner of the 1996 TASH Media Award this powerful
5 minute video offers a series of suggestions
for people who care about and support someone
with a disability. Designed for use in . .
. . in-service, staff training, and orientation
programs . . .
Professional
Boundaries has been copied from Brain
Injury Basics, with the permission of the
Edmonton Brain Injury Relearning Society and
may be used as a model for the development
of professional boundaries specific to each
organization. Professional Boundaries are
limits that are placed on relationships between
a service provider and the person receiving
the service to protect the physical and emotional
well being of the person receiving service
and the service provider . . . It is the role
of the professional to ensure that the relationship
between him/herself and the individual he/she
serves remains healthy and appropriate at
all times.
Supporting
Self Determination - Strategies for Direct
Support Staff provides information
to direct support staff on the concept and
practices of promoting self-determination.
Viewers learn six strategies for promoting
opportunities for self-determination and discuss
the challenges for staff to respond in a manner
that promotes self-determination.
The
Ethics of Touch: Establishing and Maintaining
Appropriate Boundaries In Service to People
with Developmental Disabilities looks
at the delicate issue of touch. Those who
provide direct care to people with developmental
disabilities are often asked to be in private
places performing intimate services. >From
bathing to toileting to dressing, we are necessarily
in close proximity to those we serve. Given
this situation, it is imperative that staff
be aware of how to provide these services
while maintaining appropriate professional
boundaries. How do we appropriately express
affection toward those we serve? This video
suggests new and healthy ways of helping people
with disabilities fulfill their deepest needs.
The
REAL Life Series The Real Life Series
are nine teaching videos which focus on improving
the quality of life and service for adults
with developmental disabilities. The eight
videos are: Real Change; Real Teaching; Real
Rights I & II; Real Home, Impact and Look;
Real Talk I, II, & III; Real Person; Real
Options; and, Real Jobs. Although developed
as a training resource for surveyors these
videos will benefit anyone working
with adults with developmental disabilities.
