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Listening to Children 2004
by Stuart Aitken and Sally Millar
The law and social and educational policy stress the importance of finding out what children think about services and involving them in decisions that affect them. But a gap remains between the children's entitlement and day-to-day practice. Children and young people with severe communication disabilities are commonly not consulted about their preferences, interests, choices and views.
This new pack, funded by the Scottish Executive Education Department, includes practical materials for anyone who wants to listen to and find out the views of children who have communication disabilities.
Teachers, therapists, social workers and care workers in local authorities, health boards, voluntary organisations and other agencies will find the book and accompanying CD a valuable resource to use in their practice. Policy makers and managers in education, health and social work services will find guidance on how to embed involvement, participation and consultation in everyday practice across services.
Listening to children 2004 (ISBN 1 898042 26 8) costs £15.00 plus postage and packing at £2.00 (UK only - please contact us for overseas rates).
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Listening to children with communication support needs
by Stuart Aitken and Sally Millar
Listening to children with communication support needs is a resource pack
published as the result of an 18-month project by Sense Scotland in association
with the CALL Centre, and funded by the Scottish Executive Education Department.
The pack consists of two books:
Book 1: Are we listening? (Stuart Aitken & Sally Millar) (ISBN 1 898042 18 7)
Book 2: A rough guide to listening (Sally Millar & Stuart Aitken) (ISBN 1 898042 19 5)
Topics addressed include:
Terminology and situations in which to consult; Checking out interpretations; Realistic expectations for listening and consulting; Asking the right questions, interpreting answers the right way; Framework giving guidance on: matching communication with consulting; Short information sheets on topics like 'Indicating 'Yes/No'; 'Asking Questions'; Directory of resources relating to communication impairment; Illustrative case studies.
For:
Those interested in listening to and consulting with children who have communication support needs e.g.: social workers / assistants; teachers and support staff; care workers; speech and language therapists; anyone with an interest in finding out what is important to a child or children.
Listening to children with communication support needs costs £20.00 plus postage and packing at £7.00 or £10 for overseas postage.
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A Scottish Vision: Benchmarking provision for pupils with visual impairment
by Stuart Aitken and Neil Todd
A Scottish Vision will assist young people and parents in evaluating services.
It will aid local authorities and other providers in planning and developing
services. This statement of quality standards has been produced to support
the development of Scottish wide educational provision for children and young
people with visual impairment. It identifies, maintains and develops the elements
of good practice that have emerged in this specialist field in the past twenty
years in Scotland as well as establishing a national framework for minimum
standards for service delivery.
A Scottish Vision has been produced as a joint RNIB Scotland / Sense Scotland project funded by the Scottish Executive Education department and costs £15.00. (ISBN 1 85878 535 9)
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