The best practices for preventing abuse and reducing hostile interactions start with your staff. Help them to address the mental, emotional and physical impacts of their work. From the Queen of the Castle to the Cotton Candy Con Artist to Quick Draw McLaw, these vivid pictures and descriptions will spark instant recognition of familiar issues. And, the practical, self-affirming exercises enable each staff person to root out the attitudes, beliefs and behaviors that erode healthy interactions. Learn more... |
For medical and disability professionals
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Cleveland Clinic's Dr. Carl Tyler presents Intellectual Disabilities at Your Fingertips, an outstanding medical reference for health care, human services and education professionals. Use this guide for wellness planning, doctor visits, emergency reference and more. Learn more... |
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In this new, improved edition of The Principles and Practices of Universal Enhancement, Tom Pomeranz describes the old way and the half-way, and offers the very best, most compassionate ways to provide services and supports. Learn to better support valued relationships, dignity, choice, and other essential elements of a life of meaning and abundance. Learn more... |
Abuse and neglect are not inevitable.
In leading an organization or program that serves people with disabilities, your top priority is preventing harm to those you serve and support. This outstanding tool will help you uncover and address the risk factors that are present right now in your organization.
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Scanning the Horizon is a practical, internally-driven method that helps you uncover and examine critical data about the people you support, and your paid staff. At your fingertips, you will find:
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