A darkly comic portrayal of stereotypes like the eternal child, menace to society, object of pity and ridicule, "patient" and others. 20 minute video, participatory exercises, facilitator's manual, and more.

Staff who provide services in close contact with individuals must learn appropriate professional boundaries. This 4-module training series covers relationships between staff and clients, affection issues, bathing and dressing concerns, grief, and more.

This updated video and 50-page manual will assist you in training people who support individuals with cognitive and physical disabilities. Includes respecting a person's privacy, and back safety for the individual and the person assisting with a lift or position change.

This innovative training tool guides a group of employees and clients as they recruit and hire new employees. Activities include learning to work as a group; designing want ads and information packets about the agency; understanding prejudice and equal opportunity employment; informing a candidate that they've been chosen; and more. Each of the 26 activities will foster understanding and participation by the individuals who receive supports and services. Illustrations, supply lists and suggested time frames are included.

Create a culture of respect, support, and openness in your organization that eliminates abuse and neglect to the greatest degree possible. This game encourages talking and thinking about issues, and helps groups share ideas. Includes a 52-card deck and facilitator's guide.

A dramatization of the often hilarious differences between new fads in providing services to people with disabilities and what people really want. Training pack includes exercises to help staffand professionals set goals, make decisions, and work through conflict. Includes a 30 minute video, facilitator's manual, and more.

Discover connections between the disability movement and broader social justice movements. This 29 minute video of music, archival footage, photos, and interviews comes with facilitator's manual, exercises, buttons, postcards, overhead masters, and more.

A young woman learns to ignore people who say she's not qualified, she can't do the job or her disability is too great. As she makes her own choices, her life begins to improve. 15 minute video, group exercises, overheads and more.

This tool takes workers and managers beyond simple "do this, do that" instructions for dealing with severe, challenging behaviors. A hypothetical client, Suzie Brown, lives in a home with five other adults who also have developmental disabilities. She has no speech and is prone to self-injury. Her increasing behavior is causing distress for Suzie and everyone else, and all the usual pacifiers no longer work. The Suzie Brown Intervention Maze offers an engaging process for group decision-making. Each page presents a new scenario and options for helping Suzie move forward. A decision log helps the group track their progress, and the binder format allows for easy photocopying.

The heartache of severe neglect and abuse of people with developmental disabilities at the notorious Willowbrook School remains vivid for many survivors and their families. This award-winning film shows what has happened since those tragic years.