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

Workers who provide services in close contact with others 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 staff and 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.

Want your audience to remember what you've taught them? These expert trainers answer three questions: How do learners learn? Why do they learn? How do you make that learning stick? Their evidence-based advice is memorable and highly practical.

This tool takes workers and managers beyond simple "do this, do that" instructions for dealing with extremely challenging behavior. 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 increasingly difficult behavior is causing distress for her and everyone else. And, all the usual pacifiers no longer work. This creative training pack offers exercises for group decision-making that assists Suzie to change her behavior. Each page presents a new scenario and options for moving forward. A decision log helps you track your group's progress.

The heartache of severe neglect and abuse of people with 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. Also available: the companion DVD, featuring Geraldo Rivera's original, historic WABC-TV expose about Willowbrook.