Individualisation Project

Taking Control Roadshows:
These documents came out of the  Taking Control Roadshows held in Autumn/Winter 2009.    
Frontline Article
This is an article about a small organisation in the USA that provides individualised support
A Home That's Right For Me
This a document from Canada which has a lot of information.  It includes summaries of  individualised arrangements for a number of people.  It also has advice or templates for contracts between carers and staff.  A long document.
Valuing People
This is a British Government website for people with intellectual disabilities
Family Matters, Counting Families In 
Again produced by the British Government - if you are the carer of a person with a disability, it will make you feel that you are not alone in your experiences.
Federation of Voluntary Bodies residential Weekend.
At this weekend a number of presentations were given reviewing literature on living options for people with intellectual disabilities.  It is worth going through the presentations although many suffer from the fact that they are done on PowerPoint and, therefore, lack detail..  In particular, presentations from Noelin Fox, Brian McClean, Paul Henry and Karina Wallis are worth looking at.
Taking Control Conference (2008) presentations