Kindred Spirits brings family members together with
professionals from social services, health services, education and
leisure to help people work towards desirable futures for disabled
children.
Course Aims
The course aims to build new alliances that can make effective
partnerships between families, individuals and professionals to
advocate and campaign for a better future for vulnerable people in
our society.
How the course is delivered
The course consists of five sessions. Sessions take place every
month and are two days long.
After the initial five sessions all the course participants come
together to reflect on the course and to develop an action plan for
possible future work.
There are approximately 35 participants on each course, which
are made up of people who work in education, health and social
services, and parents of disabled children.
When we use the term disabled, we are including people with
learning difficulties, people, with sensory impairments and people
with physical impairments.
Course Content
Each session looks at issues which are important to disabled
people and their families.
Topics on the course include:
- Exploring the history of how disabled people have been
supported
- Understanding how the health and social care system works
- Inclusive learning and education
- Communication and information technology
- Health Issues
- Person centred planning
- Planning for the future
Please be aware that the course content may
change.
Last Updated : 04 February 2011. Page Author: Administrator.
