Mediating community participation : practice of support workers in initiating, facilitating or disrupting encounters between people with and without intellectual disability

By: Bigby, Christine.
Contributor(s): Wiesel, Ilan.
Series: Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities 28 (4) 2015: 307-318. 2015Disc region: text file PDF rda.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resource Subject(s): INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY | COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT | SOCIAL INTERACTION | SUPPORT STAFF | BEST PRACTICESOnline resources: Read this Article Summary: Notes that promoting community participation for people with intellectual disability through encounter with strangers is an integral part of the mission of disability support workers. Offers detailed micro-level analysis of the practices of support workers when they accompany a person with intellectual disability outside their home and explores the subtle differences which make some staff practices more effective than others in promoting more convivial encounters with strangers.
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Notes that promoting community participation for people with intellectual disability through encounter with strangers is an integral part of the mission of disability support workers. Offers detailed micro-level analysis of the practices of support workers when they accompany a person with intellectual disability outside their home and explores the subtle differences which make some staff practices more effective than others in promoting more convivial encounters with strangers.

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