Publications

Let Our Children Be: a collection of stories

Seldom accepted as the individuals they are, our disabled children are all too often excluded from mainstream society. We want them to belong in their local communities and to have ordinary lives. These stories are about children denied the basic human right of inclusion.

First published by Parents with Attitude, 1996, reprinted by ibk initiatives, 2008

Price: £8.00 + £1.99 p&p

Developing Person Centred Approaches in Schools

Pippa Murray and Helen Sanderson, 134pages (A4)
This resource has come about in response to the learning of schools that have been involved in the person centred transition review programme. As these schools extend the delivery of person centred reviews, they find they are making changes to all aspects of school life. For example, alterations to lesson plans allow for preparation for reviews to take place and cross curricular teaching methods enable a creative approach. The resource outlines many examples of such changes.

In addition to the specifics of reviews, enabling all students participate in their review has highlighted the necessity of taking an individual approach to teaching and learning. We address some of the challenging questions practitioners are asking and bring together some of the innovative practice we have seen over the past few years. We aim to support those people facilitating change in mainstream and special schools.

The examples we show have been developed as the result of the learning needs of particular children. They will work for other children, but they will not be appropriate for all children. We invite you to think about how you could make appropriate resources to meet the needs of individuals and groups you work with.

Published by H S A Press, 2007

Price £14.95 + £3.45 p&p

Hello! Are You Listening? Disabled teenagers' experience of access to inclusive leisure

Pippa Murray, 99 pages (A4)

This report examines the leisure opportunities available to young disabled people across the UK . With the participation of children and young people from four separate projects - in Dudley, Ipswich, Sheffield and Swansea - together with input from a range of professionals including project coordinators, development workers and support workers, the report argues that, since leisure activities provide crucial opportunities to forge and nurture human relationship, ‘inclusive leisure’ has to move beyond focusing on specific activities in specific locations. Rather, it must be viewed as an integral part of daily experience.

Published for Joseph Rowntree Foundation by York Publishing Services, 2002

Price: £14.95 + £2.75 p&p

Making Connections: Developing inclusive leisure in policy and practice

Pippa Murray, 61 pages (A4)

This report documents an innovative development project in which young people and service providers came together to discuss young people’s leisure needs. It charts the experience of establishing, from scratch, dialogue between the young participants and service providers, and gives many suggestions and examples of best practice.

Based on the views of young people themselves, Making Connections identifies the barriers young people face, conveying - frequently in their own words - their attitudes, aims and aspirations for the future. It makes the case for leisure as a social imperative for everyone, and argues for the necessity of engaging young people - including those who do not use language - in meaningful consultation, concluding with recommendations and advice on how the essential preconditions of such consultation can be put into place. It will be of interest to a wide range of leisure professionals seeking to develop mainstream services that can be fully enjoyed by young disabled people.

Published for Joseph Rowntree Foundation by York Publishing Services, 2004

Price: £14.95 + £2.75 p&p

Direct Payments for Families

Pippa Murray, 47 pages (A4)

Direct Payments enable greater independence for disabled families, and so represent a major and entirely welcome initiative. But why such inconsistency in the way they are administered across the country? And what new challenges do they bring? This report, based on research conducted by ibk and funded by Circles Network, explores these questions.

Published by Circles Network, 2005

Price: £8.00 + £2.75 p&p