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Bullying in Schools - A New Perspective

The author offers a perspective on bullying, particularly of children with disabilities. She states that bullying, if allowed to continue by adults merely shows children that bullying is acceptable behaviour.

Utilizing Person-Centred Planning to Navigate the Transition from School to Work: Strategies to help "pave the way"

The writer describes strategies to help better prepare students for the transition from school to work. She suggests that when getting started, the student should be involved in the preparation of a truly person centred plan.

"You're Going to Love this Kid!"

This book is a practical guide to understanding students with autism and including them fully in the classroom. Paula Kluth illustrates this through first hand stories and creative strategies combining relevant research and lessons learned from her own teaching experience.

Sustaining the Vital Essence of a Family-Governed Service

Elsie Butler is a founding member of a small family-governed service which provides support to people with a disability in Far North Queensland.

A Sustainable Community for my Son

Sally Richards describes the key elements of the family-governed structure which she and two other families set up to support their sons to live a good life in the community.

Inclusion at a University: Experiences of a Young Woman with Down Syndrome

This study examines how through the collaborative support of university instructors, teachers and parents a woman with Down Syndrome was successfully included in a speech communications course at a private university in the US.

Re-Thinking Respite

Social Role Valorization provides a framework for upgrading the social status of people at risk of devaluation and even those already devalued.

Implementing Person-Centred Planning: Voices of Experience

This book accompanies A Little Book About Person Centered Planning in providing ways to think about person-centered planning. The contributing authors are a whose who of person-centered planning and include names such as Beth Mount, Pat Fratangelo and Jeff Strully.

A Little Book About Person-Centered Planning

A number of contributing authors provide ways to think about person centred planning both in the post planning, planning and going forward stages.

Sara Webb: Disaster Area

Sara Webb Disaster Area is a book about a family that is unusual so to speak. Sara's older sister Dee has Down Syndrome and her older brother Max has Autism.

Ordinary Lives