Individualized Service Plans: Empowering People with Disabilities

It was great it serves the purpose at work. It helps me write my goals and objectives

Helping with my son college class!

informative

Great book!

Great material for those in the qudp field

E-Bility Book Review: April 2005By S.VassalloReview found at: [...]Postal Address:204/15 Warayama Place, Rozelle NSW 2039, Australia.This publication is a manual for individuals and organisations "wishing to learn more about designing fully inclusive services for people with disabilities" [Introduction]. It is a well written and very practical resource. Materials and information in the book have been gathered using an interdisciplinary team approach, and while the details of case studies relate to the American healthcare system, the principles, values and strategies are universal in their application.In the first section a ten step multi dimensional approach to writing individualized service plans (ISPs) for people with disabilities is proposed.The ten steps above are supported by a wealth of resources and innovative ideas (section two) presented as prewritten goals and objectives, including ideas on communications skills, stress management, time management, activities of daily living and more.The last section "expanding options" provides contact details and web links for local organisations in America such as the Special Olympics, Best Buddies International.Paul Spicer, has authored numerous publications and journals on the topic of disabilities and community inclusion. If you work with an individual with a disability and have run out of goals or objectives to include in your client's service plan or if you are training a new colleague on how to write an ISP then this book is a useful starting point. It would also be a great team resource for generating new ideas.This publication is available online from [...] for US$21.Reviewed April 2005

Easy to read, love the examples of ideas for objectives, great resource for support worker

A great read for those in the disability field. We need more books written for healthcare workers improving the lives of those with disabilities. Good job, read it.