How I take services into the community (2): ADULTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES liveACTIVE
Author: Judy Goodfellow
Magazine issue: Autumn 06
Page numbers: 26-28
Date: 28 August 2006
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Judy Goodfellow explains the background and development of a multidisciplinary therapy-led activity club for adults with learning disabilities in a local sports centre. Activities on offer include parachute, Jabadao, walking, body awareness, rebound therapy, curling and boccia. The speech and language therapists produce symbolised material (signage; instructions; timetables), run a drop-in Makaton group and offer training to sports centre staff and coaches. A particular success has been the change in attitude from carers who now understand that the process of choice-making is as important as the activity the client chooses.
