QPPD Policy and Procedure Manual

• October 2009

Newsletters

• JULY - latest
• APRIL 2009

Transition Downloads

• Launch into Life - Booklet

Education Downloads

• All Children Belong Together” QPPD Overview of Inclusive
  Education 1989-2009

• “Inclusion or Segregation for Children with an Intellectual
  Impairment: What does the Research Say?” – by Professor Robert
  Jackson

• Review of the Education Act 1989
  QPPD has written a guide to assist families in making an individual response, which is available here.

CSC Downloads

• My Life, My Home, My Solution Campaign - 2007

• My Life, My Home, My Solution - March 2009

• Cosignatories Form Regarding Forced Co-tenancy

Other Downloads

• Blue Skies 2009
  An alternate future for people with disability and their families

• Person Centred Planning: A review of the literature
  Strengthening person centred planning in the Community Participation program

• Exploring and Implementing Person Centred Approaches
  A Guide for NSW Community Participation Program Service Providers
  NSW Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care

• Politics, Partnerships and Personalised Reponses:
  Creating real life opportunities with adults with disabilities and their families.

• Disability Services Act Review:
  A QPPD response to Disability Qld's review of the State Disability Services Act 1992.

• Community Investigation
  An investigation into the abuse, assault and neglect of people with a disability receiving services provided or funded by Disability Services Queensland (DSQ).

• The Pendulum is Swinging Back
  An evaluation of the challenges in the lives of people with disabilities.

• Past Connections, New Directions
  A report from a gathering to ensure QPPD's strong advocacy into the future.

Library
The books marked with an asterisk are held in Q.P.P.D's Library and can be borrowed by members.

• *Kendrick, Michael "Letting in the Light." CRU Publications. 2009
  Reflections on Leadership, Ethics, and Human Services

• *Murphy, Stephen T. & Rogan Patricia M., "Closing the Shop - Conversion from Sheltered to Integrated Work". Paul H Brookes Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1995
  This book contains some interesting stories about sheltered workshops that changed to integrated employment services in U.S.A.

• *Biklen, Douglas "Schooling without labels. Temple University Press, Philadelphia..
  The experiences of six families seeking inclusion for their children are studied to show the contradiction between what some parents have achieved and what society will allow.

• *Sobsey, Dick "Violence and abuse in the lives of people with disabilities." Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co. Baltimore. 1994.
  Some disturbing stories of abuse and the difficulties in successful prosecution of offenders make this a depressing but informative book.

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