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Jones, Edwin; Lowe, Kathy – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2008
This article presents the authors' response to Harman and Sanderson (2008) who address the important question of how person-centred active support is. The authors' intention is not to disagree with Harman and Sanderson's general point that combining active support (AS) with person-centred planning (PCP) is better than either approach being…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Reader Response, Rhetorical Criticism, Social Support Groups
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Fyffe, Chris; McCubbery, Jeffrey; Reid, Katharine J. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2008
Background: Active support (AS) has been shown to increase the amount of time that residents in shared residential settings are involved in purposeful activities. The organisational processes required to implement AS have been less well researched. Method: Staff in community houses answered questions about the occurrence of organisational…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Investigations, Operations Research, Residential Care