The Beginning
How People Become Devalued
Your Role
Communicating with Others
Health and Wellness
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Why is understanding the history of people with disabilities important?
It is important because it affects the attitudes people have towards people with disabilities and the ways in which services and supports are provided to these people.
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What are some examples of devaluation?
Some examples are low expectations, few opportunities for growth and development, and supervision verses support.
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What are person-centred supports?
Supporting vulnerable people with their best interest in mind.
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What three qualities in the relationship between you and the individual you support must be evident to ensure positive communication?
Empathy, respect, equality
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What is the basic expected level of safety?
The prevention of infection and disease.
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What concept was the Eugenics movement based off of?
It was based off of the idea of selective breeding of human beings, because people with disabilities were thought to be ‘defective’ and only able to produce ‘feeble-minded’ children.
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What are some common devalued roles?
Other (viewed as so different no one knows how to classify them), subhuman (viewed as less than human), menace (viewed as a danger to society), object of ridicule (individual is teased), object of pity (individual experiences little or no challenging demands for learning or growth), object of charity (seen as a burden) and eternal child (seen as always being childlike).
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What is person centered planning?
A dynamic process that helps the vulnerable person identify and move toward a desired future.
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What is an important element in the support process in order for it to be positive?
Families
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What must you have in order to administer non-prescriptions medications, purchased over the counter, to the person you support?
Written authorization by the individual's doctor.
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What phases did institutions go through?
Educational model (training purposes), to the custodial model, to the developmental model.
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Daily Double: What is an emotional ‘wound’?
It is a negative experience that is harmful and life-defining.
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What are support services?
Support services include a broad range of programs, services and supports that may be provided to vulnerable persons through Manitoba Family Services and Housing.
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What along with words make up communication?
Actions
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What are the five R's to mdication administration?
Right Person Right Drug Right Time Right Dosage Right Route
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What big ideas were circling society when society thought they had to be protected from people with disabilities?
The concepts included that disability was hereditary, women with disabilities were promiscuous, and that disability led to many social ills.
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What are some ways that negative attitudes toward people with intellectual disabilities can be communicated?
These attitudes are communicated through the language used, the physical surroundings (comforts of the environment, location of services and the history of the setting), and through the images associated with services and programs.
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Who are Direct Support Workers?
Workers who assist people who need support to lead self-directed lives and to participate fully in our communities and nation.
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Who is the person most harmed by a negative situation?
The person who is being supported.
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What are example of both a positive and negative component to labelling?
One positive element to labelling individuals who may have a disability is to aid with funding, supports, and services. A negative element to labelling is that it can lead to defining the person.
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What did Leilani Muir sue the Alberta government for?
Sterilizing her while she was in an institution.
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What are some of the positive side effects of valued social roles?
Valued social roles give people a valued place in society and it affects almost all aspects of a person’s life. On top of this it also allows others to ignore negative roles.
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Why is it so important to connect individuals with the community?
So that the individuals can build meaningful relationships. Relationships are important because they provide many things for people such as: intimacy, support, and advocacy.
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Daily Double: Who does positive communication begin with?
You.
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What is a social network?
It is a term used to describe the number of people who exist in a person's life on an ongoing basis - people who provide things like friendship, support and information.
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