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Leading Practice Resources
Leading Practice Resources
The resources provided below are meant to supplement and provide practical support to organizations striving to meet the Leading Practice Guidelines. Have a resource to suggest? Questions? Contact leanne@abilitiesmanitoba.org.
The Leading Practice Guidelines have been developed to outline the current consensus on leading practice in service delivery. The expected outcomes, should these guidelines be pursued by organizations, are:
- Increased quality of services
- Better consistency of services
- Better outcomes for people
- Shared vision and road map for service delivery
- Competent, stable, confident workforce
- Increased confidence in services
View the Leading Practice Guidelines here.
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Reducing ‘Challenging’ Behavior By Training Support Staff to Promote Dignity and Respect
Behavior is a form of communication. People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) who exhibit behavior that is considered ‘challenging’ may actually be…
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Guidelines for Dementia-Related Health Advocacy for Adults With Intellectual Disability and Dementia
Increasing numbers of adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) are living into old age. Though this indicates the positive effects of improved health care and quality of life, the end result…
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When It Comes To Rights In Someone’s Home, Ask “How” … Not “If” - CQL Capstone Newsletter
Explore people's rights of having visitors and keys in their home. For many years, we have said and heard, “People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) have the same…
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Rights & Responsibilities
The Three Rs – Rights, Risk, and Respect - CQL Capstone Newsletter
Challenging traditional approaches of protection and paternalism. The Three Rs – Rights, Risk, and Respect – all play an important, interconnected, and interdependent role in…
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Rights & Responsibilities