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Something different…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6OIrXGwk4o

In this film Beth Mount explains how Person-Centered work differs from System-Centered. System-centered planning comes from the idea that the people we support are defined and treated through the idea of what the system needs in order to run efficiently. The system believes it is their job to “fix” people so they define and create a treatment plan and hope to get it correct before even meeting the people who they support and for who these systems are put in place for. A major contrast to that is person-centered planning. People don’t belong to systems; they belong to themselves, their families, and their communities. If we can see them in a different light, in the capacities that they can bring to a community, then our thinking shifts dramatically from how to fit people into a system to how do we support people to live good lives in communities. Furthermore how do we take things we need from systems and services and use them in a more responsive way.

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For Our UK Customers

Open Future Learning is excited to announce that we have formed a partnership with the Housing and Support Alliance (H&SA) to support the needs of our UK customers.

Last month Housing Options and the Association for Supported Living merged to form the H&SA. This newly formed national charity and membership organisation will be working with people with learning disabilities, families, advocacy organizations, housing and support providers, and commissioners.

The H&SA wants to create more choice and control for people with learning disabilities over where they live and how they are supported.

H&SA will manage all UK sales and customer service inquiries. Furthermore, we will be collaborating with the H&SA to further develop the Open Future Learning resource.

For more information on the H&SA visit: http://www.housingandsupport.org.uk/Home

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Working for you

Since Open Future Learning launched, our customers have taken our resource in many different directions. In the same way that the people we support deserve an individualized and person-centered service, we believe that our customers do too. So far we have had the pleasure of:

– Integrating our modules and software into several existing learning management systems (LMS)

– Working with educational establishments to use our resource as part of their pre-vocational training programs

– Supporting a regional abuse prevention strategy

– Enabling a blended approach to an agency’s induction training program

 

Contact us today and let’s talk about how you want to use Open Future Learning.