Person-centred active support: A handbook

Person-centered Active Support: A handbook provides information and guidance on implementing person-centred active support. It can be used to support the multimedia training resource of the same name, or it can be read independently. Utilising examples, tools and experiences from a range of organisations and services, it provides the reader with additional information on a range of implementation issues. It also provides examples and suggestions to help successfully support people to participate in meaningful activities and relationships.

Key themes include:

• background and evidence of person-centred active support

• providers' experience of implementing person-centred active support

• developing person-centred approaches using person-centred active support

• actively supporting people with profound and multiple disabilities

• actively supporting people whose behaviour is challenging

• implementing person-centred active support in a range of services and situations

• organising person-centred active support

• the role of practice leadership

• practice leadership behaviour and skills

• quality management and evaluation

• lessons for the future.