Photo opportunities
Author: Alison Matthews & Terry Baynham
Magazine issue: Spring 06
Page numbers: 7-9
Date: 27 February 2006
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Speech and language therapy team leader Alison Matthews celebrates the opportunities of skill mix to improve service quality, as ‘communication development workers’ including Terry Baynham are seconded to her team. Although they have a role similar to speech and language therapy assistants, these staff already have experience and specialist knowledge of working with adults with learning disabilities in day centres and supported living. In this article they take a practical example of how Terry developed a photo rota for Leslie, a 50 year old man with learning disabilities, which resulted in a marked reduction of his challenging behaviour. Issues to consider when introducing photo rotas are included.
