More about Multimedia Advocacy
Who the courses are for?
Multimedia advocacy modules are aimed primarily at students and professionals who are or will be working with people who have learning disabilities and their families. The courses enable students to gain the necessary skills and knowledge that will help them to support this group of people in the light of the “Valuing People: A New Strategy of Learning Disability for the 21st Century” the UK Government’s White Paper.
It is common for key workers to be able to collect information about each service user and keep it in a file or a “personal profile” which is assumed to belong to the professionals who contribute to its development. The government’s White Paper is dealing with empowering people with learning disabilities and recommends that the personal profile reflects a person’s wishes and needs. Professionals need to find new ways in which they can include people with learning disabilities in creating their profiles.
Throughout all modules we maintain a critical stance regarding the usefulness of developing a Multimedia Advocacy Portfolio (MAP) and its place within society by considering ethical issues in terms of access and distribution of personal information.
