Family Footings is a project for families of children with disabilities. We help families find a common language with professionals through person centred approaches. The project is co-produced by Family Footings Facilitators, parents co-producers and volunteers.
Family Footings is a project by MacIntyre, a national charity which supports children, young people and adults with learning disabilities. MacIntyre was founded in 1966 by the Newton-Wright family. The project is funded by the Department of Education.
Person centred approaches are methods of designing support based on the needs, personality and aspirations of the individual.
The tools can help you in the following areas: reflecting on and planning action gathering and sharing...
Download free templates of the thinking tools. You can type into them, save and print.
Look through examples shared by other parents. These are for various settings and ages.
A selection of creative tips for using thinking tools, factsheets for professionals and other materials which can be used as handouts.
The Presence to Contribution tool is a good tool to create a plan to support your child to become more involved in an activity or a club. My son aged 14 is severely autistic and progress is made in very small steps. By using the tool I was able to see how far he had come with our support and what the next step might be.
Owen will need lifelong care and one of my greatest challenges has been recognising and living with that fact. For a long time I was only able to focus on that need and not what Owen might achieve in his life.