A Practical Toolkit
The What Matters to Me project demonstrated that more routine engagement with people who have severe or profound and multiple learning disabilities can and should be done and it has highlighted the importance and value of ensuring engagement is truly inclusive for everyone. The project has had an impact on generating interest and willingness to ensure this type of engagement is done more routinely, and to support this through the project, we wanted to develop a range of practical resources that can be used by others.
In addition to the 4 films and project reports hosted on the webpage, we have created a toolkit with simple resources to share key messages and support engagement work. These can be used by family carers and professionals to better include people with severe or profound and multiple learning disabilities in engagement to find out what matters. The toolkit resources also provide ideas on where and how to use these resources.
What Matters to Me Reflection Checklist
Professionals and organisations delivering support and services to people with severe or profound and multiple learning disabilities, can use this checklist, underpinned by the projects principles of engagement, to consider how they engage with this group and get some tips for how they can disseminate good practice, build on existing work or start planning for engagement.
What Matters to Me Presentation Template
This PowerPoint template helps professionals and organisations, such as local authorities, service providers or health trusts, to raise awareness about engaging people with severe or profound and multiple learning disabilities in consultations and can be tailored and shared in planning or team meetings.
What Matters to Me Finding out what matters through engagement
Using the principles of engagement identified through the What Matters to Me project, we have developed a simple, practical document that can be used by family carers and support staff to share with others about how best to engage with their relative or the person they support, to find out what is important to and for them.
What Matters to Me Consultation Template: How are you engaging people with severe or profound and multiple learning disabilities?
Utilise this draft text for either running or responding to consultations to challenge how the views of people with severe or profound and multiple learning disabilities are being considered.
What Matters to Me Social Media Materials
Sharing the messages from the What Matters to Me project, we wanted to utilise the wonderful media of the young people from the project to highlight the importance and rights for people with severe or profound and multiple learning disabilities to be engaged with in a meaningful way so they can influence the support and services they receive.