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Creating the conditions for choice - Workbook 01

A reflective practice workbook for people designing, delivering or reviewing disability support. Explore the conditions that help a person understand information, express their will and preferences, remain involved in decisions and see choices carried into action. Includes guided reflections, worksheets and practical review tools.

LICENCE AND USE

Using the workbook

Purchase provides a licence for ongoing individual or internal professional use.
An organisational purchaser may print and reuse the workbook with its own staff.
The file may not be distributed to third parties, resold, republished, modified or
incorporated into paid training or consultancy without written permission.

A LOOK INSIDE

Sample pages from the workbook

The workbook combines clear practice discussion with guided reflection, worksheets and practical review tools. These sample pages offer a closer look at how the resource moves from ideas into practice.

Sample workbook page about supporting the person’s decision rather than a preferred outcome.
Sample workbook page about risk, disagreement and respecting a different decision.
Sample reflective worksheet for turning a person’s preference into action.

Considering an in-house workshop?

Contact Rebecca before purchasing, the workbook can be included as part of your workshop.

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FROM THE JOURNAL

Explore the thinking behind the workbook

Choice is not created simply by asking a person what they want. It is shaped by whether information is understandable, communication is recognised, disagreement is tolerated and support continues after a decision is made.

Read the companion article exploring the conditions that make genuine participation more possible.

FREE PRACTICE TOOLS

Begin with a free practice tool

Call attention to your most important products.

Four standalone practice tools are available to help you pause and examine a particular part of decision-making support. Use them individually, in supervision or as a prompt for team discussion.

• What does this person need in order to understand?
• Rework the question
• Before interpreting the response
• What conditions are supporting participation?

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What does this person need in order to understand? Practice Tool 01

A free reflective practice tool to help supporters consider what a person needs in order to understand a decision. Use the prompts to examine information, communication, environment and support, then identify a practical next step. Suitable for individual reflection, supervision and team discussion.

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Rework the question Practice Tool 02

A free reflective practice tool for examining how the wording, assumptions and format of a question may shape a person’s response. Use it to identify what could be made clearer, more accessible or more open to different forms of communication. Suitable for individual reflection, supervision and team discussion.

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Before interpreting the response Practice Tool 03

A free practice check for pausing before drawing conclusions from a person’s response. Use it to consider whether the information, question, environment, relationships and previous experiences may have shaped what was communicated. Suitable for individual reflection, supervision and team discussion.

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What conditions are supporting participation? Practice Tool 04

A free reflective practice tool for examining the conditions surrounding a person’s participation. Use it to notice what is currently helping, what may be creating barriers and what could be changed across the person’s support, relationships and environment. Suitable for individual reflection, supervision and team discussion.

IN-HOUSE LEARNING

Bring the workbook into your organisation

If you already know that you would like to explore this work with your team, the workbook can form the foundation of a facilitated in-house workshop.

The session creates space to examine how choice is supported in your organisation, consider the conditions surrounding real decisions and identify practical changes that can strengthen participation.

Workshops can be shaped around your service context, current questions and the people involved. The workbook is included for participants at no additional cost.

Please contact Rebecca before purchasing the workbook separately so the most suitable approach can be discussed.

Contents

Creating the Conditions for Choice Workbook 01.pdf
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