Session 10 Developing an Environment Responsive to Needs SECTION - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Session 10 Developing an Environment Responsive to Needs SECTION 3: 1 Meeting Adults Needs

Assessing the environment • With familiar and new environments be prepared to assess the suitability of the environment for the activities that you need to carry out. • It is worth thinking about how to make compatible groups in terms of interests, and also special needs in terms of mobility, vision and hearing. SECTION 3: 2 Meeting Adults Needs

Accessible Environments • Under the Disability Discrimination Act community resources must make reasonable adjustments to ensure that people with disabilities are not excluded. SECTION 3: 3 Meeting Adults Needs

Good Environments • Can you identify examples of good accessible environments that work well for some of your service users? • What helpful aspects do they provide? SECTION 3: 4 Meeting Adults Needs

Unhelpful Environments • Can you identify environments that do not work well for some service users? • What improvements would you want to make and why? SECTION 3: 5 Meeting Adults Needs