Workshop: People with high support needs

We have run a workshop with people who have high support needs and who find it more difficult to communicate.

We adapted the workshop by doing these things:

1. 1. We laminated posters we use.
2. 2. We had pictures with velcro that could stick to the posters.
3. 3. We chose 6 different issues which we knew the group was most interested in. These were: Transport; Going out to eat; Communication; Leisure Activities; Socialising; and Feeling Safe.
4. 4. We used sounds to demonstrate these 6 things as follows: a car setting off for transport; the sounds of a restaurant for going out to eat; a telephone ringing for communication; a crowd of people at a football match for leisure activities; a group of people having a good time for socialising; a police siren for feeling safe.
5. 5. We also had objects that people could hold, like a policeman's hat, a mobile phone, and a toy car.
6. 6. We chose 5 of the voting stages, so that voting did not feel too complicated.

Please click on the picture of the wheelchair to find the plan that we used when working with people with high support needs.