Previous Work

1. IMPROVING THE ACCESSIBILITY OF LEARNING DISABILITY SERVICES IN NEWCASTLE (CTLD) TO PEOPLE FROM THE LOCAL PAKISTANI AND BANGLADESHI COMMUNITIES - USING DVDs No part of this work may be reproduced in any form without the permission of the owner. For all other uses, please contact Community Team for Learning Disabilities, Benton House, 136 Sandyford Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 1QE. Tel: 0191 2106868 Fax: 0191 2106879, email:Annette.hames@nap.nhs.uk Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust.

2. Previous Work • Shah R (1995)The Silent Minority. • Department of Health (2001)Valuing People: A new strategy for learning disability for the 21st century. • Mencap (2006) Reaching Out. Working with black and minority ethnic communities. • Caton S., Starling, S., Burton, M., Azmi, S. & Chapman M. (2007). Responsive services for people with learning disabilities from minority ethnic communities. • Connors, C., Carpenter, J., Imam, U. & Griffin, M. (2004). Meeting the Needs of Severely Disabled Pakistani and Bangladeshi Children and their Families.

3. Previous Work at CTLD • A questionnaire to team members . • An audit of referrals. • Training to team members. • Interviews with patients, families and staff.

4. Our DVD • Our DVD includes: • Introduction to special needs/learning disability and autism • Explanation that learning disability is a life-long condition • Examples of children’s play at home • Examples of children’s communication at home • Examples of managing behaviour at home • Children growing up and being more independent • Speech therapy • Physiotherapy • Education

5. Evaluation • 1) Did you enjoy the DVD? • which bits did you enjoy most and why? • which bits did you enjoy least and why? • which bits do you think other family members would enjoy most and why? • - which bits do you think other family members would enjoy least and why? • 2) Did you find it useful? • which bits were most useful and why? • - which bits were least useful and why? • which bits do you think other family members would find most useful and why? • - which bits do you think other family members would find least useful and why? • 3) Did you learn anything from it/will you do anything different after watching it? Do you think other family members would learn anything/do anything differently? • 4) Is there anything else that you would have liked to see? • 5) Is there anything we could have done differently? • language • length • topics • 6) Do you think DVDs like this could help other families like you? • 7) Have you got any ideas about how we could share these DVDs with others? • 8) Having watched this DVD, do you think that we could use it in groups/do you think that you would attend groups with DVDs?