The drug pack is an information
pack for adults with learning difficulties.
It has now been revised as part of the
FRANK drugs advice service in
conjunction with The Elfrida Society,
and now includes sections on
Tranquilisers, Magic Mushrooms and LSD.




The packs are free, and you can get the pack from:

The Home Office Order Line - 0870 241 4680

e-mail - dpas@prolog.uk.com

Or order online at - www.drugs.gov.uk

This publication of transcriptions
of the Elfrida Lectures brings leading
thinkers in participatory development
from India and the UK to introduce
their work and bring their fresh thinking
and radical ideas to practitioners working
with people with learning difficulties.




Participation - North and South brings together four lectures
given at the Elfrida Society on this topic: Juliet Merrifield on Learning and Citizenship, Rajesh Tandon on Overcoming
Disability, Charlotte Flower on Participatory Processes in the
North, and Christina Schwabenland on Towards a Paradigm Shift.

Each book cost 11.50, including postage and packing.

51 pages

ISBN 1-901863-06-9

These voting posters are free only if you come in
person to collect the posters. We charge £2.50 for
postage and packing if we send the posters to you.

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Getting fid of fibroids -
the latest in the series of
Women's Health booklets.
Below are more booklets in this series:

Devised in conjunction with The Elfrida Society and
women with learning difficulties, Women's Health
have published the following booklets:

• Cathy Has Thrush
• Hysterectomy - Is it right for you?
• Hysterectomy - Having the operation
• Period problems
• Getting rid of fibroids New!!

Beautifully illustrated by various artists, these
booklets cover intimate subjects sensitively with
suggestions of where to get help and information.

IMPORTANT - These booklets are available only
from Women's Health. They are free for individual
women, and £1.50 each for organisations or
professionals working with women with learning
difficulties.

For your copy, please telephone 020 7251 6333,
or fax your order through on 020 7250 4152.

www.womenshealthlondon.org.uk

• Having a blood test
• Having a CT scan
• Having an EEG
• Having an MRI scan

By Michelle Forster, Marianne Duffy and Sally Poole.

These medical procedure leaflets have been
created by the 'Access to Health' Project in conjunction
with a Community Learning Disabilities Nurse, a Speech
and Language Therapist and clinicians at the
Whittington Hospital.

Each leaflet tells the story of what happens when
you go for one of the procedures. They are presented
with line drawings and clear text.

They offer an explanation of why the test is being
performed and suggestions of where to seek further
advice.

The leaflets will be valuable for people with learning
difficulties who are going to experience these
potentially frightening procedures. They could also
help staff to explain the procedures.

The leaflets are £2.00 each.

Accessible information about mental health medication

15 leaflets that provide clear and balanced information
about mental health medication to enable people with
learning difficulties to give informed consent to treatment.

The leaflets are fully illustrated and include images from
the Change picture bank.

They have been developed through extensive consultation
and testing with people with learning difficulties, and with
specialist psychiatrists, and a pharmacist together with
the 'Access To Health' Project.

The leaflets can be ordered individually, as a full set of 15
or as multiples of each leaflet.
Price:
£1.00 per leaflet
£14.00 per set.

If you would like to order leaflets individually, click here.

Healthy Living Booklets

The Healthy Living series is aimed at people with
moderate learning difficulties and for staff working
with them. The books provide useful advice and
explanations on a range of health related issues.
They are fully illustrated and the text is clear and
straightforward.

The booklets have been piloted by people with learning difficulties. They are most effective when used by staff and people with learning difficulties together, so that the links between the pictures and the text can be made clear.

First series (1997)
Food (15 pages £4.00) - ISBN 1-901863-00-X
Keep Clean (7 pages £3.00) - ISBN 1-901863-01-8
Safety in the Home (9 pages £3.00)
ISBN 1-901863-02-6

Second Series (1998)
Epilepsy (17 pages £5.00) ISBN 1-901863-03-4
Coming for a Drink (16 pages £8.00)
ISBN 1-901863-04-2


Books can be bought individually, by series or as an entire set - see order form for details.

Getting better video pack

The 'Getting Better' video pack is still available from Pavillion Publishing (Brighton) Ltd, 8 St George's Place, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 4GB
Tel: 01273 623 222
Fax: 01273 625526

Relationships in the lives of people with learning difficulties


The most important aspect of living in the community is the relationship we make with friends, partners, and family. For people with learning difficulties there are the additional relationships with the people who are paid to support them.


For too many people these are the only relationships they have. For others, their early lives may have contained abusive relationships which have left deep scars. Research after research report confirms that services are still failing people with learning difficulties in this most critical area.

Relationships brings together four lectures given at the Elfrida Society on this topic; Valerie Sinason on Abuse and Disability, Alison Wertheimer on Attachment and Loss, Hilary Brown on Protection in Relationships and David Brandon on the Trick of Being Ordinary.

Edited and Introduced by Christina Schwabenland these lectures are aimed at practitioners working directly with people with learning difficulties.

69 pages
ISBN 1-901863 05 0
£10.00 (+£1.50 p&p)

"Coming For A Drink?"


The report of a groundbreaking seminar convened in April 1998 to discuss whether people with learning difficulties get the support they need with alcohol problems.


The report covers: Learning difficulty terminology; definition of alcohol problems; staff training issues; identifying risks; sharing good practice.

13 pages
ISBN 1 869814 36 3
£3

"Coming For A Drink" is also the title of a Healthy Living Booklet - purchase both for £10. See order form for details

Loss of the Church is a collaboration
between the Siren Project and Echo City.




The Siren Project supports people with learning difficulties in realising their creative potential through music, drama, creative writing, and art.

Echo city is a group of experimental musicians well known for their projects using self made instruments.

Most of this music was originally devised for a performance commissioned by the Union Chapel for the 1996 Oris Jazz Festival

Available on CD £5.00 or cassette £3.00