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‘I can try and do my little bit’ ‐ training staff about self‐injury

‘I can try and do my little bit’ ‐ training staff about self‐injury This article is written from the point of view of a service user who is involved in training staff about working with people who self‐injure in the secure learning disability service where he lives.• I am a service user living in a secure unit who talks to staff in training about self‐injury.• I do an hour each month answering questions and I get paid for it.• I enjoy training the staff and it has made me more confident.• I get some good feedback about my work from the staff.• I wanted to tell other people about this experience.• This report is made of parts of a recorded interview that I did with a member of staff and meetings with her to write this into an article. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Learning Disabilities and Offending Behaviour Emerald Publishing

‘I can try and do my little bit’ ‐ training staff about self‐injury

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Emerald Publishing
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Copyright © 2011 Emerald Group Publishing Limited. All rights reserved.
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2042-0927
DOI
10.5042/jldob.2011.0023
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Abstract

This article is written from the point of view of a service user who is involved in training staff about working with people who self‐injure in the secure learning disability service where he lives.• I am a service user living in a secure unit who talks to staff in training about self‐injury.• I do an hour each month answering questions and I get paid for it.• I enjoy training the staff and it has made me more confident.• I get some good feedback about my work from the staff.• I wanted to tell other people about this experience.• This report is made of parts of a recorded interview that I did with a member of staff and meetings with her to write this into an article.

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Journal of Learning Disabilities and Offending Behaviour – Emerald Publishing

Published: Jan 24, 2011

Keywords: Service user experiences; Self‐injury; Staff training; Learning disabilities; Intellectual disabilities

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