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Supporting Health Occupations Understanding of Learning Disabilities
CHOICE
THAT OLD CHESTNUT!
Supporting Health Occupations Understanding of Learning Disabilities
How many times have you heard?
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It’s his/her choice :To not clean his teeth
To not have a bath
To stay inside all day
Never to make friends
Supporting Health Occupations Understanding of Learning Disabilities
What is a choice?
• Choice refers to the act of choosing a ‘path’ from
amongst alternatives of beliefs, lifestyle and
behaviour.
• GOOD & POOR CHOICES?
• Everyone has the right to take a risk, if they are
prepared to accept the responsibility.
• But how can you accept that responsibility if you don’t
know what the consequences of the choice are?
Supporting Health Occupations Understanding of Learning Disabilities
Positive choices and duty of care
• A duty of care applies to a range of situations
and can be briefly described as an obligation
that a sensible person would have in the
circumstances when acting toward others and
the public. If the actions of a person are not
made with care, attention, caution, and
prudence, their actions could be considered
negligent.
Supporting Health Occupations Understanding of Learning Disabilities
Don’t get stressed by the use of the
word SENSIBLE
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It’s just an example
So how are we going
To address the
Issue when some
People don’t understand
CHOICE!