About Disability Practice Safeguarding Quality Service Delivery: a podcast series from the Living With Disability Research Centre
Disability Practice: Safeguarding Quality and Service Delivery is a new podcast series based upon the book of the same name, which is available as a free e-book from Springer.
Each episode coincides with one of the book’s chapters, featuring discussions the chapter’s author and a series of take-home messages[JP1] (#_msocom_1) to apply to disability service delivery.
This series has been facilitated by Emeritus Professor Christine Bigby AO, Living with Disability Research Centre at La Trobe University, and Dr. Alan Hough, director of Purpose at Work, who co-edited the Disability Practice book.
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This episode is based upon the chapter of the same name by Dr Tal Araten-Bergman, in the book Disability Practice Safeguarding Quality Service Delivery (Bigby & Hough, 2023). Link to read and free download: https://bit.ly/41Z6F36 The episode reviews the purposes of support planning for people with disabilities. It addresses the different types of plans, the common principles and processes of good planning and considers some of the complexities of putting these principles into practice to ...
2 Mar 2026
‘Nothing about us without us.’ Including Lived Experiences of People with Intellectual Disabilities in Policy and Service Design’
This episode is based upon the chapter of the same name by Dr Sian Anderson and Professor Christine Bigby in the book Disability Practice Safeguarding Quality Service Delivery (Bigby & Hough, 2023). Link to read and free download: https://bit.ly/3ODE8fG This episode reviews different approaches to tapping into the expertise of people with disabilities from their lived experiences of disability and the practices that are most effective for working together with people with intellectu...
2 Mar 2026
The Importance of Economic Participation for Quality of Life
This discussion is based upon the chapter of the same title by Vivienne Riches in the book Disability Practice Safeguarding Quality Service Delivery (Bigby & Hough, 2023. Link to read and free download: https://bit.ly/4rDd2DG This episode explores how to promote employment for people with intellectual disabilities. Most societies place a high value on work and on all their citizens being gainfully employed, including people with disabilities.
2 Mar 2026
Supporting People with Complex and Challenging Behaviour
This episode is based upon the chapter of the same name, by Laura Hogan and Christine Bigby in the book Disability Practice Safeguarding Quality Service Delivery (Bigby & Hough, 2023). Link to read and free download: https://bit.ly/4rjUDMK This episode addresses supporting people exhibiting behaviour which falls outside expected social norms and is harmful to themselves or others. Challenging behaviour is more common among people with intellectual disabilities than other groups of p...
2 Mar 2026
Relationship-Based Practice with People with a Mild Intellectual Disability Who Have Been Socially Marginalised and Excluded
This discussion is based upon the chapter of the same title by Kathy Ellem and Jemma Venables in the book Disability Practice Safeguarding Quality Service Delivery (Bigby & Hough, 2023). Link to read and free download: https://bit.ly/4abV7hJ This episode draws upon the authors’ experiences as social work practitioners and service users, as well as existing research, to focuses on the experiences of people with mild intellectual disability who are socially marginalised. Many of these...
2 Mar 2026
Building Strong Foundations: Listening to and Learning from People with Intellectual Disabilities and Their Families
This discussion is based upon the chapter of the same title, by Aaron J. Jackson and Christine Bigby in the book Disability Practice Safeguarding Quality Service Delivery (Bigby & Hough, 2023) Link to read and free download: https://bit.ly/4afIfaw This episode concentrates on the need to listen to and learn from people with intellectual. People with intellectual disabilities are often not well-supported to participate in contributing to changes or are only represented by families or...
2 Mar 2026
Organisational Culture in Disability Accommodation Services
This episode is based on the chapter of the same name by Dr Lincoln Humphreys, in the book Disability Practice Safeguarding Quality Service Delivery (Bigby & Hough, 2023). Link to read and free download: https://bit.ly/4kvlDpL This episode explains the significance of culture in disability services and its influence on staff behaviour. The chapter explores the characteristics of culture in good and poor quality services and considers actions that organisations and frontline ma...
2 Mar 2026
Supporting Engagement in Everyday Life at Home and in the Community: Active Support
This discussion is based upon the chapter of the same title by Christine Bigby in the book Disability Practice Safeguarding Quality Service Delivery (Bigby & Hough, 2023). Link to read and free download: https://bit.ly/4rcAVlP This episode describes the rationale for the practice of Active Support, presents evidence about its impact on the quality of life of people with intellectual disabilities, and lays out its essential elements. Many people with intellectual disabilities need support ...
2 Mar 2026
Healthy Lifestyles and Primary Healthcare
This discussion is based upon the chapter of the same title by Jane Tracy and Teresa Iacono in the book Disability Practice Safeguarding Quality Service Delivery (Bigby & Hough, 2023). Link to read and free download: https://bit.ly/4bXQnO7 The episode provides an overview of the implications of poor health and why poor health is often experienced by people with intellectual disabilities. Optimal health is central to being able to enjoy the best possible quality of life. The chapter ...
2 Mar 2026
Building Quality and Safeguarding into Disability Service Provision
This episode is based upon the chapter of the same name by Dr Alan Hough and Dr Jade McEwen, in the book Disability Practice Safeguarding Quality Service Delivery (Bigby & Hough, 2023). Link to read and free download: https://bit.ly/45YZTg3 This episode demystifies what workers and service providers should do to deliver high-quality and safe supports while acknowledging the complexity involved. The authors argue that strategies should be integrated into standard ways of workin...
2 Mar 2026
The Right to Participate in Decision Making: Supported Decision Making in Practice
This episode is based upon the chapter of the same name by Christine Bigby in the book Disability Practice Safeguarding Quality Service Delivery (Bigby & Hough, 2023). Link to read and free download: https://bit.ly/4aK4chQ This episode considers the significance of decision making to the lives of people with disabilities and changing expectations about their right to participate in decision making since the 2006 United Nations Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. M...
2 Mar 2026
Supporting Community Participation
This discussion is based upon the chapter of the same title by Christine Bigby in the book Disability Practice Safeguarding Quality Service Delivery (Bigby & Hough, 2023) . Link to read and free download: https://bit.ly/3MqODCz This episode explores supporting community participation for people with intellectual disabilities. This type of support practice is challenging as what community participation looks like depends on an individual’s preferences, resources and opportunities in ...
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