Enabling Dominic’s voice and participation through the co-creation of an ‘I am’ Digital Story for supporting his post-19 transition from special school to adult social care
Enabling Dominic’s voice and participation through the co-creation of an ‘I am’ Digital Story for supporting his post-19 transition from special school to adult social care
Background: Transitions into adult services for young people with complex communication needs are often experienced as challenging and rarely include the voices of young people. Methods: We piloted a person-centred method to enable one young person's (Dominic) voice to be included in his transition to adult services. An ‘I am’ Digital Story is a short video (c.6 min) that provides a strengths-based representation of a young person that is designed to be shared with and between settings. The process and outcomes of story cocreation were evaluated through semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders. Findings: The process of story creation was evaluated very positively by key stakeholders. The information about Dominic's strengths and preferences helped the new setting to prepare for Dominic's arrival. Conclusions: The ‘I am’ Digital Story method provides a powerful and accessible method for including the voices of young people with complex communication needs in their transitions.
cocreation, methods, participation, person centred, transitions, voice
Barron, Cleo
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Parsons, Sarah
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Kovshoff, Hanna
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Barron, Cleo
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Parsons, Sarah
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Kovshoff, Hanna
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Barron, Cleo, Parsons, Sarah and Kovshoff, Hanna
(2024)
Enabling Dominic’s voice and participation through the co-creation of an ‘I am’ Digital Story for supporting his post-19 transition from special school to adult social care.
British Journal of Learning Disabilities.
(doi:10.1111/bld.12585).
Abstract
Background: Transitions into adult services for young people with complex communication needs are often experienced as challenging and rarely include the voices of young people. Methods: We piloted a person-centred method to enable one young person's (Dominic) voice to be included in his transition to adult services. An ‘I am’ Digital Story is a short video (c.6 min) that provides a strengths-based representation of a young person that is designed to be shared with and between settings. The process and outcomes of story cocreation were evaluated through semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders. Findings: The process of story creation was evaluated very positively by key stakeholders. The information about Dominic's strengths and preferences helped the new setting to prepare for Dominic's arrival. Conclusions: The ‘I am’ Digital Story method provides a powerful and accessible method for including the voices of young people with complex communication needs in their transitions.
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Barron et al (2024) Enabling Dominic's voice in his transition BJLD Author Accepted 1st Feb 2024
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Accepted/In Press date: 1 February 2024
e-pub ahead of print date: 14 February 2024
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The authors thank to Dominic, his mother and his teacher for their support and participation in this project. Also thank you to Anne Collis for very helpful input on the accessible summary. This research was supported by the Economic and Social Research Council grant ‘Our Stories…’: co-constructing Digital Storytelling methodologies for supporting the transitions of autistic children' [ES/V005286/1].
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© 2024 The Authors. British Journal of Learning Disabilities published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Keywords:
cocreation, methods, participation, person centred, transitions, voice
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/487260
ISSN: 1354-4187
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