Preparation for Adulthood friendships and relationships

Slide set from 26 June 2024. showing a range of person centred tools to be used to support young people develop friends and relationships.

1. 26 JUNE 2024
Jon Ralphs and Barry Jones
PREPARING FOR
ADULTHOOD:
FRIENDS AND RELATIONSHIPS

2. Photo by Nathan Dumlao on UnsplashWHAT IS YOUR EARLIEST
POSITIVE MEMORY OF A
FRIENDSHIP, RELATIONSHIP?
(BEST FRIEND / FIRST KISS)

3. Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action

4. PURPOSE WHY DO WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THIS?
(FRIENDSHIP AND RELATIONSHIP)

5. SUCCESS 1.FROM YOUNG PEOPLE’S PERSPECTIVE
2.FROM FAMILIES/CARERS PERSPECTIVE
3.FROM TEAMS / PAID SUPPORT PERSPECTIVE
4.FROM ORGANISATIONS PERSPECTIVE

6. HOW

7. Ged & Pam
Charlotte
Jane
Paul&
Annie
Georgie
Shirley & Brian
Paul RMum
Liz
Gareth
Jaz
Bri
window
cleaner
Jake
Vicky
Rhian
Family
Alice
Karen
People I
spend time
with during
the day
Friends
Paid
Support
Karen
Roy
Sergey
Ellen
Sparky
Steve
Barry
Barry
Bertie
Nick
Sophie
Andrew
Nick
Nick £
Russell

9. Shirley & Brian
Paul & Annie
Jane Georgie
Bertie
Mum Liz
Paul R
Paul R
Roy
Barry
Nick
Jamie & Sam
Karen
Andrew
Nick Russell
Ged
&
Pam
Pochard lake
Northampton
Saints
Westbury Art
Centre
Milton Keynes
parks
Saints sinners
on Facebook
Linkedin
Elle on
Instagram
Dog walkers
Tattenhoe Valley
park
Rob, Pat and
their dog Sophie
Ted the dog and
his owner
Adobe
express on
Discord
TTTns
WhatsApp
group

10. Fill one out
for a young person
with additional needs
(Best Guess)

12. INCLUSION WEB

13. After an hour on the minibus
Mo goes to base group at
his special school.
Mo’s off to his lesson in the
special needs portakabin
in the main stream school.
Mo is supported to join in A
GCSE science practical.
Specialist
Place
Disability
Group
Inclusion traffic lights
Community
Place:
Disability
Group
Community
Place:
Used by
everyone
The inclusion traffic lights help us
think about the places people go
and the people they connect with.
Sometimes people need specialist
support, but that doesn’t mean
they should find themselves ex-
cluded from the opportunities
others benefit from. We can define
communities as places that people
come together.
Nadia makes her own lunch
in the life skills session
at the day centre.
Between 10am-2pm Nadia
volunteers as a cook at
the disability drop-in cafe.
Nadia works in the kitchen
at a local pub.
Residents loved to watch
Brenda sorting out the Herb
window box at the care home.
Brenda was the first to check
the runner beans on
the outreach project.
It was the first time Brenda
had seeds to swap aT the
allotment AGM meeting.
www.ndti.org.uk.our-work/our-projects/time-to-connect/
Content developed by Madeline Cooper-Ueki and Peter Bates artwork by Jon Ralphs

14. WHAT MATTERS ISLAND
HOW IS IT GOING?

15. WHAT MATTERS
ISLAND
w
h
at i’m go
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d

a
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w
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at people like abo
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m
e
name
date
What matters island
if i cou l
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what i want in the future
what needs to happen

16. Places we like to go
as a family
Places my child
young person
likes to go
People who are
important as a family
People my child /
young person
knows
If my child / young person
could... they would...
Things that matter
to us
Things that matter
to our child /
young person
What we like and
admire about our
chiild / young person
What other people
like and admire
about our child
/ young person
What we want for our child/ young person
Steps towards the future
in ten years
in five years
in one year
as a family we can...
our child / young person can...
We might need help with
Who I / We are in the child
young person’s life
amily arers name

17. COPING

20. MATCHING

21. LUNCH

22. RISK

23. LIST A NUMBER OF
THINGS THAT YOUNG
PEOPLE WANT TO DO
THAT WE PERCEIVED AS
RISKY IN REGARDS TO
FRIENDSHIP AND
RELATIONSHIPS

24. Safe Unsafe
Name
Date
DEAD AND
HAPPY IS
INCOMPATIBLE
ALIVE AND
MISERABLE
IS
UNACCEPTABLE

25. WHAT

26. Blue sky thinking
The Rules
Just write - don't discuss
Don't judge - all ideas welcome
Build on people’s ideas
Use all your time

28. Positive
and
possible

29. Success
Cost and effort
Quick
Wins
Major
Projects
Fill ins
Thankless
Tasks
INVESTMENT GRID

30. CLOSE