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(click here to go to main
news page) LOTTA WORK FROM LISELOTEE An ex-HILT volunteer has recently completed her Master’s degree thesis at University in Holland. Liselotte Roosen spent six months volunteering with HILT’s Outreach Team from October 2003 - April 2004. During her time off from volunteering, Liselotte put a lot of effort into interviewing HILT staff and service users, in order to help with her research for the thesis.
In a foreword to the thesis Liselotte thanks all the staff and service users who took part in the research by finding the time to take part in interviews with her or to answer questions by completing questionnaires. The thesis is very interesting and is probably one of the first
of its kind to look at the ways staff and users interact on independent
living schemes. Although the results are inconclusive in some
areas, it may be able to assist people with their understanding
of how the work they are involved in influences service users’
quality of life and understanding of relationships. Liselotte is now working as an assist psychologist in Portsmouth. A GREAT DAY OUT  Gerald West has recently visited his sister Jean at her home in Leigh-on-Sea for the first time. This is a great achievement for Gerald who previously was too frightened to travel on a train. Gerald has managed to conquer his fear after undertaking travel training with his support workers. Many more visits are planned for the future! CONGRATULATIONS The following members of staff are all working towards the professional Learning Disabilities Award Framework (LDAF) qualification and have recently achieved the following: Joe Briggs has completed units one and two of his induction. Tiina Jalaava has completed unit one and so passed her induction. Sonia Lopuchovska and George Bray have now both completed and passed their foundation units.
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The newly employed project co-ordinator, Shane Trimble, is currently
organising a project launch day for all people involved with autism
to discuss how the funding should be spent. This will be held
on Friday 8 October at Hilt Central Office between 10am and 3pm.
Please 
The
thesis studies the relationships that service users form with
staff and volunteers, their levels of dependency on other people,
and how these relationships impact on their quality of life.