Trust contributes to new publication for school leavers

The Down Syndrome Educational Trust has contributed to What Kind of a Future? - a new resource for school leavers published by the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities.

Helping school leavers lead full lives

The Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities has published a book titled What Kind of a Future? This new resource provides advice and guidance to help parents and professionals support young people with Down syndrome to lead full lives after they leave school.

Gillian Bird, the Trust’s Director of Education and Information Services, was a member of the advisory committee for this publication.

The booklet provides information about person-centred planning, direct payments, learning new skills and going to college, getting a job, other activities, friends, relationships, travel and money.

It has easy-read summaries and includes information about the lives of 10 young adults with Down syndrome.

Find out more

You can download a copy of What Kind of a Future? by visiting the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities website