What is Good support part two Active support
This will be a bit of deep dive into what support and care are are, so In a previous post, I talked about active and passive support. There are times when both are appropriate but today I want to focus on active support and what that looks like as it is very different from passive support is when a support worker does things for you instead of with you and this is where things get tricky as it can lead to something called learned helplessness, and learned dependency. However active support is where the support worker is engaging the clients to build their capacity and skills, or in the case of a higher functioning client to have their skills expanded upon or to not go backward, we see that this often can be the case in some cases where someone goes into a disability service facility. There is an argument to be held around disability and consent and active support and this is where active support becomes support and care so understanding that support is an evolving process and