LearningEXCHANGE

Awesome podcast with Sylvana Mahmic and Dr. Melanie Heyworth about the benefits of peer work from their research in recent years! There is so much families can learn from each other on their empowerment journey raising children with disability!Podcast: https://www.iriss.org.uk/resources/irissfm/families-peer-workers-early-childhood-intervention

More documents/research about peer work at: https://plumtree.org.au/research-on-peer-work-in-eci

The Learning Exchange is an online digital library developed by IRISS (the Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services), hosting learning resources specifically for social and disability services education and training. These include information sheets, official publications, interactive learning resources, video clips, case studies, podcasts and radio broadcasts. The Learning Exchange has reviewed a range of resources developed by EGL and are now distributing them via their web-based platform:

These are accessible via: lx.iriss.org.uk/search/apachesolr_search/ecosynergy

This link takes you to the list of EGL resources available so far (screenshot below). These resources are storytelling-based and use different learning strategies to distribute peer to peer knowledge. 



As an example, clicking on the Leadership development programme for parents of disabled children (screenshot below), points to two types of media. 

• Click on the highlighted green button "LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR PARENTS OF DISABLED CHILDREN" and this will take you to the online programme made up of a list of 10 interviews introduced by a trailer. 
• If you want a hard copy guide describing the learning material, click on the Pdf File button.