Learning from Adult Guidance Practice
Posted: 11 January 2007
NAEGA has just published Learning From Adult Guidance Practice: NAEGA Case Studies - England by Vivienne Rivis.
In his foreword Jonathan Brown said, “Although the case studies were collected in England and were submitted to the English IAG Review, the voices here, both of clients and of their advisers, speak universally. I am sure that equivalent voices collected in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and outside the UK, distinguished by different accents, would tell a very similar story of the service they received. So the reading is recommended to all members wherever they practise: we are united by practice, only divided by policy and funding.”
“I am impressed both by the narratives themselves and by the skilful way they have been presented by Vivienne Rivis. Vivienne has selected with care and let the experiences talk for themselves. There is also in this occasional publication, testimony to careful and sensitive reflection by advisers and their managers. As practitioners, we are privileged to undertake stimulating, life enhancing work. We hone our skills over time through reflection and by continuing professional development (CPD). As adult guidance practitioners, we need to illustrate, explain and demonstrate what we do. We also all need to become reflective practitioners. These case studies are a model of such processes of illustration and reflection.”