Our family library

Our Transitions guide aims to help you understand your child’s transition from children’s to adult services and what choices are available to you.

This was written with involvement from both families and a range of professionals, aiming to make a complex time for you as simple as possible.

We also have a handy checklist – check it out here. 

Intended for families, support teams and others, this guide outlines different communication methods for people with autism and learning disabilities.

Communication is a two-way process and the approaches, behaviours and systems outlined in this guide may help you pinpoint ways to improve your existing communication, even identify gaps you were previously unaware of. The content has been created by family experts and our behaviour support team working together.

Associate Family Consultant, Martin Boniface, has put together his top tips for avoiding, and dealing with, difficult moments in public.

Securing suitable housing has long been a barrier to providing successful independent living support. Here, our housing brokers discuss ways to maximise your chances of success.

Dimensions has successfully supported many people to leave ATUs, but thousands more remain stuck in the system. That’s why we have created this practical, can-do guide.

We’ve included a very wide range of individual stories; we hope they will inspire people – families and professionals alike – to believe that in almost every case, better is possible.

Building the right relationship with neighbours can make the difference between somebody living a difficult life and a great life, with all the consequent impact on community involvement, staff morale and retention, and so on.

This short guide describes a wide range of difficult situations that Dimensions colleagues have experienced, and how these have been resolved.