There are now various Passports for a range of specific purposes. Not everyone would necessarily use the term 'Passport' for one of the following documents. But whatever 'name' is used, the principle is the same, i.e. important information distilled into a simple and easily accessible format.
Angela Crocker, a speech and language therapist in Belfast, pioneered Personalised Place Mats as a simple and effective way of summarising the information that can help adults with learning disabilities to positive, safe and successful mealtimes.
Learn more about Personalised Placemats.
Download of a Placemat Template.
This is a form of 'Specialised Passport' or 'Single Focus Passport', in this case for eating and drinking (This style could also be used for topics such as IT access; behaviour support; using my vision; my medication; or topics where photos are needed to permit correct positioning and/or equipment use).
The NAS My Health Passport was developed by Baroness Angela Browning, an NAS Vice President, in collaboration with the National Autistic Society.
Read more about the ideas behind it, download an editable template and guidance for its use from the National Autistic Society website.
'My Health Passport' - a resource for autistic people who might need hospital treatment.
A steering group within Kent and Medway NHS Trust, consisting of a multidisciplinary group of professionals, reviewed the 'My Health Passport' in 2017 and updated the passport following comments by autistic people and professionals about how they were using it or wanted to use it.
Read more about the passport project Nothing About Me Without Me.
This was developed by Hywel Dda Children's Services, Sister Donna Richards, WellChild and Janet Millward Senior Nurse, Paediatrics. The Widgit Health 'My Health Passport' uses Widgit symbols and is available in English and Welsh with a range of other resources available in different languages.
Download the Widgit Health: My Health Passport.
Search Widgit Health symbol resources in other available languages.
The Medical Passport and Pain Scale pagesets can be downloaded to the TD Snap app. There is a customisable one-page medical passport and a detailed pain rating scale. They can be found on Pageset Central and are by a creator named Dani.
Pageset Central. - Medical Passport and Pain Scale Pagesets.
How to download and add the pagesets:
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