HelpEx global glossary


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Staff

Refers to trained personnel in health care and rehabilitation. These can be social workers, psychologists or even therapists.



Stress (negative/positive)

Positive stress stimulates the brain to help you to work things out, think more clearly and alerts the body to react quickly



Subject mattered approach

Is a teacher-centered approach to teaching where students are more passive participants in the learning process. Students listen to the information, participate in limited discussion, take notes, and retrieve or recall the information for evaluation purposes.



Supervision (internal/external)

Is time set aside to provide support and guidance to the individual worker.



Supported living

Is defined as persons with disabilities living where and with whom they want, for as long as they want, with the ongoing support needed to sustain that choice