Welcome to the Stepping Out website
Stepping Out aims to find better ways of supporting people in the longer term following stroke.
Stepping Out is a stroke self-management programme which has been piloted in three parts of the UK. The first team workshop was held in Dundee in April 2008 and the first London based team workshop took place in July 2008 at Imperial Healthcare Trust.
Stepping Out consists of three components:
- A training programme (workshops, resource pack and follow-up support) designed for practitioners (nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and speech and language therapists) working at all stages of the stroke journey, enhancing their skills to be able to deliver self-management training.
- A personalised self-management training programme for stroke survivors and their carers.
- An interactive stroke workbook supporting the training programme.
Stepping Out has been designed in close consultation with stroke survivors, carers and professionals working in stroke. The stroke workbook was finalised following a consultation day with Connect (the national UK charity for people with communication disabilities), making the workbook more accessible for people with aphasia.
