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Other voices, other rooms: reflections on talking to young men with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and their families about transition to adulthood
- Author:
- ABBOTT David
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Society, 26(3), May 2012, pp.241-250.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
... muscular dystrophy, presents the authors personal reflection on the interview encounter between the interviewer, young men and their families. It suggests that more information may be learnt about the experiences of disabled children and young people if researchers can find ways of describing the co-production of responses, non-responses and meaning within research interviews. Implications for futures
The proof of the pudding: what difference does multi-agency working make to families with disabled children with complex health care needs?
- Authors:
- ABBOTT David, WATSON Debby, TOWNSLEY Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Family Social Work, 10(3), August 2005, pp.229-238.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Discusses findings from a 3-year research project, commissioned by the Family Fund and carried out by the Norah Fry Research Centre, which looked at both the process and impact of multi-agency working on families with a disabled child with complex health care needs. Interviews with 25 parents and 18 children and young people who used six developed, multi-agency services were carried out. Findings suggested that the services had made a big difference to the health care needs of disabled children but were less able to meet the wider needs of the child and the family particularly in relation to social and emotional needs. Multi-agency working appeared to make some positive, but not significant, differences to the lives of families.
Making a difference?: exploring the impact of multi-agency working on disabled children with complex health care needs, their families and the professionals who support them
- Authors:
- TOWNSLEY Ruth, ABBOTT David, WATSON Debby
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 84p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Almost thirty years of research has consistently shown that families with disabled children would prefer the many agencies that they encounter to work together more effectively. Since 1997, a strong policy emphasis on the importance of ‘joined-up’ working has promoted the benefits of partnerships. In response, many projects and services have been established throughout the UK that aim to implement better joint work whilst improving quality of life for this group of children and their families. There is, however, a notable lack of information about the nature of multi-agency services for children with complex health care needs. And, crucially, the impact that these partnerships have on families and children.
The decision to go: disabled children at residential schools and the role of social services departments
- Authors:
- ABBOTT David, MORRIS Jenny, WARD Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 14(1), 2002, pp.5-16.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Sending a disabled child to a specialist residential school may mean that live for much of the year at a school a long way from home. This article explores the views of social services staff on residential schools and the issues the face around how best to work with families who are thinking about a residential school for their child.
Working in the risk society: families perceptions of, and responses to, flexible labour markets and the restructuring of welfare
- Authors:
- QUILGARS Deborah, ABBOTT David
- Journal article citation:
- Community Work and Family, 3(1), April 2000, pp.15-36.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
It is now widely accepted that the risk of unemployment has increased with the growth of flexible working practices in the UK and other European countries. This raises important questions about the extent to which these risks are understood by individuals and families in what has been termed the 'risk society' and how risks are managed both in terms of responses within the workplace and the family. This article explores these issues, drawing on 90 qualitative interviews with members of 50 employed households in England. The study shows that individuals and families make complex assessments of labour market risk which do not necessarily accord with more objective measures and assumptions made at a policy level, and that they are not always willing or able to protect themselves. It concludes that current labour and welfare policies, together, leave many families, particularly those in lower social-economic groups, vulnerable to the impacts of a flexible labour market, and that these realities need to be better incorporated into the risk society thesis.
The Child Support Act 1991: the lives of parents with care living in Liverpool
- Author:
- ABBOTT David
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 18(1), 1996, pp.21-36.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The government hopes that the Child Support Act will be instrumental in helping parents back to work, in making dependence on income support less attractive, and in supporting children financially. The Act has been deeply contentious and not least because it is far from clear that the Act does anything to support children whose parents are on the lowest incomes and/or receiving state benefits. A study of parents with the care of children in Liverpool City suggests that the Act is failing to improve the financial situation of children, with too narrow an emphasis being placed on the role that maintenance can have in adding to family income. The perception of the Act and its implementation as coercive and intrusive among parents reveals that there is little support for the Act and little incentive to co-operate with the Child Support Agency.
Disabled children's access to childcare: (DCATCH): a qualitative evaluation
- Authors:
- ABBOTT David, et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 98p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Disabled Children’s Access to Childcare (DCATCH) pilot, which ran from March 2008 to March 2011, aimed to improve childcare provision for disabled children and their families. Ten local authorities were involved in the pilot. This report presents the findings of two qualitative studies. The first, families’ views on the acceptability and impact of DCATCH, which involved interviews with 38 individuals in 22 families drawn from the ten pilot areas. Secondly a process evaluation of three main delivery themes of the pilot: brokerage; information and outreach; and the provision of additional services (including one-to-one support for disabled children in group settings). This part of the evaluation involved a total of 26 respondents across nine of the ten DCATCH pilot areas, including project managers and a range of other professionals working for the local authority. Chapters are provided for each theme and cover: the interventions explored; outcomes and sustainability; challenges; and success factors. The findings show that DCATCH was positively received by families. Brokerage was found to be crucial to their effectiveness, with the combination of timely advice and support. Appendices
Who to tell, what to say?
- Authors:
- ABBOTT David, HOWARTH Joyce
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 28.07.05, 2005, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
This article reports on research into the problems and prejudices lesbian, gay and bisexual people with learning difficulties face when they come out to professionals, family and friends. The three year study, funded by the Big Lottery and carried out by the Norah Fry Research Centre in partnership with Terence Higgins Trust and Regard, involved interviewing 71 staff in 20 learning difficulties services across the UK and 20 women and men with learning difficulties who were having, or wanted to have, a same-sex relationship.