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Better lives: changing services for people with learning difficulties
- Editor:
- BOOTH Tim
- Publisher:
- University of Sheffield. Joint Unit for Social Services Research
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 137p.,tables,diags.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Sheffield
Papers from a conference organised by Community Care and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on 27 April 1990 at Kensington and Chelsea Town Hall. Issues discussed include: quality of service, experiences of people resettling in the community; self advocacy; promoting residents rights; developing friendships; and families with young adults with challenging behaviour.
Parents with learning difficulties child protection and the courts
- Author:
- BOOTH Tim
- Journal article citation:
- Representing Children, 13(3), 2000, pp.175-188.
- Publisher:
- National Youth Advocacy Service
Reviews of recent research show that parents with learning difficulties often receive a raw deal from the statutory services characterised by an 'over zealous' approach to the assessment of risks and an under investment in the kind of services and supports that might enable them to bring up their children. Looks at the evidence using some case examples.
Growing up with parents who have learning difficulties
- Authors:
- BOOTH Tim, BOOTH Wendy
- Journal article citation:
- Childright, 136, May 1997, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- Children's Legal Centre
Reports on a study exploring the experience of children brought up in a family headed by a parent or parents with learning difficulties. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 30 now-adult children, the researchers challenge many common assumptions about risk and outcomes of such an upbringing.