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Ordinary, everyday families: action for families and their young children with special needs, disabilities and learning difficulties
- Authors:
- CAMERON Jo, STURGE-MOORE Leonie
- Publisher:
- Mencap
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 139p.,illus.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report drawn together from the experience of MENCAP's Under Fives Project and put into the context of what other people have demonstrated in examples of good practice. Drawn together from practical experience, the report aims to challenge attitudes and encourage social integration for parents and their children with special needs. Includes sections on: enabling families with children with special needs to live ordinary lives; enabling professionals to help families live ordinary lives; cooperation between agencies involved; support services; the importance of early support; community support; and the role of education. Each section contains suggestions and checklists for action support and service improvement.