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Advocacy for parents with learning difficulties: developing advocacy support
- Authors:
- BOOTH Wendy, BOOTH Tim
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 79p.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Describes the work of Parents Together, a pioneering action research project, which set out to support parents with learning difficulties in ways that were non stigmatising, non intrusive, and responsive to their own experience. Used an advocacy approach to challenge discriminatory views of parents' competence and lighten the load on families by reducing the environmental pressures that undermined them. Combines a full account and evaluation of the project with detailed practice guidance.
Supported parenting for people with learning difficulties: lessons from Winconsin
- Authors:
- BOOTH Tim, BOOTH Wendy
- Journal article citation:
- Representing Children, 9(2), 1996, pp.99-107.
- Publisher:
- National Youth Advocacy Service
Describes the work of the authors who are currently working on an action research project funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. The aim of the project is to develop a local support network for parents with learning difficulties which is based on the principles of advocacy and self help.
Parents together: action research and advocacy support for parents with learning difficulties
- Authors:
- BOOTH Tim, BOOTH Wendy
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 7(6), November 1999, pp.464-474.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Describes the work of Parents Together, a pioneering action research project that set out to support parents with learning difficulties in ways that were non-stigmatising, non-intrusive and responsive to their perceptions of their own needs. Based on an explicit model of parenting and social support, Parents Together used an advocacy approach to challenge discriminatory views of parents' competence and to lighten the load on families by reducing the environmental pressures that undermined them. Concludes by drawing out the wider lessons of the project for policy and practice.