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Home and away
- Authors:
- GOODISON Lucy, ARMITAGE Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 14.11.91, 1991, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Looks at the crucial role social workers play in supporting families from ethnic minorities with a child with learning difficulties.
Love and resistance of mothers with intellectual disability from ethnocultural communities in Canada
- Authors:
- PACHECO Laura, McCONNELL David
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 30(3), 2017, p.501–510.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Background: Mothers with intellectual disability are thought to be passive, dependent and in need of protection. This study contributes to a nascent body of research that challenges this schema, revealing how women with intellectual disability who are mothers resist oppression. Methods: Narrative research methods underpinned by intersectionality theory were used to explore the lives of eight mothers with intellectual disability from various ethnocultural communities in Canada. A total of 33 in-depth interviews were conducted with these eight women over a period of 2 years. Results: The lives of the women who took part in this study were marked by violence. The women resisted. Their resistance strategies addressed two kinds of relationships: their relationships with others and their relationship with themselves. Conclusion: The women in this study employed strategies of resistance, sometimes at great personal cost, to provide their children with a better life. (Publisher abstract)
Culture shocks
- Author:
- RICKFORD Frances
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 25.6.92, 1992, p.10.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Looks at the plight of Asian parents of children with severe learning difficulties who are not being given adequate information or services.
Family and community in the lives of UK Bangladeshi parents with intellectual disabilities
- Authors:
- DURLING Emily, CHINN Deborah, SCIOR Katrina
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 31(6), 2018, pp.1133-1143.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Background: Little is known about the lives of parents with intellectual disabilities from minority ethnic communities. Previous research suggests that what it means to live with intellectual disabilities varies across cultural contexts. The current research aimed to explore how cultural values and practices impact upon the experiences of parents with intellectual disabilities within the Bangladeshi community in London, England. Method: Six members of the Bangladeshi community, four Bangladeshi parents with intellectual disabilities and four of their family members were interviewed. Thematic analysis was used to identify key themes. Results: Both parenting and intellectual disability are thought about in this community in ways that make parenting more accessible for people with learning disabilities, but also create tensions to be negotiated. Conclusions: Bangladeshi family carers face dilemmas balancing the benefits and risks of promoting parenting for sons and daughters with intellectual disabilities, particularly in the context of service principles of autonomy and informed consent. (Publisher abstract)
A cross-cultural study of parental attitudes and beliefs about learning disability (mental handicap)
- Authors:
- FATIMILEHIN Iyabo A., NADIRSHAW Zenobia
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 7(3), 1994, pp.202-227.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
The literature suggests that Asian families have attitudes and beliefs about learning disability which differ from those of white British families, and that these attitudes may have an influence on service utilisation. In this study differences in attitudes and beliefs were found to be unrelated to descriptive variables such as the characteristics of the son/daughter with a learning disability, and characteristics of the parents. However, attitudinal differences and service utilisation patterns were more related to religious and cultural differences. A further major influence on attitudes and service utilisation in Asian families was a lack of knowledge about the cause and concept of learning disability, and of the services available. The findings of this study highlight the short-comings of services for black and ethnic minority people with learning disabilities.
A special case for special treatment
- Authors:
- COCKING Iseult, ATHWAL Surinder
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 8.2.90, 1990, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Many Asian families with children with learning difficulties know little about their rights.
Access to and use of Patient Advice and Liaison Services (PALS) by children, young people and parents: a national survey
- Author:
- SOCIAL POLICY RESEARCH UNIT
- Publisher:
- University of York. Social Policy Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Patient Advice and Liaison Services (PALS) are a key part of the user involvement system in the NHS in England. Reports on a national survey of PALS to examine the extent to which PALS have developed in ways that are inclusive of children, young people and parents. Respondents from 243 PALS provided information for the survey; 122 in PCTs, 101 in NHS trusts, 15 serving both PCTs and NHS Trusts, and 5 in Children's Hospitals. Discusses the findings in relation to staffing, location and open hours, links with other organisations, training and ability to deal with users concerns.
Attachment and loss in child and family social work
- Editor:
- HOWE David
- Publisher:
- Avebury
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 174p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Contains chapters on: attachment theory in child and family social work; attachment in child protection assessments - implications for helping; attachment theory, neglect and the concept of parenting skills training - the needs of parents with learning disabilities and their children; attachment reviewed through a cultural sense; the prevalence of childhood trauma in the lives of violent young offenders; maintaining relationships between parents and children who live apart; loss in childhood and paternal imprisonment; psychological parenting and child placement; and care leavers and their babies.