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Adoption outcomes for children with handicaps
- Authors:
- ROSENTHAL James, GROZE Victor, AGUILAR Gloria D.
- Journal article citation:
- Child Welfare Journal, 70(6), November 1991, pp.623-636.
- Publisher:
- Child Welfare League of America
Reports on a survey of families who had adopted children with physical and learning disabilities.
A hard day's night
- Author:
- QUINE Lyn
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.8.91, 1991, pp.20-22.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Children with severe learning difficulties often have disturbed patterns of sleep causing additional problems for their parents. Research has shown that by teaching behavioural principles health professionals can help.
Breaking the news to family and friends : some ideas to help parents
- Author:
- McCONACHIE Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap, 19(2), June 1991, pp.48-50.
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Mental Handicap
Discusses difficulties faced by parents who need to tell family and friends about their child's disability and makes suggestions for helping professionals.
An educational inconvenience
- Author:
- JONES Keith
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 3.1.91, 1991, p.7.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The Education Act 1981, which applied to children with learning difficulties or disabilities, set out to revolutionise the educational provision made for them by local education authorities. Radio 4's investigative programme Face the Facts has raised suspicions that LEAs are tailoring statements of need to fit what they can provide.
They keep going away: a critical study of short term residential care services for children with learning difficulties
- Author:
- OSWIN Maureen
- Publisher:
- King's Fund
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 275p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Describes the history of respite care for children with learning difficulties, relates the experience of parents and staff, and gives guidelines on improving standards of care.
Respite care: summaries and suggestions; final report to the Department of Health
- Authors:
- ROBINSON Carol, STALKER Kirsten
- Publisher:
- University of Bristol. Norah Fry Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 30p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Final summary report of a 3 year study into respite care services for children and young people (up to age 20) with a range of disabilities, but particularly severe learning difficulties.
Siblings of learning disabled children: are they special, too?
- Author:
- ATKINS Susan P.
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 8(6), December 1991, pp.525-533.
- Publisher:
- Springer
Siblings of learning disabled children frequently establish rigidly defined and overdetermined roles in their families, whether that of a super achiever or as the acting out child, and frequently have low self esteem. Implications for prevention and intervention are addressed.
Freedom to budget
- Author:
- COHEN Phil
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 16.5.91, 1991, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Reports on the work of the East Suffolk Project run by the Children's Society in conjunction with Suffolk Social Services Department and Suffolk Health Authority. The service for children with learning difficulties has a flexicare devolved budget administered by a social worker.
Assessing home dangers and safety precautions : instruments for use
- Author:
- TYMCHUK Alexander J.
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap, 19(1), March 1991, pp.4-10.
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Mental Handicap
Presents a number of instruments for assessing the presence or absence of dangers and safety precautions in the homes of people with mental handicaps, including those caring for their children at home, and the frequency of accidents occurring at home. An intervention programme for teaching people to recognise the importance of these dangers is also described.
Sleep disturbance in children with severe learning difficulties: an examination and an intervention trial
- Authors:
- QUINE Lyn, WADE Kristin
- Publisher:
- University of Kent: Institute of Social and Applied Psychology
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 257p.,tables,diags.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
Final report of a research project.