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Rethinking partnerships between parents and professionals
- Author:
- MITTLER Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Society, 9(3), October 1995, pp.22-40.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The article was adapted from a keynote address to the Australian Society for the Study of Intellectual Disability and the National Council on Intellectual Disability, Fremantle, Western Australia, October 1994. Reappraises the relationship between families and professionals in the field of intellectual learning disability after a study by Members of an International Year of the Family Task Force established by the International League of Societies for Persons with Mental Handicap. Summarises some directions for change.
Gentle persuasion
- Author:
- LYON Christina
- Journal article citation:
- Care Weekly, 16.2.95, 1995, p.11.
There has been a dearth of official guidance on caring for children with learning disabilities and severely challenging behaviour. Offers guidance drawn from the work of the Mental Health Foundation.
I want to be a good parent: book 4; children need to be safe
- Author:
- MCGAW Sue
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 11p.,illus.
- Place of publication:
- Kidderminster
Illustrated booklet about keeping children safe, aimed at parents with learning difficulties.
The silent minority: children with disabilities in Asian families
- Author:
- SHAH Robina
- Publisher:
- National Children's Bureau
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 128p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Focuses on services for children with disabilities in Asian families. Challenges many of the stereotypes which may be held by service providers about parents' attitudes to their child's special needs. Explores parents' awareness of the services available to help them, and their views of these services.
An observational case study of staring behaviour
- Author:
- FALLON John
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 23(1), 1995, pp.33-36.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Describes the use of empirical data to test a popularity-held subjective view of the attitude of a man with learning disabilities towards children following incidents involving attacks on children after his settlement into the community from long-term institutional care. Analysis of the data collected revealed no significant difference between attention paid to adults and children. It was therefore concluded that it was unreasonable to assume an unhealthy preoccupation with children.
Getting better all the time: delivering and receiving quality services: proceedings from the Shared Care UK annual conference held on 19 September 1995 at Leicester University
- Author:
- NORAH FRY RESEARCH CENTRE
- Publisher:
- Norah Fry Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 93p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Services include breaks (respite care) and the provision of support for disabled children and their families.
Learning for life
- Author:
- DOBSON Roger
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 22.6.95, 1995, p.24.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on a scheme in Gwent to integrate children with autism. The method used is based on the Scandinavian principle of life-long rights for people with disabilities.
Support for carers of people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- GATES Bob, WRAY Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 15.11.95, 1995, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
The current rhetoric associated with the provision of community care might lead some to conclude that services for people with a learning disability and their families has improved significantly. However, a recent interview with a mother who has a young son with a profound learning disability and associated behavioural problems, questions such assumptions.
Facilitating interviews with children who may have been sexually abused
- Authors:
- BENTOVIM Arnon, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse Review, 4(4), October 1995, pp.246-262.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The introduction of the Memorandum of Good Practice on interviewing children who have been sexually abused has had an important unifying effect on professional practice. However, because of the traumatic nature of sexual abuse there will be a group of children about whom there are high levels of suspicion and where arrangements need to be made for their future care, protection and treatment. These include children who have learning disabilities or communication problems, have psychiatric disorders associated with abuse, or where there have been considerable delays since allegations were first made. Such children require a second-stage facilitative assessment interview. These include different forms of questioning, and the use of a wide range of prompting materials including art work, free and structured play context and the use of anatomically correct dolls. These approaches are reviewed and illustrated through case studies.
Empowering parents of children with special needs
- Authors:
- DARBYSHIRE Philip, MORRISON Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 9.8.95, 1995, pp.26-28.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Partnership and empowerment are very much in vogue. Questions whether the rhetoric of partnership matches the reality as experienced by families of children with special needs. Research in this area is reviewed and models of good practice are examined.