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Parenting with learning difficulties: lessons for practitioners
- Authors:
- BOOTH Tim, BOOTH Wendy
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 23(5), October 1993, pp.459-480.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Parents with learning difficulties form an underserved needs group whose numbers are steadily increasing and are likely to continue to do so as a result of deinstitutionalisation, community care and the acceptance of 'ordinary life' principles as a basis of service provision. This paper reviews the research literature on parenting by people with learning difficulties in order to draw out the lessons for practitioners and to assist them in developing a clearer view of their aims and approach when working with these families. Case vignettes from an ongoing study of mothers and fathers with learning difficulties are used to illustrate the common themes. The authors conclude that service providers still have much to learn about how best they can secure and uphold the citizenship rights of these parents as well as protect the welfare of these children.
Step by step autonomy
- Authors:
- BOOTH Tim, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 25.7.91, 1991, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
The Kirklees Relocation Project has been analysing the impact of community care policies on mentally handicapped people, and has found a preference among users for environments that maximise their independence.
Outward bound: relocation and community care for people with learning difficulties
- Authors:
- BOOTH Tim, SIMONS Ken, BOOTH Wendy
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 206p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Milton Keynes
Examines the experiences of two groups of people, one moving from long-stay hospitals to locally-based hostels and the other from hostels into independent living accommodation in the communities. Feelings of staff, families and movers are explored.
Kirklees relocation project: report
- Authors:
- BOOTH Tim, SIMONS Ken, BOOTH Wendy
- Publisher:
- University of Sheffield. Department of Sociological Studies
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 266p., bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Sheffield
A research evaluation of a programme which involved relocating long-stay patients from an NHS mental handicap hospital into local authority hostels.
Better lives: changing services for people with learning difficulties
- Editor:
- BOOTH Tim
- Publisher:
- University of Sheffield. Joint Unit for Social Services Research
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 137p.,tables,diags.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Sheffield
Papers from a conference organised by Community Care and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on 27 April 1990 at Kensington and Chelsea Town Hall. Issues discussed include: quality of service, experiences of people resettling in the community; self advocacy; promoting residents rights; developing friendships; and families with young adults with challenging behaviour.