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You and your child: making sense of learning disabilities
- Authors:
- HOLLINS Sheila, HOLLINS Martin
- Publisher:
- Karnac
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 144p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This volume looks at the physical, mental and emotional development of children with varying degrees of learning disabilities through tracing the development of six young adults from childhood. The case studies are in the form of illuminating commentaries from the parents and provide extra insight into the children's everyday lives. Each chapter also looks at education and schooling in detail, as well as acknowledging the importance of support outside of the family nucleus.
Effects of an education programme on family participation in the rehabilitation of children with developmental disability
- Authors:
- WONG S.Y., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 10(2), June 2006, pp.165-189.
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Place of publication:
- London
The growth and development of children with developmental disability depend very much on the parents. The present study was designed to examine whether family-focused education could enhance parental skills, knowledge and competency. The enhancement would in turn result in greater parental participation in the rehabilitation process of these children. The parental needs of Chinese parents were reviewed for the formulation of the Family-Focused Education Programme, which was then implemented, and evaluated using a pre-test/post-test control group design. Forty parents were invited to participate in the study using a convenience sampling technique. The mean scores of these variables were in the direction of increasing after the programme, though repeated measures ANOVA did not indicate any statistically significant changes in parenting knowledge, attitude and stress. It was apparent that the Family-Focused Education Programme enhanced parental competence. Undoubtedly, the family-focused approach is crucial for enhancing parenting competency, and education is fundamental to enabling parents.
Key issues in mental retardation research; proceedings of the 8th congress of IASSMD; Dublin 21-25.8.1988
- Editor:
- FRASER W.I.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 525p., tables, diags., bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Divided into seven sections : epidemiological issues; biomedical aspects; clinical practice; families, consumers and caregivers; developmental and psycholinguistic considerations; educational issues; and community integration, evaluation and costs.
Growing up with Down's Syndrome
- Author:
- SHEPPERDSON Billie
- Publisher:
- Cassell Educational
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 216p., tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
People with learning disabilities in England
- Author:
- PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Public Health England
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Place of publication:
- London
Summarises national statistical information on the characteristics of people with learning disabilities in England, and the services and supports they and their families use. It provides summaries of the available statistics with accompanying detailed data tables and is updated as new statistics become available. Chapters cover education, including absence and exclusion; children's social care; paid employment; safeguarding; disability benefits; adult social care; and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. The information will be useful for commissioners and providers of health and social care to better understand the needs of people with learning disabilities, their families and carers. Last updated January 2020. (Edited publisher abstract)
Prepared for the future?: information to prepare families when a young person with a learning disability is leaving school or college
- Authors:
- MORGAN Hazel, DAVIES Jill
- Publisher:
- Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 33p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities, in the second phase of its What Kind of future? project, has worked with young people who have Down’s syndrome. This booklet has been prepared on the basis of what the participants have said would be helpful. It provides information on: the role of family and friends; government support and initiatives; personalisation and person centred planning; access to care; further education and specialist colleges; employment opportunities, including voluntary work and supported employment; daytime, evening and weekend activities; friendships; short term breaks; moving from the family home and housing; health; support for carers; and how and where to complain in case of difficulties. Each section is written in non technical language and provides contact details, real life experiences and a checklist of what needs to be considered.
Online learning and social exclusion
- Author:
- CLARKE Alan
- Publisher:
- National Organisation for Adult Learning
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 96p.bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Leicester
There is significant interest in the use of online learning approaches to reach non traditional learners and in particular; people who encounter substantial barriers in accessing learning. This book considers the nature of online learning and what needs to be done to realise the potential of online approaches.
Telling our own stories: reflections on family life in a disabling world
- Editors:
- MURRAY Pippa, PENMAN Jill
- Publisher:
- Parents with Attitude
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 276p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Sheffield
Personal accounts of disability, from disabled people and their families, introduced from the perspective of human rights, inclusion, and a social model of disability.
Do the families of children with development disabilities obtain recommended services: a follow-up study
- Authors:
- PABIAN Wendy E., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 3(1), 2000, pp.45-58.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Interdisciplinary teams provide a comprehensive evaluation for children with disabilities and their families and generate appropriate recommendations. Although recommendations are provided with the expectation that the families will follow through and obtain these services for their children and for themselves, it is not clear which recommended services have been obtained by the families. In this four-month follow-up of 36 families in the USA, it was found that 84 percent of educational services, 89 percent of medical services are also discussed.
Prevention of sexual abuse in children with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- MARTORELLA Ana Maria, PORTUGUES Ana Maria
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse Review, 7(5), September 1998, pp.355-359.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Children with learning disabilities are vulnerable to sexual abuse. Recognising the importance of prevention and believing that the best way to achieve this is by the systematic introduction of knowledge, a programme, 'Sexual Education for Health' was introduced in a special needs school in Buenos Aires. The premise of the programme was that the child's family should be aware of issues concerning sexuality. The workshops used the parents reflections of their own sexuality to help them gain understanding of the sexuality of young children and adolescents. The children were taught to access their sexuality by learning about conception and birth.