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Going to the source: AFDC recipients' perspectives on their unemployment
- Authors:
- CARLEY Michael, HARDINA Donna
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Poverty, 3(3), 1999, pp.53-70.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Examines data on barriers to employment in the USA, using information from a survey of families on the Aid to Families with Dependent Children programme. Three primary factors were detected that included lack of available work and physical disability.
National service framework for children, young people and maternity services: continence
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health, GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Continence issues form a part of the national service framework for children, young people and maternity services. This exemplar describes a patient journey and the considerations that apply to each stage in addressing the issues.
Continence promotion among children with severe disabilities
- Author:
- GRIEVE Teri
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 14.10.98, 1998, pp.58-59.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
This article considers the literature on continence promotion among children with severe learning disability and looks at parents perceptions of the support they receive.
Parental competence and parents with learning difficulties
- Authors:
- BOOTH Tim, BOOTH Wendy
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Family Social Work, 1(2), May 1996, pp.81-86.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Parental adequacy is widely seen as a function of individual parenting skills. This assumptions renders parents with learning difficulties vulnerable to discriminatory treatment in child protection work. A presumption of incompetence leads practitioners to focus on the parents' deficits and intensifies concerns about the welfare of the children. Using case material from a recent study, the authors argue for a wider conception of good-enough parenting that takes into account the external pressures that impact on family functioning.
Parental competence and the welfare of the child: issues for those who work with parents and learning difficulties and their children. A response to Booth and Booth
- Author:
- SCHOFIELD Gillian
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Family Social Work, 1(2), May 1996, pp.87-92.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Responds to the article 'Parents with learning difficulties' in Child and Family Social Work, 1(2), May 1996. Argues that the Children Act 1989 requires a focus on the welfare of the child and that any debate about parenting must take this into account. The author argues for an integrated approach to work with parents with learning difficulties and their children, in which the welfare of the children is seen as the proper concern of all parties.
User-involvement: the view from service users
- Authors:
- RAISON Barbara, LUPTON Carol
- Publisher:
- Hampshire. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 38p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Winchester
Sets out to identify the experience and views of those service users who had been involved in various aspects of Hampshire SSD's work. Client groups surveyed include older people, users of mental health services, and people with disabilities.
Learning disabilities in children
- Authors:
- BURKE Peter, CIGNO Kathy
- Publisher:
- Blackwell Science
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 191p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
Draws on the experiences of families with children with learning difficulties, and on research. Introduces the theory relating to learning disabilities from the family perspective, and includes an examination of support systems for parents, carers, and siblings. Emphasises the importance of contact from service providers and the need to give power to children and families receiving multiagency services. Includes a chapter on child development.
Parents with learning difficulties child protection and the courts
- Author:
- BOOTH Tim
- Journal article citation:
- Representing Children, 13(3), 2000, pp.175-188.
- Publisher:
- National Youth Advocacy Service
Reviews of recent research show that parents with learning difficulties often receive a raw deal from the statutory services characterised by an 'over zealous' approach to the assessment of risks and an under investment in the kind of services and supports that might enable them to bring up their children. Looks at the evidence using some case examples.
'All we are really here for is storage, dear'. Psychodynamic approaches to the short term care of children with learning disabilities
- Author:
- PIKE N.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities for Nursing Health and Social Care, 3(1), March 1999, pp.3-10.
Short term care, both residential and family based, remains a cornerstone of family support services for children with learning disabilities. Discusses how research findings suggest that short term care services are primarily orientated to the support needs of families and carers, rather than the emotional security of the child. The author argues that psychodynamic approaches can both illuminate the experience of the child in the residential short term care setting, and suggests patterns of service that can enhance the well being of the child. The author proposes that careful attention to the building of therapeutic relationships in the context of everyday events such as meals, intimate personal care, individualised play activities and settling to sleep, can make a contribution to the personal growth of the child. The article concludes by considering some of the implications for staff development and deployment that follow from the adoption of such an approach.
Problems of preschool children
- Editors:
- RICHMAN Naomi, LANSDOWN Richard
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 243p., tables, diags, bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Chichester
Multidisciplinary analysis of the development of and problems of pre-school children, with chapters on: the family; social factors; early relationships; physical influences; language and communication; the clumsy child; children with learning difficulties; child abuse; behaviour and emotional problems; principles of management for behaviour disorders; feeding problems and failure to thrive; gender; child care away from the family; play; and the law and young children.