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Whose responsibility? resilience in families of children with developmental disabilities
- Authors:
- MUIR Kristy, STRNADOVA Iva
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 29(6), 2014, pp.922-937.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Families with children with disabilities are at higher risk of stress, financial disadvantage and breakdown. In recent decades, research and policy have shifted focus from these problems to a strengths-based approach, using concepts such as family resilience. By definition, resilience is the ability to cope in adverse circumstances, suggesting a reliance on the individual. If this is the case, then to what extent does ‘family resilience’ place another burden of responsibility onto families? Whose responsibility is family resilience? This paper begins to answer this question using interviews with parents of children with developmental disabilities based in New South Wales, Australia. (Original abstract)
The marriage-related risk factors during maternal pregnancy in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
- Authors:
- LEE C-Y., CHANG Y-Y., LUNG F-W.
- Journal article citation:
- Child: Care, Health and Development, 32(2), March 2006, pp.205-211.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship between marriage-related risk factors during maternal pregnancy and subsequent development of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The research design was a retrospective case–control study. The case group included 60 patients that fulfilled the ADHD criteria of Fourth Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). The controls were normal children randomly selected and matched for their sex and age. Their biological mothers completed a questionnaire about marital adaptation, marital satisfaction and the incidence of stressful life events during pregnancy. The results showed that the incidence of positive life events, marital adaptation and marital satisfaction during maternal pregnancy was significantly lower in the case group, and conditional logistic regression analysis showed that marital adaptation during pregnancy and pregnancy before marriage were important risk factors for ADHD. Negative emotion during maternal pregnancy may be an important risk factor for ADHD
Towards the creative management of risk: perceptions practices and policies
- Authors:
- ALASZEWSKI Andy, ALASZEWSKI Helen
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 30(2), June 2002, pp.56-62.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This present article examines the importance of risk when supporting individuals with learning disabilities. Risk is an important issue in the provision of support. Service users saw risk primarily in terms of hazards. Carers were concerned about hazards and harm, but recognised the need for risk-taking. Professionals emphasized the importance of reasonable risk-taking. Agencies also recognised the importance of risk management, and most had or were developing risk policies. However, most of these policies are based on a restricted approach to risk which emphasizes hazard assessment, and health and safety issues.
Fearful of help
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 20.4.00, 2000, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
An elderly woman and her family were living in squalor and social isolation and repeatedly rejected the offers of help. The author talks to a social worker about the uphill struggle she faced when she tried to improve their lives.
Abuse of adults with an intellectual disability by family caregivers: the need for a family-centred intervention
- Author:
- TICHON Jennifer
- Journal article citation:
- Australian Social Work, 51(1), March 1998, pp.55-59.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article presents an overview of the problem of abuse by family caregivers of adults with an intellectual disability. It draws attention to the preponderance of research in the areas of residential abuse and the over-emphasis on sexual abuse to the neglect of all other forms of abuse.
Growing up with parents who have learning difficulties: findings
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
A recent study by the authors of the University of Sheffield explored the experience of children brought up in a family headed by a parent or parents with learning difficulties. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 30 now-adult children, the researchers challenge many common assumptions about the risks and outcomes of such an upbringing.
Services for parents with learning difficulties
- Author:
- MURPHY Glynis
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 1(1), January 1996, pp.29-32.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Commentary on the changes which have occurred in the provision of services and attitudes towards people with learning disabilities who wish to become parents.
Overshadowed: the mental health needs of children and young people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- LAVIS Paula, BURKE Christine, HASTINGS Richard
- Publisher:
- Children and Young People's Mental Health Coalition
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 42
- Place of publication:
- London
A report, commissioned by Comic Relief, which shows that the mental health needs of young people with learning disabilities are often overlooked despite the increased risk these young people and their families face. The report is based on the results of a series of focus groups with young people aged 11-25, their parents and school-based professionals. It also draws on searches of the literature to identify the number of young people with both learning disabilities and mental health problems, facilitators and barriers to them and their families accessing support and relevant policy, guidance and practice. The report finds that children and young people with learning disabilities at increased risk of developing mental health problems due to social and emotional factors, such as living in poverty, parental mental ill-health and negative life events, rather than their disability. It also identifies barriers to early intervention to tackle risk factors, poor access to mental health services, a lack of joint working between different agencies and a lack of training and awareness in the mental health workforce. The report makes ten recommendations aimed at national and local agencies to help improve the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people with learning disabilities. (Edited publisher abstract)
Choice biography and the importance of the social
- Authors:
- SMALL Neil, PAWSON Nicole, RAGHAVAN Raghu
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 31(4), December 2003, pp.159-165.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Recent European Union and Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funded research has scrutinized the concept of choice and future orientation in those undergoing transitions into adulthood. The focus of interest has been on the interplay of social structure and individual agency. Draws on initial findings from a Department of Health funded study to critique these new ways of thinking. Asks in what ways do people with learning disabilities manifest the same attitudes to choice and risk evident in recent studies of young people. Explores, via three case study examples, the tension between individual agency and family attitudes to future possibilities. Argues that advances in the sociology of youth are in danger of assuming that the individualised 'choice biography' is the predominant model of transition. This does not reflect the importance of social networks and family relationships in young people with learning disability. For them, risk-management and the pursuit of well-being are pursued in the social domain.
Transition: the experiences of young people with learning disabilities and their families in England
- Authors:
- WARD Linda, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 8(4), October 2003, pp.19-28.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Reports on a study of 283 families with youngsters with learning disabilities to examine the experiences of young people and their families in the transition from children's to adult services. The research was carried out by the Home Farm Trust and the Norah Fry Research Centre, University of Bristol, The research consisted of a postal questionnaire which was distributed to 370 families; 27 in-depth interviews which were conducted with parents in the family home; and 27 face-to-face interviews with the young people with learning difficulties from these families. The study found that existing legislation and guidance were largely failing youngsters with learning disabilities and their families at transition. There were substantial discrepancies between what ought to have been provided and what young people and their families experienced in practice, and significant difficulties as youngsters moved between children's and adult health and social services. Other difficulties experienced at transition are also reviewed, along with possibilities for improvements in practice. The study also looked at some innovative schemes and services in this area.