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Building and evaluating family support initiatives: a national study of programs for persons with developmental disabilities
- Authors:
- DUNST Carl J., et al
- Publisher:
- Paul H. Brookes
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 288p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Baltimore, MD
Details the results of a study in the United States which looked at federal and local policies and practices for the families of people with disabilities and goes on to discuss issues arising from the survey. These include: how individual organisations are working towards improving family support services; factors that affect the success or failure of services; probable outcomes of existing programmes and initiatives; United States public laws that are concerned with the family; criteria for judging the effectiveness of programmes; and determining which practices to implement in a community.
How and why children hate
- Editor:
- VARMA Ved
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 209p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Study of the reasons why children hate, delving into the unconscious world of childhood and the external worlds of influence on thinking and feeling. Includes chapters on: hate in nursery rhymes; unconscious communication of hatred between parents and children; the family scapegoat; child abuse and hatred; hatred between children; the therapeutic importance of racial identity in working with black children who hate; religion, hatred and children; authority and hatred; and class and gender and hatred.
Making the most of life: MENCAP citizenship, education, employment, family life, housing and leisure manifesto's
- Author:
- ROYAL SOCIETY FOR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND ADULTS
- Publisher:
- Royal Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 6 booklets.
- Place of publication:
- London
Pack containing 6 booklets defining the rights of people with learning difficulties to live a normal life. Contains manifesto's on: citizenship, education, employment, family life, housing, and leisure.
Learning disabilities: a handbook of care
- Editors:
- SHANLEY Eamon, STARRS Thomas A.
- Publisher:
- Churchill Livingstone
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 340p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Previously published under the title Mental handicap. Gives practical ways of providing a user centred service to people with learning difficulties through the promotion of self help. Stresses the importance of multidisciplinary teamwork and of involving families in such teams. Aimed in particular at student nurses and social workers.
Resource directory on race and racism in social work
- Authors:
- WATERS Hazel, comp
- Publisher:
- Institute of Race Relations
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 75p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Resource directory containing sections on: race and racism; social work and social work training; children and families; elders; heath (including HIV/AIDS and alcohol and drug abuse); learning disabilities; criminal justice and probation; and video materials. Also lists organisations and relevant journals.
Research to practice: implications of research on the challenging behaviour of people with learning disability
- Editor:
- KIERNAN Chris
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 378p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Clevedon
Research report. Looks at: the epidemiology of self-injury amongst people with severe learning difficulties; assessing the prevalence of aggressive behaviour and the effectiveness of interventions; challenging behaviour; family responses and the impact on families of children with learning difficulties who show challenging behaviour; behaviour modification; supporting people with severe learning difficulties and challenging behaviour in ordinary housing; the special development team; service provision for people with mild learning difficulties; staff training; and future directions for research and service development.
European social services
- Editor:
- MUNDAY Brian
- Publisher:
- University of Kent. European Institute of Social Services
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 401p.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
Detailed account of social services in the twelve member states of the European Community. Contains sections on: organisation, responsibility and finance for social services; preventative services; children and families; elderly people; people with disabilities; addictions; illnesses; AIDS/HIV; socially excluded people; young people; services for migrants; names and addresses of major public and private social services agencies.