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Practices changes in the child protection system to address the needs of parents with cognitive disabilities
- Authors:
- AZAR Sandra T., MAGGI Mirella C., PROCTOR Stephon N.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Public Child Welfare, 7(5), 2013, pp.610-632.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Parents with cognitive disabilities are over-represented in the child protection system. However, this system is not well prepared for working with them. Biases against their parenting, the need for accommodations, staff training, and cross systems barriers must be addressed. This article argues for changes to ensure parents are more effectively served and that staff and contract providers are better equipped. Specific changes are discussed in assessment and intervention practices. They will require human capacity building and organisational restructuring. Although behavioural approaches will be emphasised, recent research suggests cognitive behavioural cognitive approaches must also be integrated into a blueprint for change. (Publisher abstract)
Parents with learning disabilities: perceived incidence and needs
- Authors:
- BARKBY Helen, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Community Practitioner, 82(11), November 2009, pp.34-37.
- Publisher:
- Community Practitioners' and Health Visitors' Association
Three focus groups were conducted involving 35 members of community health visiting teams in order to identify estimated incidence and needs of parents with learning disabilities and the needs of services in supporting them. The health visiting teams identified clinically significant numbers of parents with learning disabilities and - through qualitative focus group discussion - suggested a significant need for intervention and support for these parents, greater resources and knowledge within health visiting services, and improved interagency co-ordination and communication.
I want to be a good parent: book one; what's it like to be a parent?
- Author:
- MCGAW Sue
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 16p.,illus.
- Place of publication:
- Kidderminster
Illustrated booklet aimed at parents with learning difficulties.
Building effective support for learning disabled parents
- Author:
- GORE Nick
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 18.11.10, 2010, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The study, 'Being a family: parents with learning disabilities in Wales', published by Learning Disability Wales, conducted interviews with eleven parents who had learning disabilities and the professionals who support them. Parents with learning disabilities reported mixed experiences of services. The study also highlighted what parents felt was good support. The article looks at how the findings could inform better practice.
Supporting parents with learning disabilities and difficulties: stories of positive practice
- Author:
- WORKING TOGETHER WITH PARENTS NETWORK
- Publisher:
- Norah Fry Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
This booklet tells the stories of 6 families headed by a parent or parents with learning disabilities or difficulties who have been enabled, with the right support from professionals, to look after their children and safeguard their welfare. The stories aim to give an insight into the complexities of the real lives of parents with learning disabilities and difficulties, and illustrate the positive impact of professionals who provide appropriate, positive, flexible and coordinated support. The stories show that if parents are given support tailored to their particular learning styles and their family’s needs, they can parent effectively, despite the negative expectations and difficulties they face. The work of the services and staff described in these stories illustrates how the aims and provisions of the Children Act 1989 (for England and Wales ) and the Children Act ( Scotland ) 1995 can be put into practice.
Parents together: action research and advocacy support for parents with learning difficulties
- Authors:
- BOOTH Tim, BOOTH Wendy
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 7(6), November 1999, pp.464-474.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Describes the work of Parents Together, a pioneering action research project that set out to support parents with learning difficulties in ways that were non-stigmatising, non-intrusive and responsive to their perceptions of their own needs. Based on an explicit model of parenting and social support, Parents Together used an advocacy approach to challenge discriminatory views of parents' competence and to lighten the load on families by reducing the environmental pressures that undermined them. Concludes by drawing out the wider lessons of the project for policy and practice.
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.
Family matters
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.9.99, 1999, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Finds out how a social worker in a children with disabilities team in Hackney tackles the difficult issue of whether the needs of a child with cerebral palsy, epilepsy and learning difficulties could be met at home from a vulnerable mother who lacks parenting skills, but nonetheless provides love.
Adults with learning disabilities: a practical approach for health professionals
- Editors:
- O'HARA Jean, SPERLINGER Anthea
- Publisher:
- John Wiley
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 255p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Chichester
Contains chapters on: family aspects; personal perspectives on learning difficulties; communication; a general practice perspective; challenging needs and problematic behaviour; mental health needs; practical support for parents with learning difficulties; cultural issues; vulnerability issues; consent issues; and multidisciplinary and multiagency approaches. Part two consists of checklists, including: GPs assessment and examination; parenting assessment; hospital; prescribing medication; epilepsy in adults with learning difficulties; challenging needs and problematic behaviour; psychiatric assessment; the Mental Health Act; and vulnerability, exploitation and sexuality.