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Shedding the cotton wool
- Author:
- HOPKINS Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.5.03, 2003, pp.46-47.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The temptation to suffocate the development of people with learning difficulties can lead to abuse. Looks at a case where social work practitioners tried to resolve the relationship problems of an overbearing mother and an adult daughter with learning difficulties.
Nameless: understanding learning disability
- Author:
- NIEDECKEN Dietmut
- Publisher:
- Brunner-Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 250p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Psychoanalysis has striven to reconstruct damaged human subjectivity. However, with a few exceptions, people with learning disabilities have long been excluded from this enterprise. It has been taken for granted that learning disability is a deficient state in which psychodynamics play but a minor role and where development is irrevocably determined by organic conditions. This book attempts to understand learning disabilities in terms of psychoanalysis and socio-psychology. Controversially, the author does not distinguish between a primary organic handicap and a secondary psychological one; rather, she argues that it is developed from the very outset of the process of socialization during the interaction of care-giver and infant, and therefore gives the analyst room to work on this maladapted socialization. She illustrates the effectiveness of this theory when put into practice in a number of case studies.
Parental involvement in the residential care of persons with intellectual disability: the impact of parents' and residents' characteristics and the process of relocation
- Authors:
- SCHWARTZ Chaya, TSUMI Ayelet
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 16(4), December 2003, pp.285-293.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This study addresses three goals: (i) to describe the extent of parental involvement in residential care (post-placement); (ii) to describe the extent of parental involvement in the relocation process (pre-placement); and (iii) to examine the impact of residents' characteristics, parents' characteristics and pre-placement parental involvement on post-placement parental involvement. Ninety-seven parents of residents living in residential care facilities for people with intellectual disability completed the Parental Involvement in Residential Care Questionnaire that was constructed for this study. Post-placement involvement was expressed by parents' high level of visiting to the residence, close direct contact with the resident and the staff, and low level of participation in decision making concerning their son/daughter and the operation of the residence. Most parents were not actively involved in the relocation process, did not participate in selecting the current residence and did not visit the residence prior to the move. However, the majority participated in a preparation programme for parents whose son/daughter were candidates for out-of-home placement. Participants whose sons/daughters lived in the residence for fewer years or whose son's/daughter's level of intellectual disability was less severe reported a higher level of post-placement involvement. These parents had fewer children at home and had participated in a longer preparation pre-relocation programme.
As nature intended?: attitudes to new genetics and people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- DOWSON Steve
- Publisher:
- Values into Action
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 52p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Reviews the moral dilemmas surrounding genetic engineering, eugenics and people with learning difficulties. Questions include: what is the place of people with learning difficulties in a society that values diversity?; what are the links between the abortion debates and debates on prevention of disability?; what is the potential impact of genetic technlogies on attitudes towards people with learning difficulties?.
Paying the piper and calling the tune?: the relationship between parents and irect payments for people with intellectual disabilities
- Authors:
- WILLIAMS Val, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 16(3), September 2003, pp.219-228.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The aim of this paper is to investigate the role parents are playing in direct payments provision for their son or daughter with intellectual disabilities. The paper draws on a UK-wide inclusive research project, carried out by researchers who were members of an organization of people with intellectual disabilities. The purpose of the project as a whole was to explore what support works best for people with intellectual disabilities to access direct payments provision in the UK, and one of the key supports for certain people was found to be parents and families. Drawing on interviews with 29 family carers, the researchers found that parents were often strong advocates of independence for their son or daughter, and only acted as barriers to direct payments when they did not have sufficient information. Parents were found to be playing significant roles as initiators, managers and supporters of direct payments for their son or daughter; however, these roles were matched by important gains in quality of life and relationships within the family. The paper considers the implications of the power balance between persons with intellectual disabilities, their parents and their staff. Direct payments can alter that balance radically, but it is still important to have a good, independent direct payments support scheme to enable the person with intellectual disabilities to be in control.
Perception of child development, child-related stress and dyadic adjustment: pair analysis of married couples of young children with developmental disabilities
- Authors:
- RIMMERMAN Arie, TURKEL Limor, CROSSMAN Richard
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 28(2), June 2003, pp.188-195.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Thirty-two married Israeli couples, parents of young children with developmental disabilities, were studied with respect to differences in the perception of their children's development, child-related stress, and dyadic adjustment. Major findings showed that there were no differences between husbands and wives or men and women regarding the perception of their children's development, child-related stress and dyadic adjustment. However, a plot box presentation indicated nominal differential differences between men and women in perception of their children's development. Findings are discussed in respect to practice and future research.
Personal assistance for people with intellectual impairments: experiences and dilemmas
- Author:
- ASKHEIM Ole Petter
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 18(3), May 2003, pp.325-339.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The article gives an account of how personal assistance is adapted to people with intellectual impairments in Norway and the experiences with the arrangement for this target group. Discusses the challenges and dilemmas of including people with intellectual impairments in the target group for personal assistance, since people other than the user as a rule fill the role as manager of the service. Special attention is paid to the parents' role since they often act as managers on behalf of their sons/daughters. Furthermore, the assistants' role is discussed and the importance of how they meet the users. Finally, there is a discussion of the consequences the extension of personal assistance to intellectually impaired users might have both for personal assistance as a service and for the ordinary care services.
Changing the future: the story of attachment with a child with special needs
- Author:
- ROBB Betty J.
- Journal article citation:
- Clinical Social Work Journal, 31(1), Spring 2003, pp.9-24.
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Place of publication:
- New York
This article, initiated by personal experience, looks at parental fear of attachment to children with conditions which put them at risk, the experiencing of grief at the loss of the “fantasy baby,” and the acceptance by the parents which enables the attachment to proceed. Reference is made to attachment issues in the case of adoption, styles of attachment, and some notion of reconstruction in therapy with ‘special needs' survivors where attachment has been insecure or the process has been attenuated by length of risk.
The emotional lives of people with learning disability
- Author:
- ARTHUR Andrew R.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 31(1), 2003, pp.25-30.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This paper reviews accounts of research and therapy and makes an assessment of the current state of knowledge. Very little research actually exists when compared to the non-learning disabled, and so, studies of psychotherapy, child development, parent-infant bonding, psychological assessment and emotional disturbance in people with learning disability are examined. The review finds that there is evidence to suggest the presence of a significantly higher level of emotional developmental problems and disturbance in people with learning disability. This problem requires multidisciplinary attention if progress in improving quality of life is to be maintained.
Parents with learning disabilities: a study of gender and cultural perspectives in East London
- Authors:
- O'HARA Jean, MARTIN Hemmie
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 31(1), 2003, pp.18-24.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The rights of people with learning disabilities to marry and have a family is at the heart of the Government's new strategy (Valuing People), yet there are few integrated and co-ordinated services to meet their needs. All too often, learning disability is the sole reason why children are removed from their biological parents. Whilst there is a small but growing literature on the quality and extent of the social supports available, little attention has been paid to culture and gender. This study analyses data on parents who came into contact with the specialist community learning disability health team in East London over a 5-year period in respect of culture, gender and outcomes.