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Breaking the news to family and friends : some ideas to help parents
- Author:
- McCONACHIE Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap, 19(2), June 1991, pp.48-50.
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Mental Handicap
Discusses difficulties faced by parents who need to tell family and friends about their child's disability and makes suggestions for helping professionals.
Home and away
- Authors:
- GOODISON Lucy, ARMITAGE Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 14.11.91, 1991, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Looks at the crucial role social workers play in supporting families from ethnic minorities with a child with learning difficulties.
Assessing challenging behaviour using a semi-structured behavioural interview : a case transcript
- Author:
- STURMEY Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap, 19(2), June 1991, pp.56-60.
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Mental Handicap
Presents a transcript of an interview used to analyse challenging behaviour in an eight-year old girl.
Someone to turn to
- Authors:
- ROBINSON Carol, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.5.91, 1991, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Describes the pattern of respite care schemes in the U.K. and highlights the resource implications for users and respite carers.
Working with families : developing a partnership between parents and professionals in the mental handicap services
- Authors:
- CHARNOCK Sybil, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap, 19(1), March 1991, pp.11-13.
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Mental Handicap
Describes the planning, aims, content, and outcome of ten workshop sessions run by parents of young adults with severe mental handicaps for a group of professional staff from health and social services departments. Concludes that the sessions went some way towards breaking down the barriers between parents and professionals but that there is still a long way to go.
Still caring: a study of older parents still caring at home for a daughter or son with cerebral palsy
- Authors:
- ALISON Virginia, WRIGHT Fay
- Publisher:
- Spastics Society
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 56p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Presents the difficult and rewarding experiences of long-term carers of children with cerebral palsy and indicates the choices and support which they need.
Parent-professional collaboration on behalf of children with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- MALEKOFF Andrew, JOHNSON Helen, KLAPPERSACK Bernard
- Journal article citation:
- Families in Society, 72(7), 1991, pp.416-424.
- Publisher:
- The Alliance for Children and Families
Describes an action-research project which aimed to increase collaboration between parents and professionals; describes the process which includes needs assessment, program development, and coalition building.
Socio-economic factors: their relationship with child and family functioning for children with Down's Syndrome
- Authors:
- TURNER Stephen, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 4(1), 1991, pp.80-100.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Reports on a study of the families of 118 children with Down's Syndrome, and the extent to which parental education and qualifications, social class, and more specific aspects of social and economic disadvantage, were related to child behaviour problems and to measures of parental stress and satisfaction.
Stress and coping in mothers caring for a child with severe learning difficulties: a test of Lazarus' transactional model of coping. (In) Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology v. 1 pp. 57-70 1991
- Authors:
- QUINE Lyn, PAHL Jan
- Publisher:
- [none]
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 14p.,tables,bibliog.
Report of a study of 166 mothers, which investigated both the factors associated with maternal stress, and those which might mediate or buffer the effects, taking into account those elements of family functioning which make families vulnerable or resistant to stress. Concludes that there is a need for a comprehensive method of assessing child and family in order to identify needs and target resources accurately.
Early intervention studies for young children with special needs
- Editors:
- MITCHELL David, BROWN Roy I.
- Publisher:
- Chapman and Hall
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 355p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Describes the need to identify children with special needs, and facilities that are being developed for this. Discusses the role of the parent in facilitating early learning, and the needs of parents when a child is diagnosed as having a disability. Also looks at advocacy and staff training.