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Advocacy for parents with learning difficulties: developing advocacy support
- Authors:
- BOOTH Wendy, BOOTH Tim
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 79p.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Describes the work of Parents Together, a pioneering action research project, which set out to support parents with learning difficulties in ways that were non stigmatising, non intrusive, and responsive to their own experience. Used an advocacy approach to challenge discriminatory views of parents' competence and lighten the load on families by reducing the environmental pressures that undermined them. Combines a full account and evaluation of the project with detailed practice guidance.
Advocacy for parents with learning difficulties
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Parents Together was an action research project by the researchers of the Department of Sociological Studies at the University of Sheffield. The project set out to support parents with learning difficulties in ways that were non-stigmatising, non-intrusive and responsive to the parents' views of their own needs. Parents had individual advocates and were also invited to attend advocacy support groups; 25 families were involved. Describes the key lessons.
Supported parenting for people with learning difficulties: lessons from Winconsin
- Authors:
- BOOTH Tim, BOOTH Wendy
- Journal article citation:
- Representing Children, 9(2), 1996, pp.99-107.
- Publisher:
- National Youth Advocacy Service
Describes the work of the authors who are currently working on an action research project funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. The aim of the project is to develop a local support network for parents with learning difficulties which is based on the principles of advocacy and self help.
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.
Meet the parents
- Authors:
- WILLIAMS Val, MASON Rachel
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 13.10.05, 2005, pp.38-39.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
This article highlights the emotional needs of parents of young people with learning difficulties. One of the strands in Mind the Gap, as an action research study, was the development of an approach to apply person-centred approaches to the needs of parents themselves. Co-led by a parent facilitator, this study demonstrated how important it is for parents to regain a sense of their own identity in order to be strong enough to support their child.
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.