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Premature babies : the new survivors
- Author:
- BARRY N.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 17.8.89, 1989, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
With many more premature and very premature babies surviving due to medical advances, parents often have a long and stressful wait to find out whether or not their child is mentally handicapped.
Grieving for the loss of the perfect child: parents of children with handicaps
- Author:
- ELLIS J.B.
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 6(4), Winter 1989, pp.259-27O.
- Publisher:
- Springer
The diagnosis of a child with handicap causes a family crisis; discusses the grief process and professionals' role in facilitating it.
Counselling needs of parents of handicapped children
- Authors:
- KRATOCHVIL Marianne Spain, DEVEREUX Sally Ann
- Journal article citation:
- Social Casework, 69(7), September 1988, pp.42O-421.
- Publisher:
- Alliance for Children and Families
Interviews showed that parent continue to suffer periods of grief over a long period.
Genetic counselling: a consideration of the potential and key obstacles to assisting parents adapt to a child with learning disabilities
- Author:
- BARR Owen
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 27(1), 1999, pp.30-36.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The provision of genetic counselling is now a key strategy aiming to reduce the number of children born with learning and other disabilities. This article considers the reported advantages and limitations of genetic counselling as a key strategy in the reduction of the genetic causes of learning disabilities in children. It also outlines some practical and research steps that could be taken to further enhance the contribution of genetic counselling in services for people with learning disabilities.
Counselling parents of children with chronic illness or disability
- Author:
- DAVIS Hilton
- Publisher:
- British Psychological Society
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 144p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Leicester
Aims to help medical staff, other professionals, and carers relate to parents in ways that facilitate their adaptation to their child's illness, via establishing partnerships with parents, exploring with them difficulties encountered in all aspects of their lives, setting goals, establishing problem-solving strategies and evaluating the effects.
Making the right start: a practical manual to help break the news to families when their baby has been born with a disability
- Author:
- JUPP Sheila
- Publisher:
- Opened Eye Publications
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 58p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Hyde
Begin at the beginning: a report of an enquiry into early support for families with a handicapped baby
- Author:
- PLANK Morag
- Publisher:
- Campaign for People with Mental Handicap
- Publication year:
- 1987
- Pagination:
- 22p., diags., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Results of a survey sent to all Health Authorities to determine the nature and extent of support services offered to families with a new baby with a handicap.
Children with special needs: a guide for parents
- Author:
- WOOLFSON Richard
- Publisher:
- Faber and Faber
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 182p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Offers advice and information on coping with the initial diagnosis, brothers and sisters, self-image, expectations and achievements, play, integration, and education. Focuses throughout on children as individuals. Written mainly for parents, but also useful for professionals working with children with special needs.
Mentally handicapped people coping with relationships: proceedings of the twenty-first Spring Congress on Mental Retardation, University of Exeter, 15-17 April 1988
- Editor:
- WYNN-JONES A.
- Publisher:
- MENCAP. South West Region
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 81p.
- Place of publication:
- Taunton
Choice processes and satisfaction with care according to parents of children and young adults with intellectual disability in the Netherlands
- Authors:
- NEIBOER Anna P., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 36(2), June 2011, pp.127-136.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Quality information on care for people with intellectual disabilities has become available in the Netherlands in recent years. However, despite the expressed desire for access to information on care providers, use of the available information seems to fall short of expectations. There is limited information on the decision-making processes and on what influences it. This study was designed design to better understand the effects of providing decision-support information only (services/quality indicators) and providing a combination of information and personal decision-making support (counselling/peer meetings) on the choice process and satisfaction with care. The study population consisted of 147 parents who sought protected living arrangements, assisted daily activities, or both for their child. The form of support affected the choice process, but did not affect satisfaction with care. Decision-support information combined with personal decision-making support led to less frequent switching of care providers and to more satisfaction with choice information. The parents made limited use of online decision-support information, but did use decision counselling. It is concluded that this population is better supported with an intensified personal approach rather than through the currently available generic approach using websites.