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Generic family support services: are parents with learning disability cared for?
- Author:
- LLEWELLYN Gwynnyth
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 7(1), 1994, pp.64-77.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Reviews the provision of training provision for parents with learning disability in New South Wales.
Parental adequacy, parenting failure and parents with learning difficulties
- Authors:
- BOOTH Tim, BOOTH Wendy
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 2(3), May 1994, pp.161-172.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The incidence of parenting failure among people with learning difficulties is widely presumed to be high although existing research is characterised by a number of methodological shortcomings. Draws on material from an in-depth study of people with learning difficulties to show that the three variables commonly used to assess parental inadequacy - child care problems, the admission of a child into care or the termination of parental rights - cannot be taken at face value as evidence of lack of competence or parenting failure. Such outcomes are more accurately viewed as deficiencies in services or supports.
Assessing parents with learning disabilities: the parental skills model
- Authors:
- MCGAW Sue, STURMEY Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse Review, 3(1), March 1994, pp.36-51.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Definitions of what constitutes adequate or inadequate parenting continue to be unclear. Professionals who are required to formulate opinions regarding parental competency often experience difficulties with this tasks. These difficulties are further compounded when the assessment involves parents with learning disabilities. They comprise a heterogeneous population many of whom have varying deficits and skills. Outlines a Parental Skills Model which offers a guide to professionals in their assessment of such parents. The model focuses on: parents' life skills, familial history and access to support/resources.
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.