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A garden of the imagination
- Author:
- GARTLAND Jo
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 19.11.97, 1997, pp.29-30.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Explains how the creation of a sensory garden was used to treat children with severe learning and health disabilities.
Children with learning and other disabilities: some key legislation
- Author:
- RUSSELL Philippa
- Publisher:
- Council for Disabled Children
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Lists and describes key legislation affecting disabled children and children with learning difficulties.
The silent minority: children with disabilities in Asian families
- Author:
- SHAH Robina
- Publisher:
- National Children's Bureau
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 128p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Focuses on services for children with disabilities in Asian families. Challenges many of the stereotypes which may be held by service providers about parents' attitudes to their child's special needs. Explores parents' awareness of the services available to help them, and their views of these services.
Working with parents of young children with disabilities
- Authors:
- WEBSTER Elizabeth J., WARD Louise M
- Publisher:
- Singular Publishing
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 131p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- San Diego, CA
Practical text focusing on the families of children with disabilities, and their initial and continuing reactions and strategies for coping.
The silent minority: children with disabilities in Asian families
- Author:
- SHAH Robina
- Publisher:
- National Children's Bureau
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 118p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Focuses on service provision and challenges many of the stereotypes which may be held by service providers about parents' attitudes towards their child's special needs. Explores parents' awareness of available services and their views on the effectiveness of them. Emphasises the importance of listening to parents and makes recommendations for improvements in services. Also contains information about the cultural, religious, linguistic and social values which make up the Asian community.
Adoption outcomes for children with handicaps
- Authors:
- ROSENTHAL James, GROZE Victor, AGUILAR Gloria D.
- Journal article citation:
- Child Welfare Journal, 70(6), November 1991, pp.623-636.
- Publisher:
- Child Welfare League of America
Reports on a survey of families who had adopted children with physical and learning disabilities.
An educational inconvenience
- Author:
- JONES Keith
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 3.1.91, 1991, p.7.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The Education Act 1981, which applied to children with learning difficulties or disabilities, set out to revolutionise the educational provision made for them by local education authorities. Radio 4's investigative programme Face the Facts has raised suspicions that LEAs are tailoring statements of need to fit what they can provide.
Siblings of handicapped children
- Author:
- ATKINS S.P.
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 6(4), Winter 1989, pp.271-282.
- Publisher:
- Springer
Discusses the psychological risk to the children.
Adoptive parenting - plus and minus
- Authors:
- HILL M., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption and Fostering, 12(2), 1988, pp.17-23.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The stresses of special needs adoption.
Respite care for children with handicaps a literature review
- Author:
- CLIFFORD Bruce
- Publisher:
- Gloucestershire. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1986
- Pagination:
- 17p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Gloucester