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Brothers and sisters: a special part of exceptional families
- Authors:
- POWELL Thomas H., GALLAGHER Peggy Ahrenhold
- Publisher:
- Paul H. Brookes
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 311p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Baltimore, MD
Discusses the relationships and problems of siblings where one of them has a disability. Contains a section on helping strategies, including provision of information, counselling, teaching siblings to teach, and special problems at school.
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.
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
A bereavement model for working with families of handicapped children
- Authors:
- STEWART June, POLLACK Gloria
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Society, 5(3), 1991, pp.241-253.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Describes a support project for families following the birth of a handicapped child, including the development and application of Le Poidevin's model of adjustment to loss.
Disability: definitions, value and identity
- Author:
- EDWARDS Steven D.
- Publisher:
- Radcliffe
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 156p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
This book looks at disablement from a philosophical perspective by examining these questions through a combination of critical review, discussion and narrative theory. The book provides practical and concise information for social care workers, counsellors, academics, students, genetics counsellors, and medical and healthcare ethicists. It will also be invaluable for disability pressure groups and policy makers.
Counsellors’ attitudes towards Disability Equality Training (DET)
- Author:
- PARKINSON Gill
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 34(1), February 2006, pp.93-105.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper explores the attitudes and conceptions held by trainee and practising counsellors towards people with disabilities. Awareness of counsellors’ own views of disability and impairment can complicate the counsellor–client relationship when the latter is seen primarily from a deficiency model perspective or self-defined model of disability, rather than a person in their own right. DET was introduced to 25 counsellors on a postgraduate training programme. Participants indicated that coverage of disability awareness and equality issues was vital if they were to reflect the principles of open access to counselling services for all, as set out in the Disability Discrimination Act Part III (1996, 1999). Benefits and implications of inclusion of this subject area in counsellor training and suggestions for content are considered in the light of the author's own experience of counselling as a disabled person.
Beyond disability: towards an enabling society
- Editor:
- HALES Gerald
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 208p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Presents theoretical and practical insights into the way society intervenes in the lives of disabled people. Also considers how resources could be used in ways that are more helpful and supportive, and ways in which services could be improved.
Suitability counts: think capability not disability
- Authors:
- EVANS Sara Morgan, HOWARD Kim, comps
- Publisher:
- Suffolk. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 58p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Ipswich
Training workbook intended to enable non-specialists working in careers advice and education to use and enhance their existing skills in order to work confidently with people with special needs, including disabled people and people with learning difficulties. Contains sections on: when is a disability a handicap; educational terms and establishments; interviewing users with special needs (including glossary of terms); vocational training, YT and training credits; employment and employment services; liaison with and referral to other agencies; and the role of the special needs careers officer.