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The principles of ordinary life
- Author:
- GILBERT John
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 29.3.90, 1990, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Reports from Newry and Mourne in Northern Ireland on strategies for integrating people with a learning difficulty into the community.
Normalisation is not easy
- Authors:
- GLENNERSTER Howard, KORMAN Nancy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 3.5.90, 1990, pp.25-27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Lessons from the Darenth Park closure have shown that the philosophy of normalisation is deceptively simple in theory, much more complex in practice.
Promoting an ordinary life: a checklist for assessing residential care for people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- HOYES Lesley
- Publisher:
- University of Bristol. School for Advanced Urban Studies
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 53p., tables, bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Focuses on the relationship between the public sector and the independent sector. Contains guidelines for Registration Authorities and Care Managers, and four assessment checklists: suitability of property, fitness of proprietor/manager, care management, and internal features of property.
Ordinary, everyday families: action for families and their young children with special needs, disabilities and learning difficulties
- Authors:
- CAMERON Jo, STURGE-MOORE Leonie
- Publisher:
- Mencap
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 139p.,illus.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report drawn together from the experience of MENCAP's Under Fives Project and put into the context of what other people have demonstrated in examples of good practice. Drawn together from practical experience, the report aims to challenge attitudes and encourage social integration for parents and their children with special needs. Includes sections on: enabling families with children with special needs to live ordinary lives; enabling professionals to help families live ordinary lives; cooperation between agencies involved; support services; the importance of early support; community support; and the role of education. Each section contains suggestions and checklists for action support and service improvement.