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Joint effort
- Author:
- MAPP Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.5.95, 1995, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
In South Glamorgan parents and carers of people with learning difficulties have formed a federation and are being trained to join professionals in the monitoring and reviewing of services. Reports on how the scheme is has been received by all sides.
Carry on caring
- Author:
- THOMPSON Audrey
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.11.99, 1999, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Asks at what point social services should become involved in caring for children with learning difficulties when they grow up, but don't leave home.
Parental competence and parents with learning difficulties
- Authors:
- BOOTH Tim, BOOTH Wendy
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Family Social Work, 1(2), May 1996, pp.81-86.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Parental adequacy is widely seen as a function of individual parenting skills. This assumptions renders parents with learning difficulties vulnerable to discriminatory treatment in child protection work. A presumption of incompetence leads practitioners to focus on the parents' deficits and intensifies concerns about the welfare of the children. Using case material from a recent study, the authors argue for a wider conception of good-enough parenting that takes into account the external pressures that impact on family functioning.
The significant touch
- Author:
- TISSIER Gerry
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 20.5.93, 1993, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Visits a new community care project for people with learning difficulties, sensory impairment and physical disability. The project was initiated by the parents forming a local branch of SENSE in Maidstone, Kent; and they approached HI Kent and Kent SSD to show how the project would benefit social services. Describes how the service was sent up and looks at its aims.
Losing out on parenthood
- Author:
- WARD Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.4.93, 1993, p.23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Despite the Children Act, there is often no partnership with parents with learning difficulties, they find they are not been given support or counselling and may even risk losing their children. Looks at this concern.
Transition: the experiences of young people with learning disabilities and their families in England
- Authors:
- WARD Linda, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 8(4), October 2003, pp.19-28.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Reports on a study of 283 families with youngsters with learning disabilities to examine the experiences of young people and their families in the transition from children's to adult services. The research was carried out by the Home Farm Trust and the Norah Fry Research Centre, University of Bristol, The research consisted of a postal questionnaire which was distributed to 370 families; 27 in-depth interviews which were conducted with parents in the family home; and 27 face-to-face interviews with the young people with learning difficulties from these families. The study found that existing legislation and guidance were largely failing youngsters with learning disabilities and their families at transition. There were substantial discrepancies between what ought to have been provided and what young people and their families experienced in practice, and significant difficulties as youngsters moved between children's and adult health and social services. Other difficulties experienced at transition are also reviewed, along with possibilities for improvements in practice. The study also looked at some innovative schemes and services in this area.
Development of integrated children's services in Exeter: a case study
- Authors:
- HOPGOOD Miles, SHAW John
- Journal article citation:
- MCC Building Knowledge for Integrated Care, 10(4), October 2002, pp.29-34.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Describes the experience of designing and implementing a joint health/social services/education strategy for children with special needs and their families in the Exeter, East Devon, Mid Devon and North Devon Primary Care Trust localities. While partnership with parents was a guiding principle and beneficial changes in policy and practice were introduced, the article gives practical illustrations of how easily a gap can emerge between rhetoric and reality during the implementation.
Planning for needs through the teenage years
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 3(4), June 1997, pp.24-28.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Looks at the transition to adult life for young people with learning disabilities or special educational needs and the importance of transition plans.
Taking a break: Liverpool's respite services for adult citizens with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- FLYNN Margaret, et al
- Publisher:
- National Development Team
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 59p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Review of respite services provided by Liverpool SSD for children, young people and adults with learning difficulties. Based on interviews with users, carers, service providers and staff.