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A review of the North Powys family aide service: a community support service for people with learning difficulties and their families
- Author:
- EVANS Gerry
- Publisher:
- Mental Handicap in Wales Applied Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 41p., tables, bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Reports on research into the use of family aides to support people with mental handicaps and their families in the community.
Letting go : dilemmas for parents whose son or daughter has a mental handicap
- Authors:
- RICHARDSON Ann, RITCHIE Jane
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 96p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Milton Keynes
Describes the views of parents who have an adult mentally handicapped son or daughter about to leave home.
How to help: a guide for professionals working with babies and children with special needs, and their families
- Author:
- ROYAL SOCIETY FOR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND ADULTS IN WALES
- Publisher:
- Mencap in Wales
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 29p., diags., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Breaking the news; dealing with parents' reactions; building a relationship; the use of befrienders; understanding the system.
Stress and coping in families caring for a child with severe mental handicap: a longitudinal study
- Authors:
- QUINE Lyn, PAHL Jan
- Publisher:
- University of Kent. Institute of Social and Applied Psychology
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 238p., tables, bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
Second stage in a longitudinal study of 200 families caring for a severely mentally handicapped child,which includes analysis of behaviour problems, contact with professionals and services; and the transition to adult life.
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.
Specifying and facilitating family involvement in services to persons with developmental disabilities
- Authors:
- MOXLEY D.P., RAIDER M.C., COHEN S.N.
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 6(4), Winter 1989, pp.3O1-312.
- Publisher:
- Springer
Analyses forms and levels of family participation.
Why do we do it?: a consumer study of family-based respite care
- Authors:
- HUGHES Mike, HIND Dorothy
- Publisher:
- Barnardo's
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 58p.
- Place of publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne
Based on interviews with 70 families with a child or young person with learning difficulties living at home in the Durham area.
Severe mental handicap: what do parents think?
- Authors:
- REGAN Adrienne, SPELLER Jeremy
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 2(1), 1989, pp.73-85.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Results of a questionnaire asking parents what help they received and on how they were coping.
The effectiveness of counselling
- Author:
- DAVIES Hilton
- Journal article citation:
- Counselling, 67, February 1989, pp.1-8.
An evaluative study of support given to Bangladeshi and other families with children with severe learning difficulties by the Parent Adviser Scheme in Tower Hamlets.
Respite care in the East End: a multi-cultural challenge
- Author:
- LENEHAN Christine
- Publisher:
- Barnardo's
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 24p.
- Place of publication:
- Ilford
Summarises some key structural and service aspects of the project's development, including its publicity, staffing and first recruitment campaign for support families. Looks at the children referred to the project, and their needs. Describes the carers, their recruitment, and training. Outlines how families and carers are brought together and how they are supported. Provides 4 examples of respite care in action. Finally, details some of the realities of working with the Bangladeshi community.