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Mutual respect: therapeutic approaches to working with people who have learning difficulties
- Editor:
- BRANDON David
- Publisher:
- Good Impressions Publishing
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 109p., bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
An introductory primer to help people who wish to counsel people with learning difficulties. Covers the Kleinian approach; art and music therapy; meditation; Mahler's theory of psychological birth.
Into the unknown
- Author:
- HIRST Judy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.5.97, 1997, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
From gene therapy to Dolly the cloned sheep, the world of genetics poses exciting new possibilities, but also pitfalls for social workers and their clients. The author surveys the moral minefield.
Implications of the literature on equine-assisted activities for use as a complementary intervention in social work practice with children and adolescents
- Authors:
- SMITH-OSBOURNE Alexa, SELBY Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 27(4), August 2010, pp.283-290.
- Publisher:
- Springer
This article reviews the literature investigating psychosocial benefits of equine-assisted activities (EAA) for children and adolescents with physical, mental, and family challenges. It further analyses implications for clinical social work practice in the use of EAA as complementary or adjunct interventions with these populations, thus addressing a gap in the literature on population-specific outcomes of EAA. As a contribution to methodology in future research, the conceptual analysis suggests that concurrent examination of complementary interventions across categories of special needs could add to the knowledge base concerning these children’s psychosocial status. Cross-domain investigations could also assess the contribution of each challenge to the status of children with multiple conditions.
Learning disabilities and behavior problems: a self psychological and intersubjective approach to working with parents
- Authors:
- AMERONGEN Magaret, MISHNA Faye
- Journal article citation:
- Psychoanalytic Social Work, 11(2), 2004, pp.33-51.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
In this paper the authors present an approach, which is informed by self psychology and intersubjectivity theory, to working with parents of children who have learning disabilities (LD) and behaviour problems. Children with LD are at risk of developing behaviour problems. Effective intervention with the children's parents must be based on knowledge of the interplay of contributing cognitive and experiential factors. This knowledge allows therapists and parents to develop informed empathy in relation to the children's experiences and to implement effective management strategies. The approach emphasizes the empathy that the therapist conveys to the parents which fosters greater understanding by the parents of their children. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).