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Parenting and disability: disabled parents' experiences of raising children
- Authors:
- OLSEN Richard, CLARKE Harriet
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 190p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
This book reports on the first substantial UK study of parenting, disability and mental health, which examines the views of parents and children in 75 families. Covering a range of issues facing disabled parents and their families, the book: provides a comprehensive review of relevant policy issues; explores the barriers to full participation in parenting that disabled parents face; examines the complex ways in which broader social divisions, including gender and socioeconomic status, interact with disability; and advocates measures to support disabled parents and their families by promoting and supporting relationships within the family.
Children caring for parents with mental illness: perspectives of young carers, parents and professionals
- Authors:
- ALDRIDGE Jo, BECKER Saul
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 204p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Drawing on primary research data collected from 40 families, this book presents the perspectives of children (young carers), their parents and the key professionals in contact with them. The book reviews existing medical, social, child protection and young carers literatures on parental mental illness and consequences for children. It also provides a chronology and guide to relevant law and policy affecting young carers and parents with severe mental illness and makes concrete recommendations and suggestions for improving policy and professional practice.
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- Author:
- WEIR Amy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.12.94, 1994, p.18.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Examines the dilemmas faced by professionals supporting mentally ill parents and their children.
Improving opportunities and outcomes for parents with mental health needs and their children
- Authors:
- FOWLER Rebecca, ROBINSON Barbara, SCOTT Sara
- Publisher:
- Barnardo's
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 28p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Ilford
The government’s 2004 Mental Health and Social Exclusion Action Plan identified parents with mental health problems and their children as one of the groups most likely to face barriers to getting their health and social care needs addressed. The section in this plan which addressed the needs of this group was Action 16. This report analyses the work of the Action 16 outcomes partnership 2005-2008, which aimed to find ways of improving opportunities and outcomes for parents with mental health needs and their children. It provides an overview of the Action 16 programme of work, its objectives and activities, and a contextual analysis of the extent of its success in achieving them. Information for the review was gathered from key documents, including policies and interviews with key stakeholders. The key message of the Action 16 programme was ‘think family’. This report describes how, through awareness-raising, sharing and disseminating knowledge and developing resources for positive practice, the Action 16 programme has influenced emerging policies and work-streams across children's and adult services to focus more clearly on improving outcomes for families.