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Parents with learning difficulties
- Author:
- MURSHED Mahmuda
- Journal article citation:
- Disability, Pregnancy and Parenthood International, Summer 2005, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- National Centre for Disabled Parents
The author, a disabled parent, shares her thoughts about her work at The Elfrida Society in Islington, London. Her main role is to organise and run coffee mornings for parents with learning disabilities which provide emotional and practical support for parents through discussions, talks and outings.
Supporting parents - 'our group' shows how it can be done
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 19(2), November 2005, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
'Our Group' is a support group for parents who have learning difficulties based in Camden, North London. This article looks briefly at an accessible book for parents for learning difficulties written by the group.
Care proceedings and parents with learning difficulties: comparative prevalence and outcomes in an English and Australian court sample
- Authors:
- BOOTH Tim, BOOTH Wendy, McCONNELL David
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Family Social Work, 10(4), November 2005, pp.353-360.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This paper presents and contrasts the findings from two independent but comparable court studies in England and Australia of care proceedings involving parents with learning difficulties. Significant differences between the two jurisdictions were found in both prevalence and outcomes, with a much higher proportion of cases showing in the England sample, with many more children being returned home to live with their parents in Australia, and with far more children being placed out-of-home and outside the family network in England. The authors explore the reasons for these differences and discuss the implications of the findings.
What works for parents with learning disabilities?
- Authors:
- MCGAW Sue, NEWMAN Tony
- Publisher:
- Barnardo's
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 96p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Ilford
This report is a review of what we know about the most effective ways of providing support. It draws on empirical evidence and research to establish a knowledge base for practitioners and those charged with developing services. The report falls into six parts: a general discussion about learning disability and parenting; why parents with learning disabilities are of concern to health and social care services; ways of assessing families; ways of intervening; what is known about effectiveness; and current service issues.
Media storm puts pressure on Essex
- Author:
- SMITH Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- Children Now, 31.08.05, 2005, p.9.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket
Essex County Council's decision to take the children of a couple with learning difficulties and low IQ into care has provoked a furious reaction from the press. This article looks at the implications for the sector as a whole.
It's OK to say 'I can't cope'
- Author:
- TAYLOR Karen
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 27.01.05, 2005, pp.48-49.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on the case of a mother with learning difficulties who is prone to depression and alcohol abuse and who wants to keep her 29 year old son who has Down's syndrome at home. Looks at how, through building trust, staff were able to provider additional support to the mother allowing her son to continue to live at home as she wished.
Disabled Parents Network information briefings: no. 2: what the law says
- Author:
- DISABLED PARENTS NETWORK
- Publisher:
- Disabled Parents Network
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 27p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Under current laws, disabled parents have the same human and civil rights as non-disabled parents. A disabled parent should not have to show that they are able to be a parent any more than a non-disabled parent would be expected to show this. It should not be harder for disabled parents to get hold of support than it is for non-disabled parents. The legal background to supporting disabled adults with their parenting role is not particularly straightforward. The way in which legislation and government guidance about services to disabled adults ties in with legislation and guidance about providing services to children is not always clear. Community care legislation, children’s legislation and anti-discrimination laws are all relevant.
Learning difficulties
- Author:
- WARD Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, 2005, pp.23-30.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
This article looks at findings from research in Iceland and Australia on the importance of support for parents with learning difficulties. One of the studies focuses specifically on the role of fathers with learning difficulties.
Putting parenting rights in the spotlight
- Author:
- FAREED Faiza
- Journal article citation:
- Viewpoint, 88, 2005, pp.12-15.
- Publisher:
- Mencap/Gateway
More and more people with a learning disability are choosing to become parents yet between 40-60% of them will at some stage have their children taken away from them. While the recent media storm around an Essex's couple's fight to keep their children has at times masked the true complexity of this once hidden issue, it has at least brought it into the public domain. This article looks at the details of the court case and discusses support available to parents with learning disabilities.
Parent power
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 29.03.05, 2005, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Representatives from CHANGE, the national organisation run by disabled people working for equal rights of all people with learning disabilities, has met with officials of various government departments to see what can be done to improve their situation in line with the White Paper 'Valuing People'.