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“Someone will come in and say I'm doing it wrong.” The perspectives of fathers with learning disabilities in England
- Authors:
- SYMONDS Jon, ABBOTT David, DUGDALE Daryl
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 49(1), 2021, pp.23-33.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Background: This article reports on the perspectives of fathers with a learning disability in England about being fathers and the support they have received. Although there is an established literature that considers parenting with a learning disability, few studies have focused on the perspectives of fathers. Method: We adopted a qualitative approach for this study, using semi‐structured interviews with eight fathers with learning disabilities, recruited through learning disability organisations and social media. The data were analysed using thematic analysis. Results: Being a father was important to participants and the findings are presented in three themes: descriptions of fatherhood; challenges of fatherhood; and support with fatherhood. Conclusion: We discuss how fathers' perspectives on fatherhood relate to wider transformations of fatherhood in society, the impact of these on fathering with a learning disability and the implications for services. (Edited publisher abstract)
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.
Men in the lives of mothers with intellectual disabilities
- Authors:
- BOOTH Tim, BOOTH Wendy
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 15(3), September 2002, pp.187-189.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article examines the part played by men in the lives of mothers with intellectual disabilities. The study involved secondary analysis of data from three earlier studies of parenting by people with intellectual disabilities undertaken by the authors. The data challenge the widespread assumption that men are either exploitative or bring troubles of their own to relationships. The findings show that this view presents only a part of the picture and that supportive men were in the majority among the families surveyed. Men's contributions mostly came in the form of increments to their family's human capital rather than through the traditional breadwinner role.
Family undoing
- Authors:
- BOOTH Wendy, BOOTH Tim
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap, 21(4), December 1993, pp.137-140.
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Mental Handicap
Relates the story of parents with learning difficulties, arguing for the development of more responsive services based on careful listening to users.
Power to parents
- Authors:
- BOOTH Tim, BOOTH Wendy
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 1.9.93, 1993, p.61&62.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Drawing on lessons from research, puts forward a series of good practice principle for practitioners working with parents with learning difficulties.
Fathers with learning disabilities and their experiences of adult social care services
- Authors:
- UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL. School for Policy Studies, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH. School for Social Care Research
- Publisher:
- NIHR School for Social Care Research
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 6
- Place of publication:
- London
The summary findings of a study which interviewed eight fathers with learning disabilities to better understand their experiences of being fathers and of accessing adult social care services. The study also interviewed nine practitioners in adult learning disability services to understand some of the practice issues about working with fathers with learning disabilities. Being a father was seen to be important to all fathers in the study and they had a strong desire to prove people wrong about their perceived abilities as men and as fathers. Fathers spoke about the stresses of being a parent, which sometimes had a direct impact on their mental health. They also felt that they were left out of support provided to mothers. The results of interviews with practitioners also recognised that fathers were not routinely engaged by services. Most practitioners also saw their main role as supporting the adult, but not in their parenting role, which was seen as the responsibility of children’s services. The study highlights the importance of including fathers in family-focused social care practice and the need to coordinate support for these fathers across adults’ and children’s services. (Edited publisher abstract)
Who's fit to be a parent?
- Author:
- CAMPION Mukti Jain
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 319p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Looks at how society currently judges parents by looking at the professionals who assess parenting and by examining the charges made against so called 'unfit' groups. Challenges traditional views of how to assess parenting and examines the role of the media in guiding public opinion. Includes sections on: disabled parents; mentally handicapped parents; drug addicted mothers; gay parents; older mothers; single parents; lone fathers; and working mothers.
Attachment and loss in child and family social work
- Editor:
- HOWE David
- Publisher:
- Avebury
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 174p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Contains chapters on: attachment theory in child and family social work; attachment in child protection assessments - implications for helping; attachment theory, neglect and the concept of parenting skills training - the needs of parents with learning disabilities and their children; attachment reviewed through a cultural sense; the prevalence of childhood trauma in the lives of violent young offenders; maintaining relationships between parents and children who live apart; loss in childhood and paternal imprisonment; psychological parenting and child placement; and care leavers and their babies.