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Children first: working with children and disability
- Author:
- MIDDLETON Laura
- Publisher:
- Venture Press/British Association of Social Workers
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 135p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Aims to demystify and remove the fear from working with disability and translate the philosophy of the Children Act 1989 into practice. Provides a guide to all legislation affecting disabled children, including the Disabled Persons Act 1986 and the Education Reform Act 1988. Alerts professionals to the risk of abuse of disabled children. Explores the needs of parents and relates current social theories of disabilities to attitudes adopted towards children.
Disabled children: challenging social exclusion
- Author:
- MIDDLETON Laura
- Publisher:
- Blackwell Science
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 175p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
Focuses on thinking inclusively when designing, planning and providing services for disabled children. Addresses key issues such as: communication; family support; protection; confidence in services; advocacy; children's rights; and anti oppressive practice. Draws on disabled young people's own experiences of health, education and social welfare systems and offers explanations for continued prejudice against disabled people in an age of equal opportunity.
Making a difference: social work with disabled children
- Author:
- MIDDLETON Laura
- Publisher:
- Venture Press/British Association of Social Workers
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 170p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Offers a model of social work centred around addressing the experience of disabled children as a human rights issue. Describes the relevant duties and powers of the Children Act 1989 and suggests ways of working within the legislation which are child centred and anti-oppressive. Emphasises the need to have confidence in basic childcare principles and social work skills as well as exploring the responsibilities of social work within the new ABC of assessment, brokerage and care management. Sees child protection as a key area where improving services to include disabled children will have positive spin-offs for the quality of child care practice as a whole.