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A scoping study on the needs of and services to, younger disabled people including those with early onset dementia, in Scotland
- Authors:
- STALKER Kirsten, et al
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive. Social Research
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 139p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This study uses the age range 16-64, and the evidence scoped covered the 10 year period up to December 2004 with the main focus on Scottish publications. The main limitations of the study lie in its short timescale and restricted budget. This has resulted in the omission of unpublished work and the team did not visit specialist libraries or hand search journals. Therefore the material presented in this report is not comprehensive.
A scoping study on the needs of and services to, younger disabled people including those with early onset dementia, in Scotland
- Authors:
- STALKER Kirsten, et al
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive. Social Research
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This research summary presents the main findings of the study. The study covered the age range 16-64, and scoped evidence covering the 10 year period up to December 2004 with the main focus on Scottish publications.
You're on the waiting list: families waiting for respite care services: fourth interim report
- Authors:
- ROBINSON Carol, STALKER Kirsten
- Publisher:
- Norah Fry Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 37p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Many families experience serious problems finding suitable services which can cater for both their child's complex health needs and their own need for significant levels of support. This paper highlights which services families were using and the difficulties of obtaining a coherent and consistent package of support. Regulatory concerns relating to the piece-meal provision of services and use of children's hospices are raised along with recommendations for improving policy and practice.
Children's experiences of disability: pointers to a social model of childhood disability
- Authors:
- CONNORS Clare, STALKER Kirsten
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 22(1), January 2007, pp.19-33.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The social model of disability has paid little attention to disabled children, with few attempts to explore how far it provides an adequate explanatory framework for their experiences. This paper reports findings from a two-year study exploring the lived experiences of 26 disabled children aged 7-15. They experienced disability in four ways - in terms of impairment, difference, other people's behaviour towards them, and material barriers. Most young people presented themselves as similar to non-disabled children: it is suggested they may have lacked a positive language with which to discuss difference. It is further argued that Thomas's (1999) social relational model of disability can help inform understandings of children's experiences, with 'barriers to being' having particular significance.
Barriers to training for disabled social work students
- Authors:
- BARON Steve, PHILLIPS Rena, STALKER Kirsten
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 11(3), September 1996, pp.361-377.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Disabled people wishing to enter Higher Education are confronted with a number of barriers, yet relatively little research has been carried out to identify the level and nature of such obstacles. The short study reported here was designed to examine policy and practice within a number of social work training institutions in Scotland. Interviews were held with disabled students and ex-students, course tutors and practice teachers. Barriers to training are identified in five main area: first, the disabling physical environment; secondly, problems of typification (whereby global assumptions of impairment are made about individuals); thirdly, failure of equal opportunities policies; fourthly, the practice of treating all students in the same way, resulting in discrimination against a few; and, finally, self-censorship on the part of students. It is argued that the reluctance of some students to 'declare' an impairment is a rational response to the disabling policies pursued, albeit inadvertently, by institutions. The implications of these findings for policy and practice are discussed.
Communicating with disabled children
- Authors:
- STALKER Kirsten, CONNORS Clare
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption and Fostering, 27(1), Spring 2003, pp.26-35.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The authors discuss the methods used in a study seeking disabled children's accounts of their everyday lives. In the study 26 disabled children were interviewed, visual aids and activities were also used. The design and effectiveness of these methods are discussed. The authors conclude that communicating with most disabled children is little different from communicating with any child.
Care and treatment?: supporting children with complex needs in healthcare settings
- Authors:
- STALKER Kirsten, et al
- Publisher:
- Pavilion,|Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 91p.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Significant numbers of children and young people with complex physical, medical and cognitive health needs may be spending unnecessarily long periods of time in hospital and other healthcare settings because inadequacy of community-based resources is preventing their discharge. This report details the findings of research conducted in England and Scotland to identify how many children with complex support needs are spending longer than one month in healthcare settings in Scotland and England, how and why they are in hospital, why they have not been discharged home or to appropriate alternative community-based facilities, and how well the hospital or healthcare setting is meeting their emotional, social and educational needs. It finds that many of these children could and should be discharged but are not, for a variety of reasons: primarily the lack of appropriate resources in the community and poor discharge planning processes, coupled with the inability of their families to manage their care and supervision without intensive support. Hospitals and healthcare settings in many cases are not meeting their needs and these children are being denied the protection offered by UK legislation governing children’s rights and welfare. The researchers conclude that much more should be done by health authorities and health boards, by NHS trusts, hospitals and community services, and by social services and education departments to ensure these children receive the same standards of care, treatment and protection accorded to other children, and that inappropriate admissions and such lengthy stays should be avoided at all costs.