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Worst of both worlds
- Authors:
- BEUM Nasa, MORRIS Jenny
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 31.10.02, 2002, p.36.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at the divide that exists between the different services disabled people with mental health problems require.
A lot to say: a guide for social workers, personal advisors and others working with disabled children and young people with communication impairments
- Author:
- MORRIS Jenny
- Publisher:
- SCOPE
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 59p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This publication offers advice and information to social workers, Connexions personal advisors and others working with children and young people who have communication impairments. It will be of use in a number of settings, health, social services, education, and private and voluntary sector agencies. It is aimed at professionals who are not specialists in communication impairments, but who have responsibilities to assess the needs, and seek the views, of this important group of children and young people.
The decision to go: disabled children at residential schools and the role of social services departments
- Authors:
- ABBOTT David, MORRIS Jenny, WARD Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 14(1), 2002, pp.5-16.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Sending a disabled child to a specialist residential school may mean that live for much of the year at a school a long way from home. This article explores the views of social services staff on residential schools and the issues the face around how best to work with families who are thinking about a residential school for their child.
The best days of their lives?
- Authors:
- ABBOTT David, MORRIS Jenny, WARD Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 15(3), 2002, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Many disabled children sent away to residential school have mixed feelings about their experiences. Reports on the findings of a recent study by the Norah Fry Research Centre.
The best place to be? Residential school placements for disabled children
- Authors:
- ABBOTT David, WARD Linda, MORRIS Jenny
- Journal article citation:
- Children Now, 13, Summer 2002, pp.7-8.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket
Reports on recent research from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation which examined residential school placements for disabled children. Focuses on the experiences of the children, parents attitudes, and whether placements are monitored by local authorities.
Schools morass
- Author:
- MORRIS Jenny
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.4.02, 2002, pp.38-39.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at the placement of disabled children in residential schools and why it brings into question the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.