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The model approach
- Authors:
- WONNACOTT Jane, KENNEDY Margaret
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.3.01, 2001, p.27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
For disabled children to benefit from the new assessment framework, social services departments must get to grips with the fundamental issues from the outset.
The status of community based assessment in the United States
- Authors:
- WAECHTER Donna, NOLTE Deborah
- Journal article citation:
- ReHab NetWork, 43, Autumn 1996, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- National Vocational Rehabilitation Association
In recent years there has been a move, in theory and in fact, away from the facility and towards evaluating individuals with disabilities in the more realistic environment of the community. This article discusses the advantages of community based assessment.
Theoretical approaches to disability content in social work education
- Authors:
- GILSON Stephen French, DePOY Elizabeth
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work Education, 36(1), Winter 2002, pp.153-165.
- Publisher:
- Council on Social Work Education
This article presents an analysis of disability theory and content in the social work curriculum and advances a theoretically expansive approach to disability that is consistent with social work's commitment to diversity and the elimination of oppression. The authors examine the social work literature and find that disability is generally discussed and treated from a diagnostic perspective. They suggest shifting the approach to disability content in social work curricula from one that emphasizes individual deficiency to one that addresses disability as the interaction of a medical condition or diverse conditions with disabling environments.
Disabled children and the law: research and good practice
- Authors:
- READ Janet, CLEMENTS Luke
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 303p.,list of orgs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Draws on research on the needs of disabled children, young adults and their families, and indicates how the law can be used to promote good practice and policy development. Explains the overlapping legal responsibilities of social services, health and education, and how to facilitate coordinated practice. Emphasises the importance of an anti-discriminatory approach and of involving parents and children in decision making and advocacy. Includes extensive appendices of resource materials.