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When play gets serious
- Author:
- TAYLOR Jennifer
- Journal article citation:
- Children Now, 28.4.04, 2004, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket
Looks at the use of play therapy and creative arts to help children deal with their experiences and to express feelings.
No sign of harm: issues for disabled children communicating about abuse
- Authors:
- OOSTERHOORN Rebecca, KENDRICK Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse Review, 10(4), July 2001, pp.243-253.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article explores the views of professionals working with children using alternative/augmented communication systems on the issues relating to communication about abuse. Interviews were carried out with 20 staff from eight establishments for disabled children across Scotland. It describes the range of alternative/augmented communication systems used and the barriers to communication about abuse. Staff generally accepted the importance of providing the appropriate vocabulary in augmented communication systems, but systems that provide such vocabulary were not widely used. Staff considered that a major difficulty concerned the level of understanding disabled children might have about concepts of abuse. Staff felt that discovery of abuse was more likely to come from them noticing physical signs, behaviour or mood changes than from the child communicating explicitly about abuse. Highlights the need for appropriate training and increased coordination between social work, health and education.
Not the only way to communicate: a challenge to voice in child protection work
- Author:
- KENNEDY Margaret
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse Review, 1(3), December 1992, pp.169-177.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Provides an overview of various communication methods which workers need to be aware of when doing child protection work with children with disabilities. The examples cited are for children with deafness, learning difficulties, language disorders, Cerebral Palsy, multiple disability, Spinal Bifida and Hydrocephalus.