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Disabled children living away from home in the UK
- Authors:
- READ Janet, HARRISON Christine
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work, 2(2), August 2002, pp.211-231.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This article reviews existing findings about disabled children in the UK who are living away from home. Goes on to highlight research findings about the general population of children who live away from home, and explores the relevance for separated disabled children. Summarises issues for future research.
Disability, the family and society: listening to mothers
- Author:
- READ Janet
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 149p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Buckingham
Explores caring for a disabled child from the mother's perspective, looking at ways in which mothers find themselves acting as mediators between their children and a world that can be hostile to their interests. Begins with an examination of a study in which mothers from diverse backgrounds detail the ways in which they attempt to represent their children to the world, and the world to their children in both formal and informal interactions. These experiences and perspectives are linked to wider research and theory on motherhood and caring, the life patterns of disabled children and their families, and the discrimination faced by disabled children and adults.
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.
Research, the law and good practice in relation to disabled children: an approach to staff development in a local authority
- Authors:
- READ Janet, CLEMENTS Luke
- Journal article citation:
- Local Governance, 25(2), Summer 2000, pp.87-95.
- Publisher:
- University of Birmingham. Institute of Local Government Studies
Describes a staff development consultancy on research, the law and good practice in relation to disabled children and their families. It was provided for Warwickshire Social Services Department by the University of Warwick and piloted an approach which was further developed in subsequent joint work. The consultancy addresses the need for staff to be informed by both their employing authority and external bodies. By tying the work into the system of performance reviews, it also aimed to resolve some problems commonly associated with externally-provided training, namely that it is not sufficiently related to the policy objectives of an organisation or existing mechanisms for achieving them.