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Residential schools and disabled children: decision-making and experiences
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
A previous stage of this research explored the policies and practices of 21 local authorities on placing a disabled child at residential school (see Findings 420). Follow-on research in four authorities explored the circumstances in which disabled children and young people came to be at residential school. The study involved observing at decision-making panel meetings, interviewing key professionals, parents and also disabled children and young people currently at residential school.
Listening to disabled youth
- Author:
- ROBINSON Jacky
- Journal article citation:
- Childright, 140, October 1997, pp.5-6.
- Publisher:
- Children's Legal Centre
Looks at society's failure to listen to disabled children and young people and the negative impact this can have. Discusses advocacy as a way of ensuring children are heard.
The Best place to be? policy, practice and the experiences of residential school placements for disabled children
- Authors:
- ABBOTT D., MORRIS J., WARD L.
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 139p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
Reports on research undertaken with those who make decisions on residential school placements and the professionals whose job it is to support families and disabled young people. The views and experiences of parents and disabled children who are at residential schools are at the heart of this report. They raise difficult questions about why placements are made, whether they are in fact the best way to meet children's needs, and how well local authorities meet their obligations and monitor the welfare of disabled children at residential schools.