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Partners in policymaking
- Author:
- NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TEAM
- Publisher:
- National Development Team
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 34p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Partners in Policy Making is a leadership training programme for disabled adults and parents of disabled children up to school leaving age. Aims to invest in users of services who will have the competence and confidence to work with policy makers at national and local level. This booklet describes the course content, and how it was run with a group of people from the North West of England.
Part of the community: strategies for including everyone
- Authors:
- NISBET Jan, HAGNER David
- Publisher:
- Paul H. Brookes
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 299p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Baltimore, MD
This book argues that inclusion of people with disabilities of all ages in community life can be achieved by creating communities with extensive natural supports rather than individual programmes. Each chapter provides examples of inclusion, from entering pre-school to buying a home, with models and strategies that work. Topics include: inclusive elementary schools; classroom techniques supporting children with emotional disabilities; housing assistance; employment; community and family leadership.
Education and children with special educational needs: from segregation to inclusion
- Editors:
- ALUR Mithu, HEGARTY Seamus
- Publisher:
- Paul Chapman
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 220p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- New Delhi
This book discusses the principles and practice of moving from segregated education to integration and inclusion in the context of educating children with disabilities in India. The actions to be taken are examined in two levels: the level of the system and the level of the school.
Shaping the future: social life and leisure activities of blind and partially sighted children and young people aged 5-25
- Authors:
- KEIL Sue, et al
- Publisher:
- Royal National Institute for the Blind,|royal national institute|Royal National
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 223p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Part of a larger survey of blind and partially sighted children and young people. This volume focuses on leisure activities and the social lives of the young people surveyed. The survey looked at: leisure activities after school and outside school; public transport; friendships; attitudes of other people; what the children and young people thought could be done to make their lives easier; information needs of parents; implications for policy; children and young people with additional complex needs; and students with learning difficulties who are blind or partially sighted..
On small shoulders: learning from the experiences of former carers
- Authors:
- FRANK Jenny, TATUM Chris, TUCKER Chris
- Publisher:
- Children's Society
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 39p.,diags.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Contains accounts by adults, who as children looked after sick or disabled relatives. Missed education, underdeveloped social skills, psychological and physical illness and restricted career opportunities were common experiences. Other issues were lack of support from agencies, and the frequent need of families to hide the true facts from public view. Concludes with recommendations on future policy and practice for service providers.
Children's services now and in the future
- Editor:
- UTTING David
- Publisher:
- National Children's Bureau
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 135p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Considers how services need to be structured and planned to meet the needs of children and families in the new millennium. Includes chapters on: effective central government structures for children; involving children in health care planning and delivery; an agenda for education services and a flexible curriculum; the impact of local government on policies and practice in services for children; preventing antisocial behaviour in young people; the voluntary sector and children's mental health; and children's services plans.
Half measures: RADAR's response to the consultation document on government measures to tackle discrimination against disabled people
- Author:
- ROYAL ASSOCIATION FOR DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION
- Publisher:
- Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 81p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Contains sections on: the fight for legislation; education; transport; defining disability; employment; building regulations and housing; access to goods and services; financial services; social security; community care; and recommendations.
Young disabled people moving into adulthood
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Although it is a legal requirement that all young people over the age of fourteen with a statement of special educational needs have a transition plan, a third of young people surveyed in one study did not have a plan. Education and social services are often not working well together in transition planing. There is also poor coordination between children and adult social services. Young people who are disabled and in placements out of their local area are particularly likely to experience inadequate transition planning.