Search results for ‘Subject term:"physical disabilities"’ Sort:
Results 1 - 4 of 4
Involving service users in children's services
- Authors:
- AXFORD N., BERRY V., BURNS M
- Publisher:
- Dartington Social Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 12p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Totnes
This paper draws on existing research to advise on best practice in involving users. It starts by outlining how users can be involved, first, in relation to their own circumstances or the lives of others, and second at different stages of the service-delivery process. It then highlights common barriers to involving users and strategies for overcoming them. Special attention is paid to children, people with disabilities and those for whom English is not their first language. The paper then discusses other difficulties that threaten successful user involvement, and concludes by suggesting how different stakeholders’ views should be weighed. Useful resources for managers and practitioners are listed at the end.
Including all children: finding out about the experiences of children with communication and/or cognitive impairments
- Author:
- MORRIS Jenny
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Society, 17(5), November 2003, pp.337-348.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Practitioners and researchers have made progress, in recent years, in seeking the views of children and young people. Less progress has been made in seeking the views of young people with significant communication and/or cognitive impairments. Drawing on the experience of three research projects and one Best Value review, this article details the lessons learnt, and action required, in order to find out about the experiences of this important group of children and young people.
Information that informs rather than alienates families with disabled children developing a model of good practice
- Authors:
- MITCHELL Wendy, SLOPER Patricia
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 10(2), March 2002, pp.74-81.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The provision of information and the importance of keeping families informed is frequently viewed as a significant factor within both the concept of empowerment and the facilitation of enabling and participatory processes for service users and their families. This article looks at how parents would like to receive this information and also discusses the empowering potential of user-friendly information. The article draws on data collected from a focus group discussions with parents caring for children with a range of disabilities or chronic illness. In particular it examines the criteria by which parents judge the quality of information and their ideas as to what constitutes good practice, especially in terms of how information is presented, its content and the way it is delivered. Using these ideas and criteria, the paper begins to develop a model of good information practice that is both three-dimensional and personally interactive.
User-friendly information for families with disabled children: a guide to good practice
- Authors:
- MITCHELL Wendy, SLOPER Patricia
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 54p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
Report of a project which worked with parents of disabled children and practitioners to draw up criteria for good information provision. These criteria were then used by parents to judge current examples of information, in order to define a model of good practice. Begins with a discussion of research on families' information needs and current policy. The standards for information developed by project participants are then explained with reference to issues of presentation, content, delivery and organisation. Individual information sources, verbal, written and audio-visual, were then appraised and examples of good practice highlighted.