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The best place to be? Residential school placements for disabled children
- Authors:
- ABBOTT David, WARD Linda, MORRIS Jenny
- Journal article citation:
- Children Now, 13, Summer 2002, pp.7-8.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket
Reports on recent research from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation which examined residential school placements for disabled children. Focuses on the experiences of the children, parents attitudes, and whether placements are monitored by local authorities.
Schools morass
- Author:
- MORRIS Jenny
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.4.02, 2002, pp.38-39.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at the placement of disabled children in residential schools and why it brings into question the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The social services function of local authorities: implications arising from the Human Rights Act 1998
- Author:
- TEASDALE Jonathan
- Publisher:
- Local Government Information Unit
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 26p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Briefing paper exploring the effects of the Human Rights Act 1998 on social services provision, and looking specifically at: children's services; adult services (including residential care); services for disabled people and people with mental health problems; availability and rationing of medical treatment; and registration and closure of residential homes.
The Human Rights Act 1998: the social services function of local authorities: implications arising from the Human Rights Act 1998; no.3
- Author:
- TEASDALE Jonathan
- Publisher:
- Local Government Information Unit
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 26p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Briefing paper exploring the effects of the Human Rights Act 1998 on social services provision, and looking specifically at: children's services; adult services (including residential care); services for disabled people and people with mental health problems; availability and rationing of medical treatment; and registration and closure of residential homes.