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Linking models of disability for children with developmental disabilities
- Authors:
- BRICOURT JOhn C., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 3(4), 2004, pp.45-67.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Children with disabilities, their families, and the social workers who provide services are faced with navigating complex social and institutional environments in their quest for developmental, educational and daily living supports. Models of disabilities provide conceptual frameworks for understanding and action that can inform the decisionmaking process of parents and social workers. A new ecological model of disability, the systems model, is proposed that integrates the medical model, focused on individual deficits, the social model, focused on disabling social environments, and the transactional model, focused on person-environment interactions. Diagnostic, institutional, and practice implications of the new model are discussed. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)
Quality of life for children and adolescents with developmental disabilities: review of conceptual and methodological issues relevant to public policy
- Authors:
- ZEKOVIC Buga, RENWICK Rebecca
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 18(1), January 2003, pp.19-34.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The construct of quality of life has great potential for guiding development and evaluation of policies for children with developmental disabilities. However, there are many different definitions and models of quality of life, and not all of them are equally appropriate for developing policies that would meaningfully address the needs of children with develop mental disabilities. Accordingly, the purpose of this article is to review major approaches to quality of life and discuss three models specific to children with respect to their relevance to public policy for children with developmental disabilities. Review of these models includes a discussion of quality of life definitions and conceptual issues, as well as analysis of major measurement characteristics of the instrument(s) associated with each model. Potential of each model for guiding development and evaluation of policy is also considered.