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Counselling disabled people: a counsellor's perspective
- Author:
- OLIVER Joy
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 10(3), September 1995, pp.261-279.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
For many years professionals have assumed that disability is a problem for impaired individuals and that it is the disability that causes emotional or psychological problems. This research examines whether a specific model of counselling is needed to help disabled people cope with emotional effects of their disability. The causes of psychological distress are discussed and the way in which counsellors work are studied. Findings showed that more often than not it is the client's lack of control over their physical and social environment and not the impairment that causes emotional difficulties. Counsellors indicated that, through the facilitation of counselling, a sense of self empowerment in practical, emotional and social area could be achieved and this was the central theme emerging as the most distinctive aspect of counselling clients with physical impairments.
Housing the physically disabled: an anthology and reader of practice and policy
- Author:
- ROSTRON Jack
- Publisher:
- Arena
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 143p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Anthology of research undertaken during the period following the passage of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970. The articles assess the usefulness of existing concepts, policies and procedures developed to meet the special housing needs of disabled people. Compares policies in the UK with those in other developed countries. Looks at the development of a computer based resource allocation model and at the adequacy of the administration of housing and related services and the role of public and private sectors in supplying appropriate housing for disabled people.
Euthanasia and disabled children
- Author:
- KENNEDY Margaret
- Journal article citation:
- Childright, 119, September 1995, pp.11-12.
- Publisher:
- Children's Legal Centre
Examines the issues in, and the media coverage surrounding, the case of Thomas Creedon, a severely disabled child whose parents are seeking the permission of the courts to cease feeding him. Argues that if we continue to view disabled children using the medical model whereby impairment is seen as 'defective' we promote prejudice and disablism and ultimately put all disabled adults and children at risk of widescale euthanasia.
A model of good planning
- Author:
- ROBERTSON Alex
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 1(3), March 1995, pp.30-32.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Describes how a group of disabled people and professionals learned to work and plan together.
Means to control: a review of the service brokerage model in community care
- Author:
- DOWSON Steve
- Publisher:
- Values into Action
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 38p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Reviews service brokerage and its potential use in the UK. Looks at control, costs, and the relationships between broker and user. Examines the boundaries between giving help and providing a service.
Home care for children dependent on medical technology: the family perspective
- Authors:
- PETR Christopher G., MURDOCK Beatriz, CHAPIN Rosemary
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Health Care, 21(1), 1995, pp.5-22.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Children who are dependent on medical technology present unique challenges to families and professionals who attempt to care for them at home. This longitudinal, exploratory study examines the placement threatening crises experienced over an eighteen month period by four such families in Minnesota. The findings encourage development of a family support model of placement prevention for this population, as opposed to a crisis intervention model.
Families helping families: an innovative approach to the provision of respite care for families of children with complex medical needs
- Author:
- MAUSNER Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Health Care, 21(1), 1995, pp.95-106.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Describes a family support project, Families Helping Families, which implemented a cost-effective, family-centred approach to the provision of respite care for children with complex medical needs. Presents the role of the social worker in developing and implementing the program. Barriers to more widespread implementation of the model, both in the state system and within the medical community, are also described.