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Families
- Author:
- HENRICSON Clem
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, 2004, 2004, pp.23-28.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
Part of a special issue focusing on the Children Bill and the green paper, Every Child Matters, which shows clearly that the Government views family support and taking families out of risk as central to its social inclusion and social cohesion agenda. The timing, nature and effects of interventions are discussed, and practice points for families at risk and disabled parents listed, ending with discussion of cultural competence, integration of knowledge, and a checklist for good practice.
Supporting disabled adults as parents
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Effective support for disabled parents is still thin on the ground, though many local authorities are beginning to recognise the importance of this group of parents. Valued support can involve substantial packages of assistance; but it can also involve low-cost imaginative solutions devised with parents. Direct payments (cash in lieu of direct services) may be particularly appropriate in enabling many disabled adults to fulfil essential parenting roles. Legislation in this field can cause confusion, but the researchers found some practitioners drawing on both adults' and children's legislation flexibly and creatively to support disabled parents in the best interests of the whole family. Good joint working between social services and key agencies (health, housing, education, leisure) and between different social services teams is much needed but insufficiently developed for disabled parents. The researchers recommend that professionals should 'think parent' and view disabled parents in the same way as non-disabled parents: the vast majority want to parent their children well. They may require additional support to do this.
They deserve better
- Author:
- MORRIS Jenny
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.9.04, 2004, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Draws attention to the difficulties disabled parents often have in obtaining their entitlements under community care legislation. A failure to meet needs relating to impairment and disabling barriers can mean that parents lack the practical support required to carry out parenting tasks. Some parents cannot get help unity their family is in crisis and this can result in their ability to look after their children being questioned.
Bigger than the sky: disabled women on parenting
- Editors:
- WATES Michele, JADE Rowen
- Publisher:
- Women's Press
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 202p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This anthology challenges rigid, limiting views of what it means to be a disabled woman, and of what a parent is and does. Disabled women describe having to fight for the right to become pregnant, the pleasure of teaching children the benefits of having a "different" mother; and the delight of involving themselves in a child's life. Whether it be a birth mother, an adoptive parent, a godparent, a friend, or a woman who has made a positive choice not to become a parent, these disabled women are asserting their right to explore the diversity of experience.
Supporting disabled adults in their parenting role
- Author:
- WATES Michele
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation,|York Publishing Services
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 92p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
The Social Services inspectorate report "A jigsaw of services" made the point that the parenting support needs of disabled adults frequently fall between adult community care provision and children's services. Michele Wates carried out a survey to find out whether social services departments have policies/protocols in relation to providing services to parents with physical and sensory impairments and/or learning difficulties and, if so, how effective these are likely to be in meeting the needs of families. An analysis of the responses from 125 social services departments and of 31 policies/protocols provides the basis for these findings.
Mothers with physical disabilities caring for young children
- Authors:
- JACOB Jean, KIRSHBAUM Megan, PRESTON Paul
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 16(2), 2017, pp.95-119.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Seventy-one U.S. mothers with a physical disability who had a child aged 0 to 3 years responded to a survey about the system of care used for their child. Results indicated that mothers participated in all different types of care (physical, comforting, playing, limit setting, and taking the child outside the home). Partners and participants’ mothers provided the most assistance with care. Mothers were generally satisfied with assistance received from others. This article explores how mothers remain central to their children with others assisting with the child’s care and the impact of such assistance on mothers’ relationships with partners and children. (Publisher abstract)
Family focus
- Author:
- DARWENT Jenny
- Journal article citation:
- Viewpoint, 124, September 2011, pp.16-19.
- Publisher:
- Mencap/Gateway
Using case examples this article looks at the challenges faced by parents and families bringing up a child with a learning disability. It discusses the complex issues involved and the support for families offered by Mencap. It presents the stories of 4 parents who care for sons or daughters (children and adults) with a learning disability such as Down's syndrome, severe learning disability, cerebral palsy, and profound and multiple learning disabilities. It notes that Parents' Week, which raises awareness of the issues that parents face, will take place in October.
Think parent: supporting disabled adults as parents
- Authors:
- OLSEN Richard, TYERS Helen
- Publisher:
- National Family and Parenting Institute
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 95p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The key messages of the report include: supportive practice with disabled parents will often involve working closely with professionals in other agencies; disabled parents want support that is timely, appropriate, and flexible and which fits in with, rather than undermines, family life; disabled parents are a diverse group, not only in terms of their impairments and family situation, but in terms of the way they see professionals as helping them. A one-size-fits-all approach to supporting disabled parents will not address this diversity. Good practice may involve large and complex packages of support, but may also include low-cost imaginative solutions to particular problems. Support should be needs-led; disabled parents' perceptions of any difficulties, and their preferred way of solving them, should be at the centre of the relationship between professionals and parents. Support should be flexible enough to respond quickly to the predictable and unpredictable changes in family circumstances as children grow up. The report includes sections on: ·the legislative and policy context; what disabled parents have to say about good practice; what research from a social model of disability perspective has to say about good practice with disabled parents; and strategic issues in the development of policies regarding supporting disabled parents. It also has a section on examples of improving practice, which covers a wide spectrum of social work tasks including referral, assessment service provision and review. It ends with information about a number of other organisations that may be able to provide information, advice and support to disabled parents.
Parent participation: improving services for disabled children; professionals' guide
- Authors:
- CONTACT A FAMILY, COUNCIL FOR DISABLED CHILDREN
- Publisher:
- Contact a Family,|Council for Disabled Children
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 61p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Parents of disabled children and young people care passionately about the services they receive. Parents have strong views on the services they get; whether agencies are working together and most of all whether the needs of their child are truly being met. The aims of this guide are to: raise awareness of the opportunities for parents to play an active role in shaping services; encourage parental participation, by giving examples of parent initiatives and successful joint working between parents and professionals; and encourage parent representatives and parent groups to be proactive in requiring appropriate standards of support and recognition for the contribution they make.
Parent participation: improving services for disabled children; parents' guide
- Authors:
- CONTACT A FAMILY, COUNCIL FOR DISABLED CHILDREN
- Publisher:
- Contact a Family,|Council for Disabled Children
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 38p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Parents of disabled children and young people care passionately about the services they receive. Parents have strong views on the services they get; whether agencies are working together and most of all whether the needs of their child are truly being met. The aims of this guide are to: raise awareness of the opportunities for parents to play an active role in shaping services; encourage parental participation, by giving examples of parent initiatives and successful joint working between parents and professionals; and encourage parent representatives and parent groups to be proactive in requiring appropriate standards of support and recognition for the contribution they make.