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Experiencing social work: learning from service users
- Authors:
- DOEL Mark, BEST Lesley
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 148p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
In Experiencing Social Work people tell their stories of positive social work and the difference it has made to their lives. The book was inspired by the knowledge of the many positive stories of social work practice and a belief that we can learn more from what goes right than what goes wrong. Follow these stories to understand good practice, reflect on the lessons learned, and to feel uplifted by social work's potential for positive change, support, and social justice. Each chapter is constructed around one or more case examples, emphasizing the importance of service users’ own knowledge in developing our learning about good practice.
Managing turning points and transitions in childhood and parenthood - insights from families with disabled children in Norway
- Authors:
- YTTERHUS Borgunn, WENDELBORG Christian, LUNDEBY Hege
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 23(6), October 2008, pp.625-636.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article explores turning points and transitions emerging in the life course of children with disabilities and their parents. The article is based on longitudinal data from two parallel studies in Norway. Through in-depth interviews with parents the study found that a change appears in disabled children's social participation and belonging, at approximately eight years of age for children with learning difficulties and at approximately ten years of age for children with mobility difficulties. Most of the parents experienced a 'turning point' that directed them into either marginal or inclusive positions in adulthood. The 'transition' emerges at a time described as a stable period of life for families in general and illustrates parents' experiences of the importance of both 'doing' and 'being' in parenthood and childhood. Parents' experiences are strongly interwoven with the child's life and access or lack of access to services and relational responses.
Supporting parents with additional needs
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 6.11.08, 2008, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Summarises some of the key messages from a recent SCIE knowledge review, 'Supporting disabled parents and parents with additional support needs'. The knowledge review aimed to define the needs of parents at different stages of parenthoods and assess the type of support that they needed at each stage.