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The decision to go: disabled children at residential schools and the role of social services departments
- Authors:
- ABBOTT David, MORRIS Jenny, WARD Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 14(1), 2002, pp.5-16.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Sending a disabled child to a specialist residential school may mean that live for much of the year at a school a long way from home. This article explores the views of social services staff on residential schools and the issues the face around how best to work with families who are thinking about a residential school for their child.
Parenting and employment decisions of parents with a preschool child with a disability
- Authors:
- CUSKELLY Monica, PULMAN Lara, HAYES Alan
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 23(4), December 1998, pp.319-332.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Twenty couples, each with a young child with a disability, and 20 matched couples with a normally developing child were interviewed about their current employment status, their reasons for their status and their attitudes towards parenting.
Homeward bound
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.1.98, 1998, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A woman with multiple sclerosis whose husband had drinking problems had been receiving day care for years, but increased care was needed. Considers the difficulties of deciding how much weight should be given to the client's wishes when assessing an acceptable level of risk.
The Best place to be? policy, practice and the experiences of residential school placements for disabled children
- Authors:
- ABBOTT D., MORRIS J., WARD L.
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 139p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
Reports on research undertaken with those who make decisions on residential school placements and the professionals whose job it is to support families and disabled young people. The views and experiences of parents and disabled children who are at residential schools are at the heart of this report. They raise difficult questions about why placements are made, whether they are in fact the best way to meet children's needs, and how well local authorities meet their obligations and monitor the welfare of disabled children at residential schools.
Family matters
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.9.99, 1999, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Finds out how a social worker in a children with disabilities team in Hackney tackles the difficult issue of whether the needs of a child with cerebral palsy, epilepsy and learning difficulties could be met at home from a vulnerable mother who lacks parenting skills, but nonetheless provides love.