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The needs of disabled children and their families: findings
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
A national survey of over a thousand parents has explored the needs and circumstances of families caring for a severely disabled child. The research, carried out by Bryony Beresford at the Social Policy Research Unit, University of York, sought parents' views of their and their child's needs as well as their experiences as service users. Parents also reported the care demands and impact on living circumstances brought about by having a disabled child. Comparisons with data collected twenty years ago indicate little improvement in the circumstances in which families are caring for their severely disabled child.
Caring for a severely disabled child: findings
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Research on families caring for disabled child often describes only the stresses of care and their adverse effect on family welfare. Whilst acknowledging the numerous stresses parents face, research by Bryony Beresford at the Social Policy Research Unit, University of York, sought to understand what keeps parents going. The ways parents deal with stress, the importance of the parent-child relationship and the role of services were explored.
Overwhelmed
- Author:
- LEASON Katie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 01.12.05, 2005, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Intensive caring can eventually lead some parents to harbour murderous thoughts about their own children. The author looks at the problems that can arise and how respite care can help.
People with profound retardation and multiple handicaps attending schools or social education centres: interim report on the needs of their parents, foster parents and relatives
- Authors:
- HOGG J., et al
- Publisher:
- Royal Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults
- Publication year:
- 1987
- Pagination:
- 110p., tables, illus., bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
On the edge: minority ethnic families caring for a severely disabled child
- Authors:
- CHAMBA Rampaul, et al
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 48p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Report presenting the findings of a national survey looking at the needs and circumstances of minority ethnic families caring for a severely disabled child. Compares the data with information from an earlier survey on the experiences of white families.
Reaching it's target: Disability Living Allowance for children
- Authors:
- ROBERTS Keri, LAWTON Dot
- Publisher:
- University of York. Social Policy Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 80p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
Research study looking at access to Disability Living Allowance (DLA) among families with severely disabled children. Examines applications for DLA and looks at whether applications are made on behalf of the children for whom the benefit is intended, whether outcomes are consistent with the eligibility criteria, and the influence of family characteristics on access to DLA.
'Just when you think you got it all sorted...': parental dilemmas in relation to the developing sexuality of young profoundly disabled people
- Authors:
- SWAIN John, THIRLAWAY Carole
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 24(2), 1996, pp.58-64.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Sexuality is a neglected topic in the literature focusing on young profoundly disabled people. For parents and formal carers who work with parents and young people themselves, however, sexual development and identity pose fraught and complex challenges in understanding and addressing young people's needs. This paper is based on qualitative research which explored parents' experiences, feelings and understandings and the responses of formal carers to parents' perspectives. The parents faced contradictory pressures to deny and not to deny sexuality. Formal carers drew on beliefs about 'good parenting' in reactions to the position of parents. Both groups confronted real dilemmas with young people who are incapable, and may never be capable, of informed consent of self-determination in sexual relationships.
Expert opinions: a national survey of parents caring for a severely disabled child
- Author:
- BERESFORD Bryony
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 45p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Report investigating the needs of families caring for a severely disabled child via the views and experiences of the parents themselves. Looks at: financial problems; housing problems; restricted mobility; and dealing with services and professionals.
Minority ethnic families caring for a severely disabled child
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
It is widely recognised that minority ethnic groups experience social and material disadvantage and face barriers in their access to statutory support services. Families with a disabled child have been identified as being particularly poorly served. Research carried out at the Universities of Bradford and York is the first to provide detailed information at a national level of the needs and circumstances of families from minority ethnic groups caring for a severely disabled child, comparing the findings with those from an earlier survey of white families from the same database. Outlines the findings.
Coping with the care of a severely disabled child
- Author:
- BERESFORD Bryony
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 4(1), January 1996, pp.30-40.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The unrelenting, and often overwhelming, stresses experienced by parents caring for a disabled child have been well charted, as have their impact on personal and family well-being. This paper reports on a study which took such research a step further by focusing on the ways parents cope with the stresses and strains of care. Reports on the way in which the negative aspects of caring for a disabled child were balanced by two positive factors: the parent-child relationship and the ways parents coped with the problems they encountered and the emotional distress they felt. Discusses parents different coping strategies and the role of services in supporting parents in the ways they chose to cope.