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Children's experiences of disability: a positive outlook
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive Education Department
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 16p.
Joining feminism and social group work practice: a women's disability group
- Authors:
- BERWALD Claudia, HOUTSTRA Tracy
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work with Groups, 25(4), 2002, pp.71-83.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article describes the development and structure of an outpatient group created by two social workers at a rehabilitation hospital that clinically combines feminist practice and social group work practice. Group work practice has long been established as a way to deal with psychosocial issues in rehabilitation but having a feminist approach at the forefront is new. Offered annually for the past five years, the group is for adult women with any type of disability. Measures used to evaluate the group show a statistically significant change from first group session to last group session for the women. Feedback from the participants is also favourable. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)
Critical incidents in the lives of elders with a disability:factors leading to institutional placement
- Authors:
- DOHERTY John B., DeWEAVER Kevin L.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 38(4), 2002, pp.39-51.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The process by which elders with disabilities are forced to relocate from their homes to congregate living facilities is of critical societal importance. This article is a descriptive exploration of the lived experiences of forty-one persons aged 60 and over that made such a transition. This research assists social workers to better understand this vulnerable population. The social work profession serves the most vulnerable members of our society. The personal, professional, and policy implications that stem from research such as this enables the profession to carry out its stated commitments to our society's elderly cohort.
Knowledge, tasks and strategies for teaching about persons with disabilities: implications for social work education
- Author:
- PARDECK T. John
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 1(2), 2002, pp.53-72.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Persons with disabilities are seen as distinct and insular minority group within the United States. Given the fact that social workers offer critical social services to this group, it is important for social work programmes to offer meaningful curriculum content on persons with disabilities. This article presents key issues that social work educators should find useful for teaching about persons with disabilities. Specifically, a discussion is offered on the disability civil rights movement, the culture of disability, models for defining disability, knowledge areas on disability issues, teaching masks and strategies for focusing on persons with disabilities.
Letter from Sundsvall Sweden
- Author:
- LINDELOF Margareta
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 21.2.02, 2002, p.39.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author looks at recent changes made in community care in parts of Sweden where district nurses have taken over from home care managers trained in social work.
Traumatic brain injury: a social worker primer with implications for practice
- Authors:
- BAKER Kimberly A., TANDY Cynthia C., DIXON Danny R.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 1(4), 2002, pp.25-43.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a devastating medical condition that can happen to anyone at anytime, despite precautions. This paper provides details regarding etiology, symptoms, prognosis, and treatment of TBI. Patients and families usually require assistance and direction from several healthcare professionals, including social workers, both during and after the initial period of hospitalization and rehabilitation. After a brief discussion of interventions at several levels, the paper concludes with a focus on both the individual and the family, and how social workers in the hospital or rehabilitation clinic can intervene to assist the patient and family members in learning and using more effective methods of coping. Implications for social work practice are included. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)
Participation: north and south; new ideas in participatory development from India and the UK
- Authors:
- MERRIFIELD Juliet, et al
- Publisher:
- Elfrida Press
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 52p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
These lectures review participatory development and joint worrking in social services, education and other provisions in developed and developing countries. Contents include: lessons from anti-oppressive movements; learning and cotizenship; overcoming disability; and participatory processes in the North, lessons from the South.
Disability/postmodernity: embodying disability theory
- Editors:
- CORKER Marian, SHAKESPEARE Tom
- Publisher:
- Continuum
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 249p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
This book offers a bridge between social science perspectives on disability (predominant in disability studies in the UK for example) and humanities perspectives (which dominate the US approach). The authors aim to demystify the concept of postmodernity and to suggest ways in which it fosters a holistic approach to the study of disability that better represents and reflects the complexity of disabled people's experience. The book opens with an exploration of theoretical perspectives, looking especially at the body and at concepts of difference and identity. The second section deals with culture, discussing aesthetics, narrative, film, architecture and design, while the final section explores social practice, discussing issues which include disabled children's perspectives, sexual identity and 'madness and distress.'
A postmodern analysis of disabilities
- Authors:
- MURPHY John W., PEREZ Frenando
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 1(3), 2002, pp.61-71.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article argues that postmodernism breaks with the reductionism that is inherent to the biomedical model and offers the opportunity to develop more holistic modes of diagnosis and intervention. As a result of this shift, disabilities can no longer be viewed in an essentialist manner, but instead must be approached as socialconstructions. Therefore, rather than destroying culture, postmodernism supports an awareness of the so-called 'culture of disability' that allows persons to be understood in their own terms.
Social work strategies and tactics in the workplace: socialisation of people with disabilities
- Author:
- MOXLEY David P.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 1(3), 2002, pp.43-59.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Those social workers who offer employment services can frame job development andplacement as a process of workplace socialization in which they facilitate the inclusion of people with disabilities in mainstream work settings. This paper examines the construct of workplace socialization and offers five specific strategies and related tactics for its facilitation in the context of social work practice in disability and rehabilitation.