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The role and significance of the Association of the Disabled in Croatia
- Author:
- DOBRANOVIC Mirjana
- Journal article citation:
- Ljetopis Studijskog Centra Socijalnog Rada, 8(1), 2001, pp.87-97.
- Publisher:
- University of Zagreb
- Place of publication:
- Zagreb
The aim of this article is to better inform about the associations of the disabled in Croatia and the relationships between voluntary and public sectors in providing support. [Article in Croatian].
Recording and evaluating occupational therapy outcomes in a social service setting
- Author:
- ARMSTRONG Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Managing Community Care, 9(4), August 2001, pp.39-43.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
This article describes how social services occupational therapy team developed a method of documenting outcomes and evaluating results for equipment and adaptation services. The aims were to capture the qualitative nature of the work and to begin to create evidence on the practice of occupational therapy in social services.
Our way or no way
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 12.7.01, 2001, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Direct payment schemes can make a positive contribution to care, but what happens when the service user disagrees with the practitioner about how funds should be used? The author talks to a social workers about a case in which the user and her husband had strong views about the type of care they wanted.
A Life-Space approach to functional assessment of mobility in the elderly
- Authors:
- PARKER Michael, BAKER Patricia S., ALLMAN Richard M.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 35(4), 2001, pp.35-55.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article presents an overview of the literature that emphasizes the clinical relevance of mobility within the context of functional and disability assessment. Goes on to describe an application of the Life-Space Mobility Assessment (LSMA) with older people as complementing the more traditional but less precise and sensitive methods of functional assessment typically used by social workers and other health care practitioners. Reviews theoretical links to person-in-environment and ecology models and discusses the implications for training, practice and research for social workers.
Current social work practice in the fields of mental illness and intellectual disability: changing service approaches to people with a disability?
- Authors:
- LOGAN Bill, CHUNG Donna
- Journal article citation:
- Australian Social Work, 54(3), September 2001, pp.31-42.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This study of social work practice and disability follows the history of two fields of disability: mental illness and intellectual disability. Of particular interest are two key policy influences in the disability sector, deinstitutionalisation and normalisation. The extent to which deinstitutionalisation and normalisation have brought real benefit to people with disabilities is examined from the social workers' perspectives. The implementation of these polices and practices on the daily work of social work practice in these two field involves significantly different foci and approach. The study found that the similarities and differences between the two fields of practice are influenced by the historical and contemporary developments in the care and control of people with disabilities.
Social work practice with people with disabilities in the era of disability rights
- Authors:
- BEAULAURIER Richard L., TAYLOR Samuel H.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Health Care, 32(4), 2001, pp.67-91.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Social workers, especially those in health care and rehabilitation systems, must consider practice changes necessitated by recent legislation and the growing activism of disability rights groups. The authors review from an American perspective, essential elements of the emerging sense of both oppression and empowerment that is occurring for many people with disabilities and groups; consider key aspects of ADA and other pertinent legislation that place new emphases on the self-determination of people with disabilities; and discuss what implications changing practice roles might have for social workers' relationships and patterns of interaction with other professionals in medical, health care and rehabilitation settings. The authors also outline a beginning effort at designing a conceptual framework. This framework may also be useful in work with people who have other long term care needs and chronic conditions.
Bringing disability into the sociological frame: a comparison of disability with race, sex and sexual orientation statuses
- Authors:
- OMANSKY Beth, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 16(1), January 2001, pp.5-19.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Applying a social constructionist perspective, this paper explores the shared characteristics of American constructions of race, sex, sexual orientation, and disability. The discussion considers how each of these statuses is constructed through social processes in which categories of people are (1) named, (2) aggregated and disaggregated, (3) dichotomized and stigmatized, and (4) denied the attributes valued in the culture. The apparent utility of the social constructionist perspective - and its dominance in American sociology - is contrasted with its infrequent application to the study of disability.
Contesting practices, challenging codes: self advocacy, disability politics and the social model
- Author:
- DOWSE Leanne
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 16(1), January 2001, pp.123-141.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper examines the relationship between Self Advocacy and the disability movement in Britain in the light of social movement theory. Using the concept of 'collective identity' as it is explored in social movement theory, the analysis examines why the disability movement's promotion of a strong disabled identity may be difficult to achieve for all its constituents, particularly people with learning difficulties. Additionally the concept of symbolic production within social movement theory is used to explore how the movement uses the social model of disability as its 'collective action frame'. It is argued realignment of this frame is taking place within the movement and is reflected in debates within disability studies about the role of impairment. The voices of people with learning difficulties remain silent in this debate. The paper concludes by arguing for the recognition of social, psychological and cognitive difference as pre-requisite to an inclusive theory and politics of disability.
Integrated practice: using narratives to develop theories in social care
- Author:
- HIGHAM Patricia
- Publisher:
- Venture Press
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 90p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
This book argues that examples from research, practice and education provide threads of evidence that orient the student and practitioner to selected theoretical concepts. The book seeks to show how social care workers can use particular approaches to be more effective in practice. Examples are taken from research in older people in residential homes, people with learning difficulties and their families, and the Sure Start programme.
Law and social work: contemporary issues for practice
- Editors:
- CULL Lesley-Ann, ROCHE Jeremy
- Publisher:
- Palgrave/Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 302p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
Divided into three sections, each of which sheds light in different ways on the challenges and critical issues raised at the interface between social work and the law, this text covers issues such as: the relationship between social work values and the law; partnership with service users; risk and professional judgement; human rights; child protection and family support; elder abuse; youth justice; disability and special educational needs; and community care.