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Disability issues for social workers and human services professionals in the twenty-first century
- Editors:
- MURPHY John W., PARDECK John T., (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Haworth Social Work Practice Press
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 174p.
- Place of publication:
- Binghamton, NY
This text provides authoritative information that will prove to be of critical importance for disability professionals in the coming years. It covers aspects of disability that have not been well covered in the literature—issues surrounding spirituality, civil rights, and the “medical model vs. social (or minority) model” (of viewing disability) controversy. It examines the impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act in the wake of the Supreme Court’s narrowing of the Act’s powers and explore newly developed theories designed to more accurately define the true meaning of disability.
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.
Quality of life and quality of services relationships: experiences of people with disabilities
- Authors:
- MARQUIS Ruth, JACKSON Robert
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 15(3), May 2000, pp.411-425.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
'Quality of life' experiences for people with disabilities who are highly dependent on services that are delivered in home-based environments are strongly influenced by the nature of their interactions with service workers. This paper discusses findings of a study involving 14 agencies in Western Australia, which provide living environment services for young people with disabilities and older adults, to gain insight into service users' daily experiences and their perceptions of quality in receiving services.
Social work practice with disabled children
- Author:
- GRIFFITHS Elisabeth
- Publisher:
- University of East Anglia
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 50p.bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Norwich
This book aims to explore the experiences of five families who have received social work input because their child or children are disabled. It aims to establish whether they found the input a help or a hindrance, empowering or further disabling for themselves and their children. Contents: literature review; method and methodology; presentation, discussion and analysis of results; conclusions, recommendations and suggestions for future research.
Families helping families: an innovative approach to the provision of respite care for families of children with complex medical needs
- Author:
- MAUSNER Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Health Care, 21(1), 1995, pp.95-106.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Describes a family support project, Families Helping Families, which implemented a cost-effective, family-centred approach to the provision of respite care for children with complex medical needs. Presents the role of the social worker in developing and implementing the program. Barriers to more widespread implementation of the model, both in the state system and within the medical community, are also described.