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Remembering with or without awareness through poetry to better understand aging and disability
- Author:
- MALEKOFF Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 44(1/2), 2004, pp.255-264.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The author offers three poems that are evocative of his experience as a child with his grandfathers and their disabilities; and as an adult attempting to deal with the impending death of his father. The author aims that the first poem will reinforce the idea that connecting with personal memories of aged and disabled family members might support interactions with people who are aged and disabled in the here and now. The final two poems aim to encourage those working with family members of seriously ill aged people in a hospital setting to better understand the stress of decision-making and to consider devising short-term mutual aid groups to support them during a time for which no preparation exists.
The white approach
- Authors:
- DOBLE Dave, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 30.9.92, 1992, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Describes the introduction of a Snoezelen "white room" providing heightened multi-sensory stimulation in a hospital day care unit for profoundly disabled people.
Puppets can do more than tell a story
- Author:
- SHIRTLIFFE Derek
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 23.7.97, 1997, pp.52-54.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Explains how people with disabilities may benefit from the therapeutic use of puppets.
Nice Work
- Author:
- BURGESS Paul
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 3.9.92, 1992, p.13.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at the new disability working allowance (DWA) and explains why there is little enthusiasm for it.
Storm and discord round the conductors
- Author:
- TONKIN B.
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.9.88, 1988, pp.13-15.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at the Institute for Conductive Education in Birmingham, starting its first full year of work.
Moved to tears: technical considerations and dilemmas encountered in working with a 13-year-old boy with acquired quadriplegia
- Author:
- OWENS Caroline
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Child Psychotherapy, 31(3), December 2005, pp.284-302.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
This paper is about therapeutic work with David, a 13-year-old boy who, at the age of 5, was the victim of a hit-and-run road traffic accident resulting in quadriplegia. The circumstances leading to the accident and its sequelae reveal a particularly complex picture, which combines early emotional deprivation and trauma. Although cognitively intact and able to speak, David could not move. Yet he created movement in others through a desperate necessity, by communicating via the employment of extreme projective forces. The highly complex presentation of emotional, psychic and bodily damage in the child, and in particular, David's physical paralysis, has had a profound impact upon what I have come to think of as the ‘mindbody’ of the therapist. Winnicott has talked of the infant's ‘psyche/soma’. Here I want to extend the notion and consider the bodily impact of projections in particular and how these have a powerful emotional and physical resonance on the ‘mindbody’ of the therapist, especially in therapy with a young person whose body is damaged. In this paper, I consider technical challenges and dilemmas encountered in the work, including the complex interplay of transference/countertransference phenomena. This unusual presentation of a boy in extraordinary circumstances led to considerations of psychoanalytic method and interpretative activity, which may be viewed as being inspired by ‘emotional truthfulness’.
Using children's books as an approach to enhancing our understanding of disability
- Author:
- PARDECK John T.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 40(1/2), 2005, pp.77-85.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Children's books can be used as a tool for teaching about the unique needs of children with disabilities. This article offers strategies for using books as a medium for increasing our understanding about disability. In the article a disability is viewed as an aspect of cultural diversity. A list of children's books focusing on the topic of disability is offered. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Medicaid managed care, substance abuse treatment, and people with disabilities: review of the literature
- Authors:
- BACHMAN Sara S., DRAINONI Mari-Lynn, TOBIAS Carol
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Work, 29(3), August 2004, pp.189-196.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Presents a review of the literature relating to substance abuse, disability, and Medicaid managed care which suggests that substance abuse is a serious issue for individuals with disabilities. Identifies topics for a research agenda on the needs of individuals with disabilities who also experience co-occurring substance abuse disorders. Implications for social work policy and practice are discussed.
Life participation approaches to aphasia: international perspectives on communication rehabilitation
- Authors:
- BOLES Larry, LEWIS Mimi
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 2(2/3), 2003, pp.47-64.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Discusses a recent development in aphasia treatment, termed the Life Participation Approach to Aphasia (LPAA). LPAA is a model of aphasia rehabilitation that is being practiced internationally in Canada, Australia, England, and the United States. This approach is consumer-driven, and emphasizes reengagement in life. LPAA views family members and the larger community as active contributors to the rehabilitation process. Rather than focusing on the hypothetical situations depicted in pictures, real-life social interactions comprise the therapy context with LPAA.
Case management in action: an examination of two cases in the area of alcohol related brain damage
- Authors:
- CLEAK Helen, SERR Klaus
- Journal article citation:
- Australian Social Work, 51(1), March 1998, pp.33-38.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article examines two cases of a small non-government agency in Australia where case management services are delivered to people with alcohol acquired brain damage. Presents an analysis which supports the view that continuity of care and intensive relationship building with clients is vital for successful client outcomes and has application to a variety of programmes which service chronically disabled clients.