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How research worked: the messages from the Family Fund Trust research project
- Authors:
- ROBERTS Keri, LAWTON Dot
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 13(4), 2001, pp.61-69.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The messages from the Family Fund Trust research project examined issues of key importance to families with a disabled child. Discusses the importance of involving service users in research and presents key findings and recommendations to arise from the project.
Children enabling change: a multicultural, participatory, community-based rehabilitation research project involving Chinese children with disabilities and their families
- Authors:
- COOK Philip, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Youth Care Forum, 26(3), June 1997, pp.205-219.
- Publisher:
- Springer
A participatory, action-oriented research approach was used in developing community-based services for children with disabilities in an urban Chinese community in Canada. A review of the literature and discussions with community members revealed that Chinese families who have a child with a disability experience the double barrier of disability and culture. An action research paradigm was developed that would both identify existing barriers for families and provide opportunities for overcoming these obstacles through the research process. The findings of the research are discussed with the aim of building on community strengths to reinforce existing family support programmes and involve families and children with a disability in such processes in a culturally appropriate manner.
A family affair
- Author:
- GINN June
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 10.4.97, 1997, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on how the parents of disabled children want a bigger say in how services are designed and developed to help them. The author describes a visit to a family resource centre, in the USA, which is staffed by the parents of disabled children.
Insights from the family conference: observations in rehabilitation
- Author:
- FRONEK Patricia
- Journal article citation:
- Australian Social Work, 58(4), December 2005, pp.395-406.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Family conferences are regularly conducted in a number of settings. However, the published literature offers limited insight into the conference environment as created by the interdisciplinary team. The level of client participation in this process remains unclear. A participatory observation study was conducted with an accidental sample in a spinal injuries rehabilitation setting. Language and behaviours exhibited by family conference members provided data for analysis. The findings indicate that individuals with a disability were participatory members in the family conference and were able to express their point of view even if it differed from the view of the professional team. However, the finding that family members were less engaged in the process suggests that they have different needs to the person with a disability and these needs might have to be met in a different way. It is important that professionals develop an awareness of their own language and behaviours and the potential impact of these factors on the individual and the family in family conference processes.
Is anyone listening?: childhood disability and public services in Northern Ireland; technical report
- Authors:
- MILNER S., et al
- Publisher:
- Barnardo's
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 95p.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
The aim of this project was to provide an extensive profile of disabled children and their families in Northern Ireland through the analysis of the nature of disability, family circumstances and socio-demographic characteristics, and the provision of services in a number of social policy areas (health and social services, education, housing) using data-sets from the PPRU Surveys of Disability. The project included the views of disabled children in Northern Ireland regarding key issues in these areas.
Harnessing the power of users to change policies
- Authors:
- BRYCE Mandy, MATTINGLEY Roger
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 15(2), 1997, pp.34-37.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Describes how involving the families of severely disabled children resulted in policy changes.
User-involvement: the view from service users
- Authors:
- RAISON Barbara, LUPTON Carol
- Publisher:
- Hampshire. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 38p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Winchester
Sets out to identify the experience and views of those service users who had been involved in various aspects of Hampshire SSD's work. Client groups surveyed include older people, users of mental health services, and people with disabilities.
Fathers of children with special needs: new horizons
- Author:
- MAY James
- Publisher:
- Association for the Care of Children's Health
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 63p.,illus.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bethesda, MD
An introduction to the subject of fathers with children with special needs, with the aim of encouraging further research into the subject and to provide the impetus for new, innovative programmes designed to include fathers as integral to family based service delivery.
Family factors associated with participation of children with disabilities: a systematic review
- Authors:
- ARAKELYAN Stella, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, early cite 6 January 2019,
- Publisher:
- John Wiley and Sons
Aim: The aim of this review was to synthesize empirical evidence of family factors associated with participation of children with disabilities aged 5 to 12 years to inform the development of family‐centred participation‐fostering interventions. Method: A systematic search was performed for articles published in English between 2001 and 2017 in MEDLINE, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Scopus, and ASSIA following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines. Quality of evidence was appraised using the Research Triangle Institute Item Bank. Family factors associated with participation were identified and assessed using a multistage ‘semi‐quantitative’ approach. Results: Thirty studies were included in the review. Four non‐modifiable ‘status’ factors consistently associated with participation were parental ethnicity, parental education, family type, and family socio‐economic status. Six modifiable ‘process’ factors with consistent associations with participation were parental mental and physical health functioning, parental self‐efficacy beliefs, parental support, parental time, family preferences, and activity orientation. Interpretation: Rehabilitation professionals should direct their focus towards modifiable family factors as primary targets for family‐centred interventions. Strategies that can improve families’ access to information, counselling, and community support services are likely to support children's participation by empowering families and optimizing their health and well‐being. (Edited publisher abstract)
Diversity in disability: exploring the interactions between disability, ethnicity, age, gender and sexuaity
- Authors:
- MOLLOY Donna, KNIGHT Tim, WOODFIELD Kandy
- Publisher:
- Corporate Document Services; Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 212p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
This report explores diversity in disability. It examines the complex relationships between disability and other aspects of identity, chiefly: ethnicity, gender, age and sexuality. Based on qualitative research with disabled people itprovides evidence about the interaction of different characteristics on disabled peoples’ everyday lives and perceptions of self-identity. It explores the salience of concepts such as ‘compounded’ or ‘multiple’ disadvantage to the everyday lives of disabled people from diverse social groups and discusses if, how and why different aspects of diversity affect people’s everyday experiences.