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Disability
- Author:
- THORNTON Patricia
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, 2000, 2000, pp.8-10.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
Direct payments are designed to allow disabled people to purchase their own services, so that they themselves can tailor their care to their needs. But recent research suggests that the payments have had mixed results in helping them to escape the cycle of social exclusion.
Involving volunteers with disabilities
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Volunteering, 64, December 2000, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Volunteering England
Presents guidance on involving people with disabilities in volunteering.
Disability
- Author:
- THORNTON Patricia
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, October 2000, pp.34-36.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
Research from many sources reveals that their disability has a substantial impact on children's experiences at school. Moreover they are capable of participating in decisions about how to cope with it, and that they want to be allowed to participate in this way.
Empowerment of parents of children with disabilities: the effect of community and personal variables
- Authors:
- ITZHAKY Haya, SCHWARTZ Chaya
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Family Social Work, 5(1), 2000, pp.21-36.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article explores empowerment among parents of children with disabilities. Specifically, it deals with how changes in parents' patterns of involvement and participation lead to empowerment. Parents of children with disabilities in Israel who are involved in voluntary organisations for the disabled were surveyed in relation to three components of empowerment: family; services; and community. Four community variables-patterns of activity in organisation, representation of the disabled and their families, participation in decision-making, and sense of belonging to the community-and two personal variables-self-esteem and mastery-were each found to affect at least one of the components of empowerment. The article includes some recommendations for social workers with regard to the empowerment of parents of disabled children.
We have choices: globalisation and welfare user movements
- Authors:
- BERESFORD Peter, HOLDEN Chris
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 15(7), December 2000, pp.973-989.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article connects and juxtaposes two important contemporary discourses in social policy: those of globalisation and of the 'welfare users' movements, particularly the movements of disabled people. It questions the widespread use of the globalisation process as a rationale for accepting that social policies should be subordinated to narrow economic constraints. It discusses the implications of social policies associated with globalisation for disabled people and other welfare service users, and their response to these. In particular the movements' emphasis on asserting choice in policy and their ability to influence the policy process is noted. The article concludes that there is much to be gained from a closer dialogue between the users' movements and social policy as a discipline, although there still seems to be some resistance to this from the latter.
The learning journey
- Authors:
- BROWN Kate, SPRIGGS Len
- Journal article citation:
- Adults Learning, 11(8), April 2000, pp.25-27.
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Adult Continuing Education
The authors report on a university scheme which enables students with disabilities to make informed choices about their future.
Mystery callers
- Author:
- THOMPSON Audrey
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 6.7.00, 2000, p.22.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Lancashire social services have found a novel way of gauging users satisfaction. Reports on how disabled people are asked to go "undercover" to test how good their services really are.
Onwards and upwards: involving disabled children and young people in decision making: a training manual for professionals
- Authors:
- GRIFFITHS Jane, CUNNINGHAM Gail, DICK Sally
- Publisher:
- Children in Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 100p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Training manual based on a project on involving young people with special needs in decision making. Covers issues such as introducing participants to concepts such as involvement, communication and advocacy; the reasons why children and young people should be involved in decision making; what involvement actually is; how it can be facilitated; and how to draw up an action plan. Contains case studies, discussion sheets and practical activities, together with guidance for trainers.
A joint health and social services initiative for children with disabilities (in) British Journal of Community Nursing, 5(2), 2000, pp. 87-91
- Authors:
- CAAN Woody, et al
- Publisher:
- British Journal of Community Nursing, 5(2), 2000, pp. 87-91
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 5p.,bibliog.
The children's disability team in Cambridge provides an integrated health and social care service for children with disabilities and their families. The team uses a multidisciplinary and multiagency teamwork approach to care provision. The effectiveness of the team was evaluated where all the 'subjects' were active participants in defining and delivering the evaluation. Particular issues in supervision emerged from the findings.
User involvement and participation in social care: research informing practice
- Editors:
- KEMSHALL Hazel, LITTLECHILD Rosemary
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 256p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Contains papers on: participation and involvement in social care; research and evaluation for service users; action research for the development of children's services in Ukraine; groupwork as a vehicle for user participation; family involvement in child protection; the production of a guide for disabled people to accessing community care assessments; developing strategies for working with cares of older people with mental health problems; meeting the needs of young carers; older people as participating patients; working with Sickle Cell/Thalassaemia support groups; empowering patients; female offenders and the probation service; user involvement, community care and disability research; and research informing practice.