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Addressing issues of sexuality with adolescents with disabilities
- Authors:
- GORDON Phyllis A., TSCHOPP Molly K., FELDMAN David
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 21(5), October 2004, pp.513-527.
- Publisher:
- Springer
Adolescents with disabilities frequently experience considerable scrutiny from their non-disabled peers concerning their perceived differences. Consequently they may possess negative self-views and often have difficulties in friendship and intimate relationship development. Limited research has examined sexual development of adolescents with disabilities. Discusses issues related to the sociological and psychological implications of disability and the manner in which they impact sexual development of adolescents
From me to you: Radar's year of mentoring
- Author:
- STANFORD John
- Journal article citation:
- RADAR Bulletin, 345, May 2004, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation
Looks at the UnumProvident/Radar mentoring scheme for disabled young people which aimed to help increase the number of disabled people accessing employers and support to help them achieve their potential.
Preparing young adults with disability for employment
- Authors:
- TAYLOR Brian J., McGILLOWAY Sinead, DONNELLY Michael
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 12(2), March 2004, pp.93-101.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Young people with disabilities are often excluded from the labour market. This paper describes an evaluation of an innovative 2-year pilot initiative called Vocational Opportunities in Training for Employment (VOTE) implemented in Northern Ireland to provide employment training and support for vulnerable young adults with a wide range of disabilities. Its principal aims were to assess the impact of the service in the extent to which it had created and developed training and employment opportunities for young people and promoted inclusive working partnerships. Documentary analysis was used as a basis for describing and assessing objectives in combination with face-to-face interviews with a small number of key stakeholders. A total of 122 young people participated in the initiative in the pilot period, during which time 160 qualifications were obtained. Key stakeholders expressed positive views about the initiative, in particular its therapeutic benefits and the extent of interagency working and shared learning. The VOTE initiative achieved considerable success in enabling a significant proportion of young adults to engage in society by developing social and employment skills and by improving employment opportunities and prospects. Factors critical to the continued success of this and similar initiatives include close involvement of parents, addressing local employers' concerns, sympathetic treatment of workplace issues and effective partnership working.
A checklist for inclusion
- Author:
- COOMBES Rebecca
- Journal article citation:
- Children Now, 29.9.04, 2004, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket
Councils will have to make services more accessible for disabled people from October 1st under the Disability Discrimination Act. Looks at the approach of KID, a charity dedicated to helping children with disabilities and special needs, who has produced its own inclusion checklist for play workers and child carers to ensure children and families are included in service provision. The six points providing a basis to the checklist are: strong leadership; robust procedures; staff training; user centred focus; valuing the views of parents; developing participation and networks.
Developing Connexions: young people with disabilities, mental health needs or autistic spectrum disorders
- Authors:
- ROWLAND-CROSBY Nic, GIRAUD-SAUNDERS Alison, SWIFT Paul
- Publisher:
- Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 141p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report outlines a two and half year project evaluating the support offered by the new Connexions Service to young people with learning difficulties, physical impairments, to young deaf people, those with visual impairments, young people experiencing mental health problems or those with autistic spectrum disorders. The project covered five Connexions Services across the country. Lessons for good practice are outlined and recommendations for future service improvements made.
Count me in!: a resource pack on disability issues
- Authors:
- TORRENS Shirley, et al
- Publisher:
- British Red Cross,|National Youth Agency
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 71p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This pack is the work of Count Me In!, a national working group of young Red Cross volunteers – many of whom have some form of disability. It is full of activities suitable for use in youth work and other educational settings and aims to raise awareness of disability issues and help you work towards the full inclusion of young disabled people in the widest range of youth activities.
Recent research
- Author:
- DUNCAN Anne
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Now: the Practice Journal of Child, Youth and Family, 29, December 2004, pp.38-40.
- Publisher:
- Child, Youth and Family (Department of Child, Youth and Family Services, Te Tari Awhina I te Tamaiti, te Rangatahi, tae atu ki te Whanau)
Reports on a project from the Research and Evaluation Unit at New Zealand's Child, Youth and Family department which attempts to measure the level of unmet need, particularly in the areas of mental health, disability and education, for children and young people involved with the department.
Pathways to death row for America's disabled youth: three case studies driving reform
- Authors:
- SCHROEDER Julie, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Youth Studies, 7(4), December 2004, pp.451-472.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Uses the case study method to examine the lives of 3 disabled youths in the southern USA who have followed a pathway to death row. An empirically established development and theoretical framework is used to examine issues related to the influence of disabilities and race on children and youths and their pathway to delinquency and crime. Through criminological life-history research methods the study demonstrates the youths' path and showcases how analysis of information gleaned from these life stories creates new narratives about pathways to death row. Moreover, the presentation of these narratives to legislators and policy-makers has influenced reform in the American juvenile justice system. The combined use of life-history research and social work advocacy provides a more effective and successful method by which to request and secure resources necessary for intervening in the youth pathway to death row. This collaborative research effort has resulted in the passage of legislative acts that have created early intervention truancy prevention centres based on the stories about these 3 young men in their elementary school years.
Advocacy: the challenges of providing advocacy for children and young people with communication impairments
- Author:
- SHERWOOD Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Childright, 211, November 2004, pp.17-18.
- Publisher:
- Children's Legal Centre
Communication and the concomitant ability to express wishes and opinions are regarded as a basic human right. This is supported by numerous policy and legislative documents: the Children Act 1989 requires the court to have regard to 'the ascertainable wishes and feelings of the child'; the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child refers to 'the views of the child being given due weight in accordance with ... age and maturity'. There is, therefore, an increasing expectation, across statutory and voluntary services and in the legal system that young people should have the right to express their views and their voices should be heard. Discusses the problems raised when young people are disabled.
Participation of disabled children and young people in decision-making within social services departments in England
- Author:
- SOCIAL POLICY RESEARCH UNIT
- Publisher:
- University of York. Social Policy Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Reports the findings of a national survey of social services departments in England which looked at their participation work with disabled children and young people. Information was received from 71 local authorities. The findings cover: the nature of disabled children's participation; the characteristics of children and young people participating; funding and partnership working; feedback; and outcomes. Results suggest that disabled children and young people are being involved in a wide range of decision making, but involvement is still patch and requires further development. The survey forms part of a larger study funded by the Department of Education and Skills Quality Protects Research Initiative.