Disability and Impairment : Working with Children and Families.

By: Burke, PeterMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 online resource (170 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781846427534Subject(s): Children with disabilities -- Family relationships | Social work with children with disabilitiesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Disability and Impairment : Working with Children and FamiliesDDC classification: 362.4 LOC classification: HV888 -- .B87 2008ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
FRONT COVER -- Disability and Impairment: Working with Children and Families -- Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: A PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL DEDICATION -- Introduction -- 1 Disability and Impairment: Theory and Practice -- 2 Stigma, Need and Service Provision -- 3 The Impact of Childhood Disability: The Family Experience -- 4 The Impact of Childhood Disability: Professional Understanding -- 5 Support Across Early Life Transitions -- 6 Siblings of Disabled Children -- 7 Listening to Children with Special Needs -- 8 Support Groups for Children and Young People -- 9 A Positive Framework for Empowerment and Inclusion in Social Care -- APPENDIX: THE RESEARCH PROCESS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
Summary: Burke demonstrates the normality of disability - that children are children whatever their label - and the need for a sensitive professional understanding of the impact of both physical and learning disabilities on family members, in order to improve their quality of life.
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FRONT COVER -- Disability and Impairment: Working with Children and Families -- Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: A PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL DEDICATION -- Introduction -- 1 Disability and Impairment: Theory and Practice -- 2 Stigma, Need and Service Provision -- 3 The Impact of Childhood Disability: The Family Experience -- 4 The Impact of Childhood Disability: Professional Understanding -- 5 Support Across Early Life Transitions -- 6 Siblings of Disabled Children -- 7 Listening to Children with Special Needs -- 8 Support Groups for Children and Young People -- 9 A Positive Framework for Empowerment and Inclusion in Social Care -- APPENDIX: THE RESEARCH PROCESS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

Burke demonstrates the normality of disability - that children are children whatever their label - and the need for a sensitive professional understanding of the impact of both physical and learning disabilities on family members, in order to improve their quality of life.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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