Parental learning disability and children's needs : family experiences and effective practice / Hedy Cleaver and Don Nicholson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cleaver, Hedy.

Contributor:

Nicholson, Don Thomas.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parents with disabilities--Services for--Great Britain.

Parents with disabilities.

Parents with disabilities--Family relationships--Great Britain.

Parents with disabilities--Government policy--Great Britain.

Children of parents with disabilities--Care--Great Britain.

Children of parents with disabilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (145 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Parents with a learning disability face a high risk of losing their children, and current support for them is inadequate. This book, based on original research, looks into current social care practice and the support systems available to parents with learning disabilities, evaluating their effectiveness and examining their impact on the families affected. This book will aid understanding of how to effectively assess children in families where one or more parent has a learning disability without sidelining them in the process. The authors present many case studies and point out perceived shortc

Contents:

FRONT COVER; Parental Learning Disability and Children's Needs; Family Experiences and Effective Practice; Contents; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1. Introduction; 2. Referrals to Children's Social Care; 3. Involving Families in the Assessment Process; 4. The Provision of Services and Outcomes for Children; 5. Conclusions; APPENDIX I DEFINITIONS, AIMS AND METHODS; APPENDIX II TABLES; REFERENCES; SUBJECT INDEX; AUTHOR INDEX; BACK COVER;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611781798

9781281781796

1281781797

9781846427442

1846427444

OCLC:

476168855