What Works for Parents with Learning Disabilities? - Softcover

Sue McGaw; Tony Newman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1904659047 ISBN 13: 9781904659044

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2005

Synopsis

Parenting is a difficult task under any circumstances. When parents have intellectual limitations, especially if their situation is compounded by poverty, poor housing and lack of social support, providing an adequate standard of care for their children may prove an insurmountable task.

What Works for Parents with Learning Disabilites? examines how we can support adults with learning disabilities in their parenting, which assessments are most effective in assessing a family's strengths and needs, how interventions can be tailored to the needs of the family, and emphasises the importance of inter-agency work to allow parents with learning disabilities to access effective and relevant services. The authors also explore the delicacy of balancing the rights and responsibilities of parents with learning disabilities with the welfare of their children.

This book will offer all professionals in statutory agencies, voluntary agencies and health services useful information that will enable them to provide the best possible service.

About this title

From the Author

Sue McGaw is Director of the Special Parenting Service of the Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust. She is known internationally for both her clinical work and her extensive publications on parents with learning disabilities. Tony Newman is a principal research officer for Barnardo's. His areas of interest are parental disability and its impact on children, the promotion of resilience and evidence-based social care practice.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1904659047
• ISBN 13: 9781904659044
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 98