Families in Context - Emerging Trends in Family Support and Early Intervention

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Barry Carpenter is who director of the Centre for the Study of Special Education, Westminster College, Oxford; he was formerly an inspector of schools and a headteacher. Klappentext First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung By examining the context of the family itself, and the role of key family members such as mothers, fathers, siblings and grandparents, this work seeks to share approaches to working with families. It looks at developing practice in Europe, America and Australasia, as well as the United Kingdom. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I Introduction; Chapter 1 Our family, Katie Carpenter, Grace Carpenter, Matthew Carpenter; Chapter 2 Working with families, Sue Carpenter, Barry Carpenter; Part II Defining family roles; Chapter 3 Finding the family: early intervention and the families of children with special educational needs, Barry Carpenter; Chapter 4 Mothers '" stress, stressors and strain: outcomes of a cross-Nordic study, Airi Hautamäki; Chapter 5 Fathers: are we meeting their needs?, Barry Carpenter, Elaine Herbert; Chapter 6 Meeting the unique concerns of brothers and sisters of children with special needs, Donald Meyer, Patricia Vadasy; Chapter 7 Grandparents: part of the family, Brigit Mirfin-Veitch, Anne Bray; Part III Cultural perspectives; Chapter 8, Dee Twiss, Beverley Stewart, Maureen Corby; Chapter 9 Working with familes in a multi-ethnic European context: implications for services, Fernando Almeida Diniz; Chapter 10 Early intervention services to children with special needs: a Welsh study, Elizabeth Jones, Jean Ware; Part IV Initiatives in research and practice; Chapter 11 Curriculum issues in early childhood: implications for families, Tricia David, Jenny Moir, Elaine Herbert; Chapter 12 Transdisciplinary approaches to working with families, Barbara Doyle; Chapter 13 Moving forward together: collaborative research with families, Barry Carpenter;...

Product details

• Authors: Carpenter, Barry Carpenter, Carpenter Barry
• Assisted by: Barry Carpenter (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.1997
• EAN: 9781853464898
• ISBN: 978-1-85346-489-8
• No. of pages: 193
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, EDUCATION / Special Education / General, Sociology: family & relationships, United Kingdom, Great Britain, United States of America, USA, Philosophy & theory of education, Teaching of students with different educational needs, Philosophy and theory of education, Sociology: family and relationships, Australasia, Australia and New Zealand / Aotearoa