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Informationen zum Autor Laura Middleton works for the Commission for Social Care Inspectorate and is a Visiting Fellow at the University of East Anglia. Klappentext There is ample evidence that disabled children are less valued members of society than able-bodied children. Child welfare practitioners are increasingly looking at not only the child's impairment and suffering but also the child's needs in a wider context--to be included as an equal member of society. Laura Middleton's book aims to provide sound guidance for social workers, community carers, teachers and health visitors, and her book gives them a better understanding of the disabled child's experiences and needs. She covers such key themes as discrimination, bullying, appeasement, abuse, communication issues, family support, and children's rights. Methods for generating a better, more effective service for the child are fully explained and illustrated. Zusammenfassung Draws on disabled young people's own accounts of their childhood. This book describes their experiences of the health! education and welfare systems. It offers explanations for continued prejudice against disabled people in an age of equal opportunity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword. Preface. . 1. Children's Voices; Hopes, Wishes and Dreams. Families. Making Friends. "It chips away at you inside': the experience of bullying. Adult Abusers. Failure to Protect. Growing up in care: Alice's story. Education. Choices and rights. Medical Interventions. Images of disability. Messages. Discussion: a disability rights issue?. Ways forward. Summary and conclusion. . 2. Building Disadvantage. Introduction. The political lead. . Section I: Abnormalisation - the creation of special need. Health care services. Education. Welfare services. The independent/statutory divide. . Section II: Explanations for the exclusion of disabled children. The survival of the fittest. Conclusion. . 3. Conceptual Frameworks. The SEAwall. The NVQ model. The 3-D Jigsaw. . 4. The Professional and Personal Challenge. Introduction. Attitudes and values. Working with disabled children. Changing professional behaviour. Good practitioners/good practice. Conclusion. . 5. Organisational Change. Introduction. . Section I: Valued-based organisations. Consulting service users. Valuing staff. . Section II: The seamless service. Community care: health and social services. working together. Towards inclusive education. Conclusion. . 6. Disabled Children: Excluded Citizens? . Introduction. Disabled children and citizenship. Strategies for change. the research relationship. The role of disabled adults. Conclusion. Appendix 1. Research Studies Cited in the text. Appendix 2. Letter to the Social Exclusion Unit. Appendix 3. The Process of Assessment. References. Index. ...
