Disabled Children

...designed for use with children from age 3 & above who suffer from mental retardation, brain damage, autism, severe aphasia, emotional disorders or childhood schizophrenia...

Now in its completely updated second edition, this accessible guide provides essential information about how the law can be used to promote good practice and policy development for disabled children and young people. The authors take an anti-discriminatory and inclusive approach that involves parents and children in decision-making and advocacy. They summarise recent research on common needs and problems of disabled children, young adults and their families, and what support services are valued by them. Individual chapters cover issues affecting children at different stages in the lifecourse, including receiving diagnosis, ensuring educational and social inclusion, and establishing autonomy and independence in early adulthood. The overlapping legal responsibilities of social services, health and education are explained and changes arising from the Children Act 2004 are highlighted. Disabled Children and the Law is an essential reference for practitioners, policy makers, students and families.

The story of a boy who struggles to accept his new born sister, when she is not what he expected. But the swifts which swoop over his home help to show him that she is truly perfect. 'Perfect' is a remarkable story about anticipation and disappointment, acceptance and love, and the power of nature in all our lives.

Examining the overlooked subject of non-disabled siblings in families where there is a disabled child, this book details the experiences of these children and explores what it means to them to have a disabled brother or sister. The author makes clear recommendations for future practice.

This collection offers first-hand accounts, research studies and in-depth theoretical explorations of disabled children's childhoods. The accounts oppose the global imposition of problematic views of disability and childhood and instead, offer an open discussion of responsive and ethical research approaches.

A critical evaluation of approaches to helping disabled children in developed and developing countries.

This latest Revised Edition, builds on the previous editions by updating essential information relating to the law and practice surrounding caring for a disabled child. The book is used extensively by advice workers and also parents of disabled children and has proved an invaluable and indispensable guide.

The report highlights services that address the housing needs of disabled children and their families in a positive way, and that have been commended by families themselves. It also highlights the key features of services that families and children find most helpful, and provides a handy checklist against which service providers can assess the effectiveness of their services.Housing and disabled children is an invaluable resource for the diverse range of practitioners who work with disabled children and their families, as well as an opportunity for potential and current service users to find out more about different types of service provision across the UK.