Disabled Children
Challenging Social Exclusion
1. Auflage April 1999
180 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
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.
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.
understanding of the ways in which disabled children are treated
and marginalised in our society. It should be read by all those who
work with children, as well as those who have an interest in
disability generally." (Adoption & Fostering)
"The strength of this book lies in its description of disabled
children as active participants in society...This book makes a
significant contribution to our knowledge about disabled
children's lives." (Health and Social Care in the
Community)
"The book makes for compulsive reading once begun and has a
clarity of style which makes complex issues accessible. ...I
would recommend the book to lecturers, practitioners and students
within the social care fields and to disabled individuals, their
carers and groups who are eager to identify with the political
debate which informs their social exclusion" (Child & Family
Social Work)
"Any book about disabled children that starts with the
experience of disabled young people is doing something right."
(Community Care)
"It is particularly useful in making practical suggestions for
more inclusive provision and will be an invaluable text for all
childcare professionals." (Aslib Book Guide)
"This excellent book is a courageous, cogent and challenging
look at how to translate a social model of disability into
action."
"[Middleton's] perspective is of tremendous importance for
social work practice with children." (British Journal of Social
Work)
