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Disability and Impairment: Working with Children and Families
Peter B Burke
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Description for Disability and Impairment: Working with Children and Families
Paperback. Burke demonstrates the normality of disability - that children are children whatever their label - and the need for a sensitive professional understanding of the impact of both physical and learning disabilities on family members, in order to improve their quality of life. Num Pages: 168 pages, tables. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 121 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
Disability and Impairment introduces professionals working with families to the everyday issues faced by disabled people of all ages in family life.
Peter C Burke shows how social attitudes shape the world of the 'disabled family' either positively or negatively and the effects of stigma. He demonstrates the normality of disability - that children are children whatever their label - and the need for a sensitive professional understanding of the impact of both physical and learning disabilities on family members, in order to improve their quality of life.
This book covers the spectrum of disability issues, and offers ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843103967
SKU
V9781843103967
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Peter B Burke
Peter C. Burke is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social Work at Hull University. His research and teaching interests concern the needs of families, children with disabilities and their siblings. He is the author of Brothers and Sisters of Disabled Children and co-author of Social Work and Disadvantage, both published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Reviews for Disability and Impairment: Working with Children and Families
This book is written for social workers but would prepare less experience speech and language therapists for common issues faced by families. Experienced therapists could read it as a way to reflect on their caseload. The author's interest in families reultrs from his experience of having disabled children. Based on his research, he views assessing the needs of the whole ... Read more