ABSTRACT
'Learning the hard
way: practice issues in supporting parents with learning difficulties'
Wendy Booth and
Tim Booth
Social Work and Social Sciences Review,
4(2), 1993, pp. 148-162
Parents with learning
difficulties form an underserved needs group whose numbers are
steadily increasing as a result of deinstitutionalisation, community
care and the acceptance of the principle of normalisation. This
paper presents a case study of one such family in order to highlight
the strengths and weaknesses of current service responses to
parents, the inhibiting as well as the enabling character of
the support offered, and the importance of the values and attitudes
that inform practice. It concludes with a detailed 'service audit'
of the case.
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