ABSTRACT
'Parenting with
learning difficulties: lessons for practitioners'
Tim Booth and
Wendy Booth
British Journal of Social Work,
23, 1993, pp. 459-480
Parents with learning
difficulties form an underserved needs group whose numbers are
steadily increasing and are likely to continue to do so as a
result of deinstitutionalisation, community care and the acceptance
of 'ordinary life' principles as a basis for service provision.
This article reviews the research literature on parenting by
people with learning difficulties in order to draw out the lessons
for practitioners and to assist them in developing a clearer
view of their aims and approach when working with these families.
Case vignettes from an on-going study of mothers and fathers
with learning difficulties are used to illustrate the common
themes. The authors conclude that service providers still have
much to learn about how best they can secure and uphold the citizenship
rights of these parents as well as protect the welfare of their
children.
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