Disability, policy and professional practice. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jennifer Harris & Alan Roulstone.
• Other Names: Harris, Jennifer, 1954-; Roulstone, Alan, 1962-
• Contents: Introduction; The Historical Legacy, Legislation, Policy and Guidance; Introduction; The Roots of Policy, Legislation and Protection; The Poor Law Origins of Health and Social Care; Conclusion; Community Care and Beyond; Introduction; Community Care Legislation; Deinstitutionalization; Conclusion; Pivotal Moments in the development of disability policy; Introduction; The Social Model of Disability; 'Mainstreaming' Controversies and Critique; Balancing Greater Individual Choice with Resource Equity; The Lessons of History and new Demands in Practice; Positive Practice; Advocacy, Facilitation and Empowerment; The Implications of Equality 2025 and the Growth of Centres of Inclusive Living; Conclusion; Independent Living, Choices and Rights; Introduction; Enabling Practice in the 21st Century; Working Futures: Work Options and Economic Wellbeing for Disabled people; Direct Payments and In Control: Blazing a Trail for Personalised Social Care; Personalisation and Self Directed Support; Independence, Well-Being and Choice and Beyond; In Control; Individual Budgets; Conclusion; Life course Issues; Introduction; Every Child Matters: Towards Seamless Child Services; Every Disabled Child Matters; Disabled Children's Wheelchair Services: Some Distance Still to Travel; Transition from Children's to Adult Services; Working with Older Disabled People; Adult Social Care and Older People: Practice Issues; Home-Based Living Options for Disabled People; Practice points with Assistive Technologies; The Family Context: Informal Carers' Issues; Balancing the Rights of Disabled People with Those of Carers; Conclusion; Valuing Diversity; Introduction; Mental Health; Learning Disabled Service Users; Gender and Disability; Ethnicity and Disability; Sexuality, Sexual Identity and Parenting; Conclusion; Key Challenges for an Aspiring Social Model Practitioner; Introduction; The Challenge of User Control and Choice; How Should a Social Model Practitioner Act?; Managing the Managers: Budgetary Constraints and Street Level Bureaucracy: Dealing with a Disempowering System; Mental Capacity and Power of Attorney: How Can the Duty of Care be Balanced with Social Model Practice?; Practice Guidance Summarised; Working with Colleagues in User-Led Organizations; Users, Carers and Wider Service Providers: Seeing Disabled People in Context: The Central Place of the Disabled Person; Relating the Legislation and Policy to the Practice Environment: How Can Professionals Develop 'Real Reflexivity' in Working with Disabled People?; Conclusion; Conclusion;
• Publisher Details: London : SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (160 pages)
• Subjects: 362.4048; People with disabilities -- Services for; People with disabilities -- Services for -- Government policy
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781446210055; 1446210057
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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