Families in Context

by Barry Carpenter

Overview

First Published in 1998. The past decade has seen an unparalleled interest in (and accompanying debate around) the role, rights and responsibilities of families. In the UK (as in many other countries), the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child has stimulated new interest in children's rights and family policy. It also provides a framework for early identification and intervention, in particular identifying key themes which need to run through any policy developments. These four themes are: participation, provision, protection and community. This book explores these themes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781853464898
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/01/1997
Pages:	212
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Edited by Barry Carpenter is who director of the Centre for the Study of Special Education, Westminster College, Oxford; he was formerly an inspector of schools and a headteacher.

Table of Contents

Part I Introduction; Chapter 1 Our family, Katie Carpenter, Grace Carpenter, Matthew Carpenter; Chapter 2 Working with families, Sue Carpenter, Barry Carpenter; Part II Defining family roles; Chapter 3 Finding the family: early intervention and the families of children with special educational needs, Barry Carpenter; Chapter 4 Mothers '” stress, stressors and strain: outcomes of a cross-Nordic study, Airi Hautamäki; Chapter 5 Fathers: are we meeting their needs?, Barry Carpenter, Elaine Herbert; Chapter 6 Meeting the unique concerns of brothers and sisters of children with special needs, Donald Meyer, Patricia Vadasy; Chapter 7 Grandparents: part of the family, Brigit Mirfin-Veitch, Anne Bray; Part III Cultural perspectives; Chapter 8, Dee Twiss, Beverley Stewart, Maureen Corby; Chapter 9 Working with familes in a multi-ethnic European context: implications for services, Fernando Almeida Diniz; Chapter 10 Early intervention services to children with special needs: a Welsh study, Elizabeth Jones, Jean Ware; Part IV Initiatives in research and practice; Chapter 11 Curriculum issues in early childhood: implications for families, Tricia David, Jenny Moir, Elaine Herbert; Chapter 12 Transdisciplinary approaches to working with families, Barbara Doyle; Chapter 13 Moving forward together: collaborative research with families, Barry Carpenter;