Full Description
Active Social Work with Children with Disabilities provides a comprehensive social worker's guide to working with children with disabilities, exploring current issues from the perspective of both the social worker and the family. Many people are afraid of working in this field of social work and this book dispels the myths and fears about working with children with disabilities and build the social worker's confidence in an area that is often left behind within the social work world.
The book will help you to:
undertake a social work assessment with a child with a disability
consider the holistic needs of the child and the family
explore the impact of grief and loss upon the family
build emotional intelligence and resilience within families.
communicate with children with disabilities communication techniques.
The new SEND legislation and issues around Safeguarding of Children with Disabilities and Transition to Adult Social Care for the young person are explored, and activities and scenarios help you to critically reflect and explore theory and practice further.
Contents
Introduction Chapter One Legislative Frameworks supporting Children with Disabilities Chapter Two Exploring Processes in Practice Chapter Three Managing the Emotional Impact of Disability Chapter Four The Child's Voice - Exploring their world using good Communication Chapter Five Autism and the impact on Communication Chapter Six Completing your assessment Chapter Seven Exploring Behaviour Management Techniques & Strategies Chapter Eight Giving Consideration to Values, Ethics, Race and Anti- Discriminatory Practice Chapter Nine Accessing Support and Resources Chapter Ten Exploring a Family Perspective Chapter Eleven Taking it Further
