Llewellyn / Traustadottir / McConnell Parents with Intellectual Disabilities

Past, Present and Futures
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-470-66040-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 290 Seiten, E-Book

The first international, cross-disciplinary book to explore andunderstand the lives of parents with intellectual disabilities,their children, and the systems and services they encounter
* Presents a unique, pan-disciplinary overview of this growingfield of study
* Offers a human rights approach to disability and familylife
* Informed by the newly adopted UN Convention on the Rights ofPersons with Disabilities (2006)
* Provides comprehensive research-based knowledge from leadingfigures in the field of intellectual disability

Autoren/Hrsg.

Llewellyn, Gwynnyth

Traustadottir, Rannveig

McConnell, David

Sigurjonsdott, Hanna Bjorg

Weitere Mitwirkende

Taylor, Steven

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Contributors.
Foreword (Steven J.Taylor).
Acknowledgments.
Introduction (Gwynnyth Llewellyn, Rannveig Traustadóttir,David McConnell, and Hanna BjörgSigurjónsdóttir).
PART I FAMILY AND COMMUNITY LIFE
1. Becoming a Mother - Becoming a Father (Rachel Mayesand Hanna Bjorg Sigurjónsdóttir).
2. Looking Back on Their Own Upbringing (Gwynnyth Llewellynand David McConnell).
3. Family Within a Family (Hanna BjörgSigurjónsdóttir and Rannveig Traustadóttir).
4. Children and Their Life Experiences (JytteFaureholm).
5. Understanding Community in the Lives of Parents withIntellectual Disabilities (Gwynnyth Llewellyn and MarieGustavsson).
6. Citizenship and Community Participation (BrigitMirfin-Veitch).
7. Parenting and Resistance: Strategies in Dealing with Servicesand Professionals (Rannveig Traustadóttir and HannaBjörg Sigurjónsdóttir).
PART II HUMAN SERVICES ENABLING AND DISABLING PARENTS WITHINTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES
8. Parenting Education Programs (Maurice Feldman).
9. Supported Decision Making for Women with IntellectualDisabilities (Sue McGaw and Sue Candy).
10. Turning Policy Into Practice (Beth Tarleton).
11. Caught in the Child Protection Net (David McConnell andHanna Björg Sigurjónsdóttir).
12. Turning Rights into Realities in Québec, Canada(Marjorie Aunos, Laura Pacheco, and Katherine Moxness).
13. Supporting Mothers' Community Participation (DavidMcConnell and Gwynnyth Llewellyn).
14. Advocacy for Change: "The Final Tool in theToolbox?" (Linda Ward and Beth Tarleton).
Conclusion: Taking Stock and Looking to the Future (DavidMcConnell, Gwynnyth Llewellyn, Rannveig Traustadóttir andHanna Björg Sigurjónsdóttir).
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Gwynnyth Llewellyn is Professor and Dean of the Faculty ofHealth Sciences, University of Sydney, and Director of theAustralian Family and Disability Studies Research Collaboration.Professor Llewellyn's work led to the world's first nationalstrategy to support parents with learning difficulties and promotea healthy start to life for their young children.
Rannveig Traustadóttir is Professor andDirector of the Centre for Disability Studies in the School ofSocial Sciences, University of Iceland. She has been one of theleaders in developing Disability Studies as a scholarly field inthe Nordic countries and is the former president of The NordicNetwork on Disability Research.
David McConnell is Professor in the Faculty ofRehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta. Professor McConnellhas been conducting research in the field of parents and parentingwith intellectual disabilities in Australia for over 15 years. Heis now expanding his research program in Canada.
Hanna BjÃrgSigurjónsdóttir is an Assistant Professorat the University of Iceland. She has conducted collaborativeresearch with parents with intellectual disabilities for 15 years.Together with Rannveig Traustadttir she has published ContestedFamilies: Parents with Intellectual Disabilities and TheirChildren (1998) and Invisible Families: Mothers withIntellectual Disabilities and Their Children (2001).