Active Social Work with Children with Disabilities
Julie Adams author Diana Leshone author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:20th May '16
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
This paperback is available in another edition too:
- Hardback£135.00(9781041054085)

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.
ISBN: 9781910391945
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 490g
264 pages