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Jun 3, 2021 · Evans and Randle-Phillips’s meta-ethnography explored people with learning difficulties’ experiences of psychological therapy and identified five concepts: adapting to therapy, the therapeutic environment, group dynamics, the therapeutic relationship and the impact of therapy on life. The research highlighted the need for further consideration around power differentials within the ...
- Samantha Attwood, Cathy Atkinson
- 03 June 2021
- 2021
- 21, Issue3
- Connecting with Parents
- Read Other Parents’ Stories
- Parent Blogs and Videos
Some charities and voluntary organisations can give you extra support with your child’s condition and connect you to parents with similar experiences. Some people prefer to talk face to face while others find it easier to chat online. Support groups for parents Support for syndromes without a name (SWAN), rare or genetic conditions
Reading about similar experiences can help you find out which challenges parents faced, how they tackled them and how they felt. Some disability charities have parent blog posts and articles. Check the charity website for a blog, news or advice and support section. Scope’s online community of parents
Some parents have their own blogs and share posts about their journey. Try searching ‘blogs by parents of a disabled child’ in your search engine. You may prefer to watch videos of parents sharing their experiences instead. Try searching ‘parent of a disabled child’ on YouTube.
Disabled children with high care needs do better when their parents get on because their parents are more able to focus on their care. All relationships go through good times and bad times. Managing the bad times well is an important part of creating a strong, lasting relationship. The next section looks at things you can do.
Parenting a disabled child. BACP Children, Young People and Families, December 2020. Parenting a child with special educational needs or disability (SEND) can elicit a variety of emotional responses from parents, wider family and indeed society. The charity Contact , for families with disabled children, say that there are around one million ...
Good Practice across the Counselling Professions 007 Working with disability across the counselling professions is published by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP House, 15 St John’s Business Park, Lutterworth, Leicestershire, LE17 4HB. T: 01455 883300 F: 01455 550243 E: bacp@bacp.co.uk www.bacp.co.uk.
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can be used with individuals, couples, families and groups. provides mental health assessments, including assessing: state of mind. capacity to use child psychotherapy as a treatment modality. family functioning. relationship between disability, developmental stage and environmental factors.
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Aug 14, 2023 · With the right support, the majority of people with learning disabilities can lead independent lives in the UK. How much help that person needs varies depending on how severe their learning disability is. Many people who have a learning disability can work and have fulfilling relationships.
