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• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Introduction
• Part I Perspectives: Understanding Disability
• 1 Lived Experience of Impairment, Disability and Social Work
• Introduction
• First encounters with social work
• Encountering barriers
• Models of disability, law and policy
• Life as a disabled adult
• Positive social work practice: my perspective
• Concluding thoughts
• 2 Theories and Models of Disability
• Introduction
• The historical context
• Social theory and disability
• Critiques of the social model
• Implications for social work
• Towards a theory of disability?
• 3 Disability from a Life Course Perspective
• Introduction
• Pre-birth choices
• Disability and childhood
• Disability, youth and transitions to adulthood
• Disability and adulthood
• Disability and old age
• The end of life: death and dying
• Conclusion
• 4 The Legal and Policy Perspective
• Introduction
• The historical development of policy
• Adult social care
• Policy for disabled children
• Conclusion
• Part II Diversity, Inequality and Disability
• 5 Inequality, Oppression and Disability
• Introduction
• What is oppression?
• Types of oppression
• Conclusion
• 6 Disability and Diversity
• Introduction
• Diverse people, diverse experiences
• Disability as a category of human diversity
• Diversity, disability and social work practice
• Conclusion
• Part III Disability and Social Work Practice
• 7 Communication and Engagement
• Introduction
• Language, disability and social work
• Psycho-social issues, communication and disability
• Communication with families and social care staff
• Social work practice: meeting communication needs
• Conclusion
• 8 Working with Disabled Children
• Introduction
• Social work assessment and disabled children
• Assessment and outcomes
• Engaging with disabled children
• Parents and siblings
• Family and environmental issues
• Transformation and resilience – ‘Welcome to Holland’
• Short breaks
• Personalization and disabled children
• Transition
• Disabled children who are ‘looked after’
• Disabled children who are looked after and permanence
• Conclusion
• 9 Working with Disabled Adults
• Introduction
• Assessment and self-assessment
• Maximizing choice and control for disabled adults
• Working with disabled parents
• Direct work with disabled adults
• Conclusion
• 10 Safeguarding, Social Work and Disability
• Introduction
• The scope of safeguarding
• Disability hate crime
• Domestic violence
• The legal and policy context of safeguarding
• Disability and vulnerability to abuse
• The social work role in safeguarding: working with disabled children
• The social work role in safeguarding: working with disabled adults
• Conclusion
• 11 Collaborative Practice
• Introduction
• What is collaborative practice?
• Working with disabled people’s organizations and the third sector
• Working with health
• Working with education
• Working with housing
• Working with carers
• Conclusion
• Conclusion
• References
• Index
• End User License Agreement