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Parental perceptions of physicians' communication in the informing process

This study examines how parents felt about the way in which physicians informed them of their child's disability. The results are generally positive but this may be due to the passage of time and/or other factors.

Community development and community management

The aim of this paper is to promote discussion and focus debate about the role and relevance of community management in the non government welfare sector.

Parent groups, their past, present....and future

Judy Ellis, a parent leader from NSW, believes it is vital to understand the contributions the past has made before deciding what the future will be. "For the movement of parent and /or consumer groups to work well, it is crucial to build on the past".

Double Disadvantage

This is a transcript of a speech by Irene Moss, the Race Discrimination Commissioner for the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, at the first national conference on the impact of disability within ethnic communities in Australia.

Organising and Leading Parent Groups of Medium Structure

"Those involved in the care of children are aware of the impact of the role of the parent in the development of the child. This awareness has brought about the implementation of a variety of parenting programs to a variety of parent groups".

Enhancing social support for parents of developmentally disabled children: Training in interpersonal problem solving skills

This paper describes a training program for enhancing parent support networks by improving parents interpersonal problem solving skills. It discusses the rationale for such a program which is to avoid making the child with the disability the scapegoat.

Family support networks

These notes were taken by Wendy McGlynn, a parent who attended a seminar on Family Support Networks by Bruce Uditsky, an educator who has worked extensively with families, individuals with disabilities and organisations.

Metamorphosis to strength

This is a brief account but provides a valuable insight into the strengths of parent to parent groups, and how new parents of a child with a disability can be helped by speaking with older parents. Keyword: Families

Catching up with Jessica

A parent has the Great Expectation that her whole family could participate 100% in a skiing holiday, they could all have a great time, and no-one would suffer. By planning this trip around the needs of her daughter who has cerebral palsy, this brief account shows how this happened.

Some reflections on community life in the Blue Mountains for people with developmental disabilities

This account describes how two parents realised they had held the mistaken belief that love for their daughter with high support needs meant protection.