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Community management: A working model

This paper examines the correct practices of community management - it acknowledges some of the criticisms of community management but also recognises from first hand experience where it has worked.

Building and mobilising informal family support networks

This article details Project SHaRE (Source of Help Received and Exchanged) which was conceived in response to work with poor families and families with disabled members who had needs that went continually unmet. The project is based on 11 characteristics around community which should strengthen family functioning e. g.

A policy analysis of family support for families with members with developmental disabilities

This is a draft of a policy analysis of family support in the context of disability policy. It comprehensively focuses on the characteristics of family support programs, the goals, values and principles of family support, historical and policy contexts and barriers.

Sharing the caring: Re-thinking current policies

This paper argues that we have constructed a society in which the main burden of care has been placed on women and the burden of income-earning on men.

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.