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1. Assessing Parents with Learning Disabilities Issues and Practical Solutions
3. Government Response
Valuing People White Paper – DoH 2001
Good Practice Guidance on Working with Parents with a Learning Disability –
Dfes & DoH 2007
4. Key Factors
Communication
Multi Agency Working
Partnership with parents
Acknowledging strengths
Person centred approach
5. Assessment
Traditional:
Visit, assess, set targets, reassess.
Agreements, planning meetings, reviews, expectations and assumptions.
6. Working with Difference
Clarity
Literal
Checking and rechecking understanding
Awareness of ability to recall
Length of assessment
7. Methods
Collage – permanent visual prompts
Protective behaviours model – assessing protecton and empathy
Photographs – who am I?
8. Useful Tools and Resources
Change
Good practice guidance
Argos and Early Learning catalogues!
Board maker Package
Digital camera
9. Further Reading Finding the right support – Tarleton B., Ward L., & Howarth J. (2006) The Baring Foundation
Parents with learning difficulties, child protection and the courts – Booth T. and Booth W. (2004) www.supported-parenting.com/projects/NuffieldReport.pdf
What works for parents with learning disabilities – McGaw S. and Newman T. (2005) Ilford: Barnardo’s