Mental Handicap: Dilemmas of Parent-Professional Relations
First Published in 2004. In academic, popular and official literature a great deal has been written about parent-professional relationships. They are often represented as being fundamentally important and valuable for all the parties involved. The author of this book is concerned with the unequal power relations between parents and professionals and that professionals’ assumptions and practices should be viewed as questionable from a parental perspective. This study concerns the parents of mentally-handicappedchildren, and to a lesser extent the various professionals, including academics, who impinge on their lives.
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Mental Handicap: Dilemmas of Parent-Professional Relations
First Published in 2004. In academic, popular and official literature a great deal has been written about parent-professional relationships. They are often represented as being fundamentally important and valuable for all the parties involved. The author of this book is concerned with the unequal power relations between parents and professionals and that professionals’ assumptions and practices should be viewed as questionable from a parental perspective. This study concerns the parents of mentally-handicappedchildren, and to a lesser extent the various professionals, including academics, who impinge on their lives.
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Mental Handicap: Dilemmas of Parent-Professional Relations

Mental Handicap: Dilemmas of Parent-Professional Relations

by Simon Dyson
Mental Handicap: Dilemmas of Parent-Professional Relations

Mental Handicap: Dilemmas of Parent-Professional Relations

by Simon Dyson

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First Published in 2004. In academic, popular and official literature a great deal has been written about parent-professional relationships. They are often represented as being fundamentally important and valuable for all the parties involved. The author of this book is concerned with the unequal power relations between parents and professionals and that professionals’ assumptions and practices should be viewed as questionable from a parental perspective. This study concerns the parents of mentally-handicappedchildren, and to a lesser extent the various professionals, including academics, who impinge on their lives.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781135785345
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 11/01/2002
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 248
File size: 332 KB

About the Author

Simon Dyson

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 AN INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 THE PROCESS OF RESEARCH; Chapter 3 PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES; Chapter 4 PROBLEMS WITH THE SERVICES; Chapter 5 OBTAINING INFORMATION; Chapter 6 AN OPEN LETTER TO PARENTS OF MENTALLYHANDICAPPED CHILDREN; Chapter 7 AN OPEN LETTER TO PROFESSIONALS;
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