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Disabled Children at the Interface: Co-operative Action Between Public Authorities and the Reduction of Social Exclusion (Understanding Children's Social Care S.)
Disabled Children at the Interface Cooperative Action Between Public Authorities and the Reduction of Social Exclusion - Understanding Children's Social Care S. Author:Pat Petrie, Pamela Storey, Di Thompson, Mano Candappa This volume reports a research study that investigates how different local agencies work together?or fail to do so?in their approach to disabled children and their families. The challenge lies in keeping the whole child in view, the child who is more than a patient, pupil or social work client, and more than the sum of these parts. — The study ta... more »kes a broad view of local policy and practice. Key areas covered include: emerging trends in interagency working; difficulties in interagency work and some solutions; and case studies illustrating the lived experience of children and parents as they are affected by interagency work or its failure.« less