Diana Leshone – författare

Active Social Work with Children with Disabilities provides a comprehensive social worker’s guide to working with children with disabilities, exploring current issues from the perspective of both the social worker and the family. Many people are afraid of working in this field of social work and this book dispels the myths and fears about working with children with disabilities and build the social worker’s confidence in an area that is often left behind within the social work world. The book will help you to:undertake a social work assessment with a child with a disabilityconsider the holistic needs of the child and the familyexplore the impact of grief and loss upon the familybuild emotional intelligence and resilience within families.communicate with children with disabilities communication techniques.The new SEND legislation and issues around Safeguarding of Children with Disabilities and Transition to Adult Social Care for the young person are explored, and activities and scenarios help you to critically reflect and explore theory and practice further.