Friendships and Community Connections Between People with and Without Developmental Disabilities

Friendships and Community Connections Between People with and Without Developmental Disabilities
Author: Angela R. Novak Amado
Publisher: Brookes Publishing Company
Total Pages: 420
Release: 1993
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN:

True community integration is much more than placing an individual with a disability in a community setting ... it also means belonging and being in close friendships with other community members without disabilities. Now, this perceptive book gleans principles from successful experiences to help others build relationships of their own through natural social connections. The authors of this heartening guide to relationships and community connections combine the wisdom gained from their varied backgrounds in advocacy, service provision, parenting, and research to explore how friendships can enhance the lives of every individual in the community. Each author considers a different facet of friendship, such as: work and leisure relationship; gender-related expectations; community associations and groups; the roles of love, affection, and intimacy.

Narrating Friendship

Narrating Friendship
Author: Colin Pottie
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2001
Genre:
ISBN:

Interpersonal connections, friendships, and belonging play important roles in a person's emotional and physical well-being. However, recent studies reveal that persons with developmental disabilities often live with few connections and friendships, within unwelcoming communities. This qualitative study enters this relatively unexplored area of friendships between persons with and without developmental disabilities by interviewing existing friendship dyads in the intentional community of l'Arche. By examining friendship narratives in context, this research endeavours to describe these friendships, interpret factors that foster or inhibit their development, and identify communal influences on the relationship. Data was collected on 4 friend dyads through semi-structured, in-depth interviews of the friends together, and by participant observation during a commonplace event. Analysis of the friendship narratives yielded 19 themes that fell into 3 categories. A composite dialogue between 2 of the friends is offered to vividly portray the relationship and how the friends interacted.

Older Adults with Developmental Disabilities

Older Adults with Developmental Disabilities
Author: Claire Lavin
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2020-11-25
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1351842595

Assesses the needs and lives of the first generation of people with developmental disabilities who have survived into later life. Describes the challenges facing practitioners in gerontology and developmental disabilities to modify programs designed for mid-life adults, and notes that senior services will need to incorporate the needs of the new po

International Review of Research in Mental Retardation

International Review of Research in Mental Retardation
Author:
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2006-04-11
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0080463533

Volume 31 of the International Review of Research in Mental Retardation is a thematic exploration of personality and motivation in persons with mental retardation. Looking at a broad spectrum of intellectual disabilities, Mental Retardation, Personality, and Motivational Systems explores motivation as a moderator for performance and individualized effort. Coverage includes discussions of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in both mentally retarded and non-retarded children, self-determination, interpersonal decision making in adolescents and adults with mental retardation, interpersonal relationships, and the connection between etiological-specific differences and motivation to form "behavioral phenotypes." A final chapter presents a transactional perspective on human ability, relying on constructs of intelligence, cognitive processes, and motivation, with implications for developmental interventions in the lives of persons with mental retardation. Explores personality and motivation in persons with mental retardation Discusses intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in both mentally retarded and non-retarded children A useful reference for researchers and scholars in developmental and cognitive psychology, as well as neuropsychology

Talkabout Relationships

Talkabout Relationships
Author: Alex Kelly
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2018-10-24
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1351687565

The third title in the successful "Talkabout" series, "Talkabout Relationships" reflects current literature and research on developing relationships for people with learning disabilities, and aims, through groupwork, to improve self-esteem and relationship skills in people who are having difficulties in making or maintaining friends. This highly illustrated, practical resource: is designed to help teachers or therapists to work through self-esteem and relationship skills within a group setting in a structured way. It was originally written for young adults with a learning disability, it has also been used successfully with children with learning disabilities and those who present with social skills difficulties. Includes a staff rating assessment of a client's relationship skills and criteria for inclusion in a relationships group, as well as a self-esteem assessment and a self-rating assessment of relationship skills. This title contains illustrated, photocopiable group activities and worksheets to address self-image, identity and self-confidence as well as the different types of relationship, the qualities of friends and some of the skills involved in improving and developing relationships. Illustrated by the author, this hands-on groupwork resource is ideal for speech language therapists, teachers, occupational therapists, community learning disability nurses and anyone working in the field of learning disability.

Growing Up with Disability

Growing Up with Disability
Author: Carol Robinson
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1998-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781853025686

This book encompasses a wide range of perspectives on childhood impairment and its social implications. The book adopts a child-centred approach, stressing the importance of communicating with disabled children, and includes pieces of writing by young disabled people. Preschool and school age children describe their behavior and feelings within their own families, substitute families, and residential homes. The book explores how such children can best be protected, and how their quality of life can be improved. Using the social model of disability which identifies the material and social barriers to inclusion, contributors give examples of progressive practice, and examine the aspirations of young disabled people, their friendships, and how they come to terms with adolescence and the transition to adulthood.