Child Protection and Parents with a Learning Disability: Good Practice for Assessing and Working with Adults - including Autism Spectrum Disorders and Borderline Learning Disability

178 Pages·2016·1.86 MB·English

by  Penny Morgan

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and Parents with a
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Child Protection
and Parents with a
Learning Disability
Good Practice for Assessing and
Working with Adults
Including Autism
Spectrum Disorders and
Borderline Learning
Disability
Penny Morgan
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
London and Philadelphia
First published in 2017
by Jessica Kingsley Publishers
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London N1 9BE, UK
and
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Names: Morgan, Penny (Clinical psychologist), author.
Title: Child protection and parents with learning disability : good practice
for assessing and working with adults--including autism spectrum disorders
to borderline learning disability / Penny Morgan.
Description: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2017. |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016008981 | ISBN 9781849056793 (alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Family social work--Great Britain. | Learning
disabled--Family relationships--Great Britain. | Parents with mental
disabilities--Services for--Great Britain. | Children of parents with
disabilities--Services for--Great Britain. | Child welfare--Great Britain.
Classification: LCC HV700.G7 M67 2017 | DDC 362.30941--dc23 LC record available at
https://lccn.loc.gov/2016008981
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
ISBN 978 1 84905 679 3
eISBN 978 1 78450 186 0
This book is dedicated to the girls –
Holly, Jess, Ellie, Cerys and Robyn.
With thanks to Paul, Rose and Corrina
for their help and advice.

Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction 7
Chapter 2 Mild Learning Disability and How it Affects Parenting 25
Chapter 3 Borderline Learning Disability and Parenting 46
Chapter 4 Mental Health and Learning Disabilities 65
Chapter 5 Autism Spectrum Disorder 91
Chapter 6 Parenting, Emotions and Attachment 110
Chapter 7 The Assessment Process 123
Chapter 8 Working with Families 135
Chapter 9 Conclusions 156
Resources 159
References 161
Subject Index 168
Author Index 173