Australian Aboriginal Children's Service

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This paper relates that social work in Australia, specifically in relation to intellectually disabled children under the age of six years old, is an area of services provision that yet has to achieve its maximum potential. The author points out that the proposed study design will be interpretive in nature utilizing a questionnaire for data collection, which will be coded, grouped and tabulated for analysis. The paper relates that the research will be used to identify specific unmet needs and for developmental planning to meet these needs, which is critical in Australia. The paper includes a figure and several embedded quotations.

Table of Contents:
Objective
Introduction
Identification of Stakeholders
Literature Review
Figure: Unmet Needs of Intellectually Disabled Children and Their Families
Methodology
Summary and Conclusion

From the Paper:

"One type of intellectual disability is related in the work entitled: "The Too-Hard Basket: Education for People who are Deafblind". The authors, Bidenko and James states that there are more than 70 known causes of deaf-blindness, with each cause brining a unique set of needs for the individual. Unfortunately, it is also related that the provision of education of children who are congenitally deaf-blind in Australia, can over the past 2 or 3 decades, be compared with that prior to 1750, of people who were deaf. Another problem that is noted in the country of Australia is the fact that approximately one in four parents was informed of their child's diagnosis by the time their child was three years old. Half the parents had been informed by the time their child was four and a half."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Bidenko, Janne & James, Trish (1999) The Too-Hard Basket: Education for People who are Deafblind" Paper presented at the Human Rights, Disability and Education Conference - 17 September 1999. Online available at: http://internex.net.au?~eba/education.htm.
• McGrath, P. (2001) Trained volunteers for Families Coping with a Child with a Life-Limiting Condition. Child & Family Social Work - Vol. 6, p. 23 February 2001. Online available at: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1365-2206.2001.00177.x.
• Bromley, Jo et al (2002) The Health and Social Care Needs of Families and/or Carers Supporting a Child with Autistic Spectrum Disorders" Health Research Journal, January 2002. Online available at: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/ihr/publications/manchester_child.pdf#search=%22Australian%20Social%20Workers%3A%20provision%20of%20services%20to%20intellectually%20disabled%20children%20under%20six%20years%20old%22.
• Wray, John; Silove, Natalie; and Knott, Helen (2005) Language Disorders and Autism - MJA Practice Essentials - Pediatrics. Online available at: http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/182_07_040405/wra10330_fm.html.
• Paton, S. and Homan, J. (nd) Learning with Amanda. Online available at: http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:7Qt5HLL4KgwJ:www.engagingcommunities2005.org/abstracts/Paton-Sandy-final.pdf+Australian+Social+Workers:+provision+of+services+to+intellectually+disabled+children+under+six+years+old&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=57

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