Dear Charley,
Greetings from Sydney - always good to see a fellow Tasmanian sourcing the
international literature.
The issue of friendship was addressed in my Key Note address to the ASSID
(Tas) State Conference at Launceston last year - based on material from my
PhD research.
I would endorse the references thus far contributed to the list and further
suggest looking at the Jan / Feb 2004 edition of the "Connections", Vol 30
(1&2), which covers the topic quite extensively - the magazine published
by TASH (an orgTry the Health Dept. library, but you could possibly source
a copy from Prisilla Newton: [log in to unmask]
Have a talk with the Disability Services Queensland [DSQ] Friendship
Programme - e-mail: [log in to unmask]; tel (Australia) 1300 303
623.
Also, try:
Newton, J., & Horner, R. (1993). Using a social guide to improve social
relationships of people with severe disabilities. Journal of the
Association of Persons with Severe Handicaps, 18, 36-45.
Harlan-Simmons, J., Holtz, P., Todd, J., & Mooney, M. (2001). Building
social relationships through valued roles: three older adults and the
community membership project. Mental Retardation, 39, 171-180.
To be controversial, much of the literature focuses on forging friendships
between people with and without disability. Some of my current research is
raising the issue of people with intellectual disability valuing and asking
for support with relationships with other people with intellectual
disability. That is not to say 'integrated' (sic) friendships are not
valued, but that such relationships do not always seem to meet some
people's friendship needs. I think some of these issues are tied to
questions of identity. My point being, when supporting relationships, look
to supporting the full range of interpersonal connections, not just those
that appear to conform with the principles of Normalization theory
[comments on this issue from others on the list welcome]
Let me know how you go.
Regards,
Keith
At 03:06 PM 12/05/2004 +1000, Hodgson Charley wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I'm a social worker working mainly with people who have an intellectual
>disability and I'm planning to work with residential organisations to help
>them enable their resident to develop and maintain friendships and social
>networks. Does anyone know of any literature or resource material on the
>subject ?
>
>Thanks
>
>Charley Hodgson
>
>Disability Services
>St John's Park
>Hobart
>Tasmania
>
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