To add to this, students of social work and social policy that I tutor at Bath
have been referring to this "third way model"- to borrow Andy's analogy- for
quite a while. So, in some areas this is by no means a new theoretical
approach.
I agree that the name is clumsy, and I would disagree that dyslexics necessarily
have difficulties with polysyllabic words- won't tell you the full title of my
post-doctoral research in pharmaceutics but it contained words such as
chronotherapeutically-functional biopolymers. Most dyslexic PhD researchers
that I tutor at Bath are as happy/unhappy with polysyllabic words as their
non-dyslexic colleagues.
Regards,
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Quoting Bryan Jones <[log in to unmask]>:
> Could well be pseudo-intellectualising, but when a Government Dept
> refers us to this model for making a bid, I'd rather not respond in that
> way.
>
> Bryan Jones,
> Manager, Disability Support Services
> & North London Regional Access Centre,
> Middlesex University
> Tel: 020 8411 5366
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff.
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sue Green
> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 4:53 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Disability Model
>
>
> Hmmm,
>
> I wonder how a student with, say, RSI would respond to me saying I'm
> using "a client centred needs led approach to managing your disability
> under the biopsychosocial model" ie we'll arrange notetakers? Isn't this
> a case of pseudo-intellectualising? Is it just me who finds something
> deeply unpleasant about the term 'biopsychosocial'?
>
> Where are you Chris Baxter, your comments are needed!
>
> Sue
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff.
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Paula Bishop
> Sent: 29 June 2005 16:28
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Disability Model
>
>
> I just copied this from the internet, seems useful.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Paula
>
> The medical model implies that the cause of disability is impairment
> that the individual has, and is best managed by helping the
> individual reduce or make allowances for the impairment. The social
> model implies that disability is due to the physical and/or social
> environment and is best managed by altering or making allowances for
> the environment. Environmental problems arise from social attitudes,
> which require change. The biopsychosocial model indicates that both
> impairments and the environment can contribute to disability.
> Therefore both need to be assessed in the context of the individual
> and relevant carers to identify what is the best approach to managing
> the disability. In a client centred needs led approach to managing
> disability the biopsychosocial model is probably the most practical.
>
>
>
> On 29 Jun 2005 at 16:25, Bryan Jones wrote:
>
> > Can't give you much, hence my query about it. What I understand is
> > that The bio-psycho-social model brings together what is true in the
> > medical model and includes the physical, psychological and social
> > models without reducing the notion of disability to either medial or
> > social. Seems to be a model that is used in Europe, USA and Canada.
> >
> > Bryan Jones,
> > Manager, Disability Support Services
> > & North London Regional Access Centre,
> > Middlesex University
> > Tel: 020 8411 5366
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff.
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of A Velarde
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 3:16 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Disability Model
> >
> >
> > Hello Bryan. Could you provide a bit more info about it
> > (article/author). Harmonising the medical with the social model is a
> > bit like the "third way". Best, Andy
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bryan Jones" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 1:46 PM
> > Subject: Disability Model
> >
> >
> > > Does anyone have any thoughts on the the Bio-psycho-social model of
> > > disability? Seems to bring the two issues, medical and social,
> > > together
> > >
> > > Bryan Jones,
> > > Manager, Disability Support Services
> > > & North London Regional Access Centre,
> > > Middlesex University
> > > Tel: 020 8411 5366
> > >
>
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