Deborah,
Sorry to be self-promoting, but you may want to look at:
 
Milton Seligman & Rosalyn Benjamin Darling, ORDINARY FAMILIES, SPECIAL CHILDREN:  A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO CHILDHOOD DISABILITY, New York:  Guilford Press, 1997.
 
Rosalyn Benjamin Darling, Ph.D.
Coordinator, Doctoral Program in Administration and Leadership Studies
Department of Sociology
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Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana, PA 15705
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From: Deborah Marks <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Friday, July 16, 1999 12:04 PM
Subject: children with disabilities and special needs

Dear All
 
I am looking for literature on working with disabled (including learning difficulties) children and their families; perhaps from a social work perspective as well as other professionals, but which has also engages with social model perspective. I'm looking for ideas for 'best practice'. Grateful for any references list members can come up with.
 
Thanks in advance for responses.
Deborah