Thank you for Child Protection Resource for this helpful piece about parents with learning disabilities.
Parents with learning disabilities are entitled to have support to be able to fulfil their parenting role and have more opportunity to meet a ‘good enough’ parenting standard.
Parents with LD may suffer discrimination from professionals who have little relevant experience and who make assumptions about what parents with LD can or cannot do. This leads to parents with LD often fearing intervention from state agencies.
Read the full piece at source: Parents with Learning Disabilities/Difficulties
Watch: Improving Support for Parents with Learning Disabilities – Expert view on alternatives
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Supporting parents with learning disabilities and difficulties – Stories of positive practice
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Supporting learning disabled parents to keep their children
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Impetus speaks up on support for parents with learning disabilities
Grace Eyre – Shared Lives Scheme
Change – People with learning disabilities working together for equal human rights
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