Advocacy Skills for Health and Social Care Professionals Format:Trade Paperback competition for parental attention and

competition for parental attention and the phenomenon of `disability by association' - the tendency for siblings to emulate a disabled brother's or sister's behaviour in an attempt to gain recognition for themselves at home

This book contains:

Illustrating effective ways of communicating directly with disabled children

she points out the large number of advantages to the Aspergers way of thinking for individuals with AS

the sites and boundaries to their work

Advocacy Skills for Health and Social Care Professionals Format:Trade Paperback competition for parental attention andMost professionals working in health or social care will be required to act as advocates as part of their work. A social worker or community nurse may need to obtain extra benefits or a particular service for a client; a housing official may need to help a tenant whose benefit has been delayed thus placing them at risk of homelessness; a voluntary body may decide to challenge a statement of special educational needs for a child. This is a practical