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Network News parents and leaving home. Role-reversals between parents and children are more likely to occur also at times of crisis or redefinition, when parents show more vulnerability; families with a parent who have a disability could be said to be more vulnerable in this regard. Several correspondents highlight how both our therapeutic responses and agencies ' involvement in families ' life may affect families ' ability to cope, thus raising the issue of scrutinising how responses from systems external to the family impact on such families 'functioning. JANE CHAPMAN Network News Coordinator CHILDREN OF PARENTS AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY One of the outcomes of the recent emphasis on the civil, community, and individual rights of people with intellectual disabilities is that more people with intellectual disability are having children, and more are keeping their children. This phenomenon is increasingly confronting government and community services with difficult dilemmas. Alexander Tymchuk at UCLA, Los Angeles, has researched the adequacy of parenting by mothers who have intellectual disabilities and has designed a range of training programs. His overview of the literature indicated that whilst many mothers with an intellectual disability were inadequate parents, many others were adequate. He identified relevant factors that affect http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy Wiley

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
© 1994 Australian Association of Family Therapy
ISSN
0814-723X
eISSN
1467-8438
DOI
10.1002/j.1467-8438.1994.tb01005.x
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Abstract

parents and leaving home. Role-reversals between parents and children are more likely to occur also at times of crisis or redefinition, when parents show more vulnerability; families with a parent who have a disability could be said to be more vulnerable in this regard. Several correspondents highlight how both our therapeutic responses and agencies ' involvement in families ' life may affect families ' ability to cope, thus raising the issue of scrutinising how responses from systems external to the family impact on such families 'functioning. JANE CHAPMAN Network News Coordinator CHILDREN OF PARENTS AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY One of the outcomes of the recent emphasis on the civil, community, and individual rights of people with intellectual disabilities is that more people with intellectual disability are having children, and more are keeping their children. This phenomenon is increasingly confronting government and community services with difficult dilemmas. Alexander Tymchuk at UCLA, Los Angeles, has researched the adequacy of parenting by mothers who have intellectual disabilities and has designed a range of training programs. His overview of the literature indicated that whilst many mothers with an intellectual disability were inadequate parents, many others were adequate. He identified relevant factors that affect

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy – Wiley

Published: Sep 1, 1994

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