Parents as Care Managers by Gillian Bridge

Author:Gillian Bridge [Bridge, Gillian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Social Science, General
ISBN: 9780429813443
Google: 0WClDwAAQBAJ
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-07-23T04:57:48+00:00

Findings from Fieldwork

Of the 58 families in this study, 48 were involved at some stage in the statementing process at the time of the interview: 28 of the children had reached the age of five and therefore required compulsory school arrangements.

Figure 7.1 Statementing

It was possible to classify the experiences of parents under 4 headings as can be seen in figure 7.1. There were those (20) who were satisfied with the process, others (15) who were satisfied after a dispute resolved, and some (16) who were dissatisfied with dispute on going. The remaining seven children were too young for inclusion. On the one hand, 35 were satisfied eventually, but 24 had experienced the process as one of dispute. This fits with the description of parental participation in the Children Act Guidance.25 as being full of ‘conflicts and adversarial debates’. Therefore, a firm conclusion must be that all parents experienced the process as one of participation and involvement, which took up varied amounts of time and energy over and above what they might have expected to do had their child not been disabled. Taking a more positive position, it is heartening to discover that so many were eventually satisfied and that of these 20 were relatively conflict-free. Typical comments from this group were:

It was an easy ride - I knew what I wanted and I got it. (Peter’s mother)

We didn’t realise how important the statement was, but the headmistress rushed it through in time. (Mark’s mother)

I didn’t even have to fight - they agreed without any argument to the special school for Jewish children. (Ben’s mother)

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