Supporting South Asian Families with a Child with Severe Disabilities

Chris Hatton is Research Director and Professor of Psychology, Health and Social Care at the Institute for Health Research, Lancaster University. Yasmeen Akram was a research associate at the Hester Adrian Research Centre, University of Manchester and is now training as a clinical psychologist. Robina Shah is an expert advisor on ethnicity to the Valuing People Support Team. Janet Robertson is a senior research fellow at the Institute for Health Research. Eric Emerson is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the Institute for Health Research and a member of the Department of Health's National Task Force on Learning Disabilities.

• List of Figures and Tables. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction: The Research and Policy Context. 2. The Families. 3. The Child. 4. Information. 5. Informal Support. 6. Formal Support. 7. Family Social Life. 8. Parental Health. 9. Making Connections. 10. Conclusions. Appendix 1. Probe Questions for Phase 1 Interviews. Appendix 2. Interview Schedules Used in the Phase 2 Interviews. Appendix 3. Probe Questions for Phase 3 Interviews. References. Subject Index. Author index.

This is an interesting and important addition to an already charted field of research, made so predominantly by the extensive representation of the views and experiences of the parents involved.