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Supporting and Informing Parents of the Handicapped: The Toowoomba SPELD Parent Information Centre

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2016

Jeff Bailey
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In a recent article in this journal (1979, pp. 23–24), Dr. Jim Irvine argued a case that parents should not only be fully informed in decision-making processes related to their handicapped children but they should act as co-ordinators of services. From a SPELD viewpoint, this case is timely and quite appropriate. Many professionals whose major interest is in meeting the needs of the clients of service systems, viz., children and their parents, would strongly support such a case. Those who are more interested in organisation-maintenance or status-protection, and less in client service, would probably resist such an orientation. From my experience as a parent and as an educator, there are far too many professionals dealing with parents who direct most of their professional energies to protecting their organisation and/or their own status – to the detriment of the parents and the children concerned.

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Australasian Journal of Special Education , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , November 1979 , pp. 24 - 25
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Copyright © The Australian Association of Special Education 1979

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Irvine, J. Decision Making in Special Education: A Plea for Parent-Professional Relationships. The Australian Journal of Special Education, May, 1979, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 23–24.CrossRefGoogle Scholar