Whose Handicap?: Finding New Families for Children with Mental Handicaps

Subtitle

Finding new families for children with mental handicaps

Synopsis

In 1983 a group of agencies in the south-west of England identified certain children who were not finding families, all of them were mentally handicapped and many of them had other physical and emotional difficulties. The agencies began a campaign to recruit adoptive families and the video shows the results of their work.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 20 min.

Year of production

1986

Availability

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION

Documentation

Accompanying leaflets.

Uses

Basic grade social workers, residential and health service workers, social services managers, adoption panel members.*

Subjects

Social welfare

Keywords

adoption and fostering; foster care; mentally handicapped children

Distributor

Name

British Agencies for Adoption & Fostering

Phone

020 7593 2000

Address

London
SE1 1RQ

Notes

Programmes out of distribution.