Discovery of Handicap, The

Synopsis: Aims to show parental feelings at the time handicap is diagnosed and the skills involved in counselling parents at such a time. The presenter (a lecturer in social work and himself the parent of a mentally handicapped child) role-plays a social worker interviewing a couple whose child has recently been diagnosed as having Down’s Syndrome. The interview is role-played twice, the first aiming to show a less satisfactory way for the social worker to conduct the interview than the second. The parents’ roles are role-playing themselves after the birth of their first child some eight years previously. Ends with a brief discussion about the role-play between the presenter and the couple.
Series: Helping the Mentally Handicapped and Their Families, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.
Year of production: 1983
Availability: Sale
Uses: Final year psychology students; introduction to psychotherapy.*
Subjects: Social welfare
Keywords: counselling; mentally handicapped children; social work training

Cast

Rod Ballard

Name: University of Exeter, Department of Sociology and Social Administration

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