St.Mary's Home

This article provides a different outlook on how other programs handle working
with disabled children.

This article describes a summer program that provides education for disabled children.

The program evaluation noted that the nonacademic
portion of the program which are games and art provided a very important component to
the program.

This study ties into the parenting program at the St. Mary Home.

The primary objective of the study in this
article was to identify factors that may explain why some families, and not others,
seriously consider out of-home placement as an option for their child

The findings of this study suggest
that if families have the ecological resources they need to create and maintain a daily
routine that is meaningful and balanced with respect to the needs and interests of all

family members, then they are unlikely to ever seriously consider placing their child with
disabilities out-of-home, at least not in desperation.

This article disusses how people interact and work with disabled children.

St. Mary's Home hold over 90 disabled children and has social workers who work with them on the day to day basis.

Discusses communication with disabled children as well as
possible barriers when it comes to communication.

This study helps discuss communication options that work best with disabled children and I believe St. Mary’s home implements some of these communication tactics

If communication is poor, then children and
parents may not understand choices and will have inadequate opportunity to engage in making decisions about their care. This study was part of a program of research aiming to
develop a parent-led intervention to improve communication with disabled children in hospital.