When we were talking about how we tell the story, someone (David, I think) raised the question of ways of reporting. I mentioned a book that is all about this;

Foskett & Lyall, Helping the Helpers:

chapters 2 & 3, pp8-31 look at the process of observation and reporting

Chapter 9, pp131-143 & p159f look at the model of ‘verbatim reporting’ – taken, I think, from Social Work.

There are multiple copies in the library.

Theological Reflection

Mission, Ministry and the Triune God module has provided some useful background for beginning to reflect theologically on the anthropological, sociological and communitarian issues associated with persons with learning difficulties and their development. Check out:

Hans S. Reinders, Receiving the Gift of Friendship: Profound Disability, Theological Anthropology, and Ethics. He engages with trinitarian theologians in his analysis of disability.

Thomas E. Reynolds, Vulnerable Communion: A Theology of Disability and Hospitality.

Amos Young, Theology and Down Syndrome: Reimagining Disability in Late Modernity

Alasdair McFadyen, The Call to Personhood. Uses insights from his background in psychiatric nursing to explore the existential question of personhood. Posits a dialogical (trialogical) framework between the 'I', 'Thou' and 'God'. Interrogates secular anthropology. Human beings relational and responsible and their ontology grows in relationships. Relating to God opens up the possibility of being influenced by the Holy Trinity.