Supporting Parents with Disabilities
The following user-friendly guides were created to help social service providers better support parents with disabilities. These guides contain background information on working with parents with disabilities, best practices in providing supports, policies guiding practice with parents with disabilities, and links to resources in Arizona and across the country.
Parents Guide ENGLISH-Compressed-fonts 20240710.pdfGuidebook
Lightfoot, E., Hollie, K., Dangle, P., & Goto, K. (2024). Supporting Parents with Disabilities: A User-friendly Guide for Social Service Providers. School of Social Work, Arizona State University.
Parents Guide SPANISH -Compressed-fonts -20240710.pdfGuía
Lightfoot, E., Hollie, K., Dangle, P., y Goto, K. (2024). Apoyando a padres con discapacidades: una guía fácil de usar para proveedores de servicios sociales. Escuela de Trabajo Social, Universidad Estatal de Arizona.
These guides were developed as part of a generous grant from the Arizona Developmental Disabilities Planning Council. The contract is supported by the Administration for Community Living (ACL) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $1,500,930, with 0% from non-governmental sources. Services provided under this contract, including the views expressed in written materials or publications and by any speakers do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the ADDPC, ACL or HHS. Gotomedia assisted with making these guides user-friendly and accessible.