Edited by Barry Carpenter is who director of the Centre for the Study of Special Education, Westminster College, Oxford; he was formerly an inspector of schools and a headteacher.
Part I Introduction; Chapter 1 Our family
Katie Carpenter
Grace Carpenter
Matthew Carpenter; Chapter 2 Working with families
Sue Carpenter
Barry Carpenter; Part II Defining family roles; Chapter 3 Finding the family: early intervention and the families of children with special educational needs
Barry Carpenter; Chapter 4 Mothers '¿ stress
stressors and strain: outcomes of a cross-Nordic study
Airi Hautamäki; Chapter 5 Fathers: are we meeting their needs?
Barry Carpenter
Elaine Herbert; Chapter 6 Meeting the unique concerns of brothers and sisters of children with special needs
Donald Meyer
Patricia Vadasy; Chapter 7 Grandparents: part of the family
Brigit Mirfin-Veitch
Anne Bray; Part III Cultural perspectives; Chapter 8
Dee Twiss
Beverley Stewart
Maureen Corby; Chapter 9 Working with familes in a multi-ethnic European context: implications for services
Fernando Almeida Diniz; Chapter 10 Early intervention services to children with special needs: a Welsh study
Elizabeth Jones
Jean Ware; Part IV Initiatives in research and practice; Chapter 11 Curriculum issues in early childhood: implications for families
Tricia David
Jenny Moir
Elaine Herbert; Chapter 12 Transdisciplinary approaches to working with families
Barbara Doyle; Chapter 13 Moving forward together: collaborative research with families
Barry Carpenter;
