Kirsten Stalker
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 380658 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Kirsten Stalker |
| NOMBRES | Kirsten |
| APELLIDO | Stalker |
| FIRMA | STALKER K |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Strathclyde |
| ORCID | 0009-0004-5526-2013 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 28 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 172 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 28 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1969 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Low-Level’ Social Care Needs of Adults in Prison (Loscip)
In England, local authorities are responsible for providing social care in prison in accordance with the Care Act (implemented in 2015), but little is known about ‘low-level’ needs that do not meet eligibility criteria. These ‘low-level’ social care needs can greatly affect individuals living in prison with limited autonomy. This scoping review aimed to describe the nature, extent, and conceptualisation of ‘low-level’ social care in UK prisons, i…
Process evaluation of the Walk Well study
Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN50494254 (3(rd) April 2012)
Enablers of help‐seeking for deaf and disabled children following abuse and barriers to protection
Research internationally has highlighted the increased vulnerability of deaf or disabled children to abuse and the frequently inadequate response of services. However, first‐hand accounts of deaf or disabled children have rarely been sought. This paper reports selected findings from one of the first studies exploring experiences of deaf and disabled children regarding help‐seeking following maltreatment. Innovative and sensitive research methods …
Permanence for disabled children and young people through foster care and adoption
A study of disabled children and child protection in Scotland — A hidden group
Walk well
ISRCTN50494254
A survey of disabled children and young people’s views about their quality of life
This study aimed to explore disabled children and young people’s perspectives about their quality of life, in terms of physical, mental and social well-being. Ninety-one disabled children, recruited through voluntary organisations in Scotland, completed KIDSCREEN-27, a validated measure of health-related quality of life for children. Findings were compared with those from a European study of predominantly non-disabled children. The children gave …
Child abuse, child protection and disabled children
This paper reports the results of a scoping study that reviewed research about child abuse, child protection and disabled children published in academic journals between 1996 and 2009. The review was conducted using a five stage method for scoping studies. Several studies have revealed a strong association between disability and child maltreatment, indicating that disabled children are significantly more likely to experience abuse than their non‐…
Researching the Lives of Disabled Children and Young People
It describes the context of our practice from a UK policy and international perspective. As paediatric physiotherapists, we have a unique perspective on the lived experiences of disabled children and young people
It's like an itch and I want to get it away but it's still there’
This paper reports findings from a study funded by the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities which aimed to explore experiences of anxiety and depression among 17 young people with learning disabilities in Scotland. A series of unstructured interviews were conducted with the young people while one semi-structured interview took place with their families and/or with relevant professionals. The young people talked about their distress in…
Mainstreaming the Disability Equality Duty and the Impact on Public Authorities' Working Practices
Implemented as part of the 2005 amendments to the Disability Equality Act, the Disability Equality Duty (DED) placed new and important demands on public sector bodies. All such organisations are required to develop policies and working practices which actively promote the equality of disabled people as employees, consumers or visitors. The promotion of equality has to be proactive as opposed to reactive and must be mainstreamed into the normal da…
Don’t get involved
The Disability Equality Duty (DED) came into force in December 2006. It stipulated that all public sector organisations were to develop policies to promote the equality of disabled people as staff members, consumers or visitors. Its emergence comes as part of a network of social policies developed over the last 20 years to promote disability rights and citizenship in the UK. However unlike previous legislation, the DED set in place the need for o…
Living with Stigma and the Self-Perceptions of People with Mild Intellectual Disabilities
There is now overwhelming evidence concerning the awareness people with moderate to mild intellectual disabilities have about the stigma they experience in their lives. However, there is still controversy about the potential impact of stigma on their self-perceptions. This article will draw on findings from an ethnographic study to show that even when individuals have difficulty expressing their views verbally, their actions can provide evidence …
It's against our law, never mind anyone else's’
This study examines Part III of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (the provision of goods, services and facilities) in relation to adults with learning disabilities. The study had a participatory element in that self‐advocates co‐facilitated focus groups and joined the Research Advisory Group. The paper presents views of people with learning disabilities, garnered through focus groups and interviews, about the Act and about using services. A…
The best laid plans… gang aft agley? Assessing population needs in Scotland
This paper contains an overview of the first Scottish community care plans in relation to the assessment of population needs. As in England and Wales, authorities have used a variety of approaches, ranging from ‘hard data’ such as demographic information and prevalence rates, to ‘soft data’, including consumer surveys and consultation with users and carers. The aggregation of individual assessments is recognized as an important, but as yet largel…
Choices and voices
This paper reports on one part of a study which examined the exercise of choice by adults with learning difficulties: a case study of a Members' Council within a “flagship” resource centre. The Council was a self-advocacy group set up to represent members' interests and offer advice to centre management about aspects of service delivery. Fourteen meetings of the Members' Council were tape-recorded, and interviews conducted with 12 individual memb…
Children’s experiences of disability
The social model of disability has paid little attention to disabled children, with few attempts to explore how far it provides an adequate explanatory framework for their experiences. This paper reports findings from a two‐year study exploring the lived experiences of 26 disabled children aged 7–15. They experienced disability in four ways—in terms of impairment, difference, other people’s behaviour towards them, and material barriers. Most youn…
It is a horrible term for someone’
This paper presents findings from a study exploring the views of people with personality disorder diagnoses and various professionals working with them. After outlining the policy context and the study's conceptual framework, the aims and methods are described. Interviews were conducted with 12 service providers and 10 users. The main findings are then discussed, including user and provider perspectives on the meaning of 'personality disorder' an…
Children's perceptions of their disabled siblings
This paper reports on a two‐year study exploring children's understandings of disability. It focuses on findings from interviews conducted with 24 children, aged 6 to 19, who had disabled siblings, exploring their perceptions of impairment, disability and difference. Most were very aware of their sibling's impairment but the majority did not see that as making their siblings different. Where difference was perceived, this was sometimes attributed…
Communicating with Disabled Children
Kirsten Stalker and Clare Connors discuss the methods used in a study seeking disabled children's accounts of their everyday lives. The research is set in the context of policy and practice initiatives promoting communication with disabled children and other recent research, which suggests that not all practitioners and policy makers are meeting their responsibilities in this area. In this study of 26 disabled children's lives, different intervie…
Reconceptualising Work With 'Carers
Models of disability
Drawing on a study exploring the meaning of the ‘learning society’ for adults with learning difficulties, this article examines the relationship between theory and practice in a number of voluntary and user organizations active in the learning disability field. It begins by outlining the ethos of normalization and the social model of disability. Nine out of 10 organizations taking part in the study explicitly or implicitly identified the social m…
To close or not to close? The future of learning disability hospitals in Scotland
This article deals with the resettlement of people with learning difficulties from Scottish hospitals. First it outlines the policy background, tracing the rise and demise of the long-stay institution. It then reports on a study examining current resettlement policies in Scotland, where there is no national closure programme. The research found that resettlement is largely in disarray, with particular difficulties in planning, financial arrangeme…
Some Ethical and Methodological Issues in Research with People with Learning Difficulties
This paper discusses some ethical and methodological issues which arose in a recent study examining the exercise of choice by people with learning difficulties. The research aimed to examine in detail the choice-making process, and to explore ways of involving people with learning difficulties both as respondents and as contributors to the study design. Various dilemmas were encountered-including how to gain informed consent from people with prof…
Person centred planning
This paper is concerned with an evaluation of a training programme in Person Centred Planning (PCP). It begins by briefly outlining the principles and practice of PCP and describes a consortium set up to provide training in PCP. The findings of an evaluation of the training programme are then presented. Person Centred Planning is relatively new to this country and the training programme was an innovative one. It is important that its activities a…
Some Ethical and Methodological Issues in Research with People with Learning Difficulties
This paper discusses some ethical and methodological issues which arose in a recent study examining the exercise of choice by people with learning difficulties. The research aimed to examine in detail the choice-making process, and to explore ways of involving people with learning difficulties both as respondents and as contributors to the study design. Various dilemmas were encountered-including how to gain informed consent from people with prof…
Children’s experiences of disability
The social model of disability has paid little attention to disabled children, with few attempts to explore how far it provides an adequate explanatory framework for their experiences. This paper reports findings from a two‐year study exploring the lived experiences of 26 disabled children aged 7–15. They experienced disability in four ways—in terms of impairment, difference, other people’s behaviour towards them, and material barriers. Most youn…
Barriers to Training for Disabled Social Work Students
Disabled people wishing to enter Higher Education are confronted with a number of barriers, yet relatively little research has been carried out to identify the level and nature of such obstacles. The short study reported here was designed to examine policy and practice within a number of social work training institutions in Scotland. Interviews were held with disabled students and ex-students, course tutors and practice teachers. Barriers to trai…
Living with Stigma and the Self-Perceptions of People with Mild Intellectual Disabilities
There is now overwhelming evidence concerning the awareness people with moderate to mild intellectual disabilities have about the stigma they experience in their lives. However, there is still controversy about the potential impact of stigma on their self-perceptions. This article will draw on findings from an ethnographic study to show that even when individuals have difficulty expressing their views verbally, their actions can provide evidence …
Communicating with Disabled Children
Kirsten Stalker and Clare Connors discuss the methods used in a study seeking disabled children's accounts of their everyday lives. The research is set in the context of policy and practice initiatives promoting communication with disabled children and other recent research, which suggests that not all practitioners and policy makers are meeting their responsibilities in this area. In this study of 26 disabled children's lives, different intervie…
Enablers of help‐seeking for deaf and disabled children following abuse and barriers to protection
Research internationally has highlighted the increased vulnerability of deaf or disabled children to abuse and the frequently inadequate response of services. However, first‐hand accounts of deaf or disabled children have rarely been sought. This paper reports selected findings from one of the first studies exploring experiences of deaf and disabled children regarding help‐seeking following maltreatment. Innovative and sensitive research methods …
It is a horrible term for someone’
This paper presents findings from a study exploring the views of people with personality disorder diagnoses and various professionals working with them. After outlining the policy context and the study's conceptual framework, the aims and methods are described. Interviews were conducted with 12 service providers and 10 users. The main findings are then discussed, including user and provider perspectives on the meaning of 'personality disorder' an…
It's against our law, never mind anyone else's’
This study examines Part III of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (the provision of goods, services and facilities) in relation to adults with learning disabilities. The study had a participatory element in that self‐advocates co‐facilitated focus groups and joined the Research Advisory Group. The paper presents views of people with learning disabilities, garnered through focus groups and interviews, about the Act and about using services. A…
The concept of the learning society for adults with learning difficulties
In this paper, it is argued that adults with learning difficulties represent a significant marginalized group within society whose experiences may shed light on a range of political and social values affecting those in the mainstream, as well as on the periphery. We begin by considering some possible meanings of the learning society and some features of the social and economic context which have promoted interest in the concept. An economistic re…
Models of disability
Drawing on a study exploring the meaning of the ‘learning society’ for adults with learning difficulties, this article examines the relationship between theory and practice in a number of voluntary and user organizations active in the learning disability field. It begins by outlining the ethos of normalization and the social model of disability. Nine out of 10 organizations taking part in the study explicitly or implicitly identified the social m…
Person centred planning
This paper is concerned with an evaluation of a training programme in Person Centred Planning (PCP). It begins by briefly outlining the principles and practice of PCP and describes a consortium set up to provide training in PCP. The findings of an evaluation of the training programme are then presented. Person Centred Planning is relatively new to this country and the training programme was an innovative one. It is important that its activities a…
A study of disabled children and child protection in Scotland — A hidden group
A survey of disabled children and young people’s views about their quality of life
This study aimed to explore disabled children and young people’s perspectives about their quality of life, in terms of physical, mental and social well-being. Ninety-one disabled children, recruited through voluntary organisations in Scotland, completed KIDSCREEN-27, a validated measure of health-related quality of life for children. Findings were compared with those from a European study of predominantly non-disabled children. The children gave …
Don’t get involved
The Disability Equality Duty (DED) came into force in December 2006. It stipulated that all public sector organisations were to develop policies to promote the equality of disabled people as staff members, consumers or visitors. Its emergence comes as part of a network of social policies developed over the last 20 years to promote disability rights and citizenship in the UK. However unlike previous legislation, the DED set in place the need for o…
Choices and voices
This paper reports on one part of a study which examined the exercise of choice by adults with learning difficulties: a case study of a Members' Council within a “flagship” resource centre. The Council was a self-advocacy group set up to represent members' interests and offer advice to centre management about aspects of service delivery. Fourteen meetings of the Members' Council were tape-recorded, and interviews conducted with 12 individual memb…
To close or not to close? The future of learning disability hospitals in Scotland
This article deals with the resettlement of people with learning difficulties from Scottish hospitals. First it outlines the policy background, tracing the rise and demise of the long-stay institution. It then reports on a study examining current resettlement policies in Scotland, where there is no national closure programme. The research found that resettlement is largely in disarray, with particular difficulties in planning, financial arrangeme…
Adaptive disability
Drawing on one-to-one guided conversations with disabled children and follow-up interviews with their parents and siblings, this book takes an in-depth look at the effects of disability on disabled children. Approaching this subject through the disabled child's perspective, she considers children's understanding of disability and ways of negotiating the experience of disability in their everyday lives. She also examines perceptions of their relat…
Barriers to Training for Disabled Social Work Students
Disabled people wishing to enter Higher Education are confronted with a number of barriers, yet relatively little research has been carried out to identify the level and nature of such obstacles. The short study reported here was designed to examine policy and practice within a number of social work training institutions in Scotland. Interviews were held with disabled students and ex-students, course tutors and practice teachers. Barriers to trai…
The concept of the learning society for adults with learning difficulties
In this paper, it is argued that adults with learning difficulties represent a significant marginalized group within society whose experiences may shed light on a range of political and social values affecting those in the mainstream, as well as on the periphery. We begin by considering some possible meanings of the learning society and some features of the social and economic context which have promoted interest in the concept. An economistic re…
Some Ethical and Methodological Issues in Research with People with Learning Difficulties
This paper discusses some ethical and methodological issues which arose in a recent study examining the exercise of choice by people with learning difficulties. The research aimed to examine in detail the choice-making process, and to explore ways of involving people with learning difficulties both as respondents and as contributors to the study design. Various dilemmas were encountered-including how to gain informed consent from people with prof…
Person centred planning
This paper is concerned with an evaluation of a training programme in Person Centred Planning (PCP). It begins by briefly outlining the principles and practice of PCP and describes a consortium set up to provide training in PCP. The findings of an evaluation of the training programme are then presented. Person Centred Planning is relatively new to this country and the training programme was an innovative one. It is important that its activities a…
Models of disability
Drawing on a study exploring the meaning of the ‘learning society’ for adults with learning difficulties, this article examines the relationship between theory and practice in a number of voluntary and user organizations active in the learning disability field. It begins by outlining the ethos of normalization and the social model of disability. Nine out of 10 organizations taking part in the study explicitly or implicitly identified the social m…
To close or not to close? The future of learning disability hospitals in Scotland
This article deals with the resettlement of people with learning difficulties from Scottish hospitals. First it outlines the policy background, tracing the rise and demise of the long-stay institution. It then reports on a study examining current resettlement policies in Scotland, where there is no national closure programme. The research found that resettlement is largely in disarray, with particular difficulties in planning, financial arrangeme…
Reconceptualising Work With 'Carers
Communicating with Disabled Children
Kirsten Stalker and Clare Connors discuss the methods used in a study seeking disabled children's accounts of their everyday lives. The research is set in the context of policy and practice initiatives promoting communication with disabled children and other recent research, which suggests that not all practitioners and policy makers are meeting their responsibilities in this area. In this study of 26 disabled children's lives, different intervie…
Children's perceptions of their disabled siblings
This paper reports on a two‐year study exploring children's understandings of disability. It focuses on findings from interviews conducted with 24 children, aged 6 to 19, who had disabled siblings, exploring their perceptions of impairment, disability and difference. Most were very aware of their sibling's impairment but the majority did not see that as making their siblings different. Where difference was perceived, this was sometimes attributed…
It is a horrible term for someone’
This paper presents findings from a study exploring the views of people with personality disorder diagnoses and various professionals working with them. After outlining the policy context and the study's conceptual framework, the aims and methods are described. Interviews were conducted with 12 service providers and 10 users. The main findings are then discussed, including user and provider perspectives on the meaning of 'personality disorder' an…
Children’s experiences of disability
The social model of disability has paid little attention to disabled children, with few attempts to explore how far it provides an adequate explanatory framework for their experiences. This paper reports findings from a two‐year study exploring the lived experiences of 26 disabled children aged 7–15. They experienced disability in four ways—in terms of impairment, difference, other people’s behaviour towards them, and material barriers. Most youn…
The best laid plans… gang aft agley? Assessing population needs in Scotland
This paper contains an overview of the first Scottish community care plans in relation to the assessment of population needs. As in England and Wales, authorities have used a variety of approaches, ranging from ‘hard data’ such as demographic information and prevalence rates, to ‘soft data’, including consumer surveys and consultation with users and carers. The aggregation of individual assessments is recognized as an important, but as yet largel…
Choices and voices
This paper reports on one part of a study which examined the exercise of choice by adults with learning difficulties: a case study of a Members' Council within a “flagship” resource centre. The Council was a self-advocacy group set up to represent members' interests and offer advice to centre management about aspects of service delivery. Fourteen meetings of the Members' Council were tape-recorded, and interviews conducted with 12 individual memb…
It's against our law, never mind anyone else's’
This study examines Part III of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (the provision of goods, services and facilities) in relation to adults with learning disabilities. The study had a participatory element in that self‐advocates co‐facilitated focus groups and joined the Research Advisory Group. The paper presents views of people with learning disabilities, garnered through focus groups and interviews, about the Act and about using services. A…
Living with Stigma and the Self-Perceptions of People with Mild Intellectual Disabilities
There is now overwhelming evidence concerning the awareness people with moderate to mild intellectual disabilities have about the stigma they experience in their lives. However, there is still controversy about the potential impact of stigma on their self-perceptions. This article will draw on findings from an ethnographic study to show that even when individuals have difficulty expressing their views verbally, their actions can provide evidence …
It's like an itch and I want to get it away but it's still there’
This paper reports findings from a study funded by the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities which aimed to explore experiences of anxiety and depression among 17 young people with learning disabilities in Scotland. A series of unstructured interviews were conducted with the young people while one semi-structured interview took place with their families and/or with relevant professionals. The young people talked about their distress in…
Mainstreaming the Disability Equality Duty and the Impact on Public Authorities' Working Practices
Implemented as part of the 2005 amendments to the Disability Equality Act, the Disability Equality Duty (DED) placed new and important demands on public sector bodies. All such organisations are required to develop policies and working practices which actively promote the equality of disabled people as employees, consumers or visitors. The promotion of equality has to be proactive as opposed to reactive and must be mainstreamed into the normal da…
Don’t get involved
The Disability Equality Duty (DED) came into force in December 2006. It stipulated that all public sector organisations were to develop policies to promote the equality of disabled people as staff members, consumers or visitors. Its emergence comes as part of a network of social policies developed over the last 20 years to promote disability rights and citizenship in the UK. However unlike previous legislation, the DED set in place the need for o…
Child abuse, child protection and disabled children
This paper reports the results of a scoping study that reviewed research about child abuse, child protection and disabled children published in academic journals between 1996 and 2009. The review was conducted using a five stage method for scoping studies. Several studies have revealed a strong association between disability and child maltreatment, indicating that disabled children are significantly more likely to experience abuse than their non‐…
Researching the Lives of Disabled Children and Young People
It describes the context of our practice from a UK policy and international perspective. As paediatric physiotherapists, we have a unique perspective on the lived experiences of disabled children and young people
Walk well
ISRCTN50494254
A survey of disabled children and young people’s views about their quality of life
This study aimed to explore disabled children and young people’s perspectives about their quality of life, in terms of physical, mental and social well-being. Ninety-one disabled children, recruited through voluntary organisations in Scotland, completed KIDSCREEN-27, a validated measure of health-related quality of life for children. Findings were compared with those from a European study of predominantly non-disabled children. The children gave …
Permanence for disabled children and young people through foster care and adoption
A study of disabled children and child protection in Scotland — A hidden group
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