Take your partners
Reflections on a partnership project in learning disability research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6134343 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William (0000-0003-4299-1941), Val Williams (0000-0002-8608-7842, University of Bristol), Paul St Quintin (Somerset Social Services), Sally Hoadley (Somerset Connexions Service) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 295-314 |
| Publication date | 2006-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Action Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1476-7503 • E-ISSN: 1741-2617 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1476750306066803 |
| OpenAlex | W1977526154 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 18 |
This article presents an example of action research, namely a study about emotional distress in young people with learning disabilities. The study brought together a university research centre with an array of policy makers, managers and practitioners, as well as young people with learning disabilities and family members. The researcher’s role in such work has to be flexible, and the article explores the boundaries between practice and research. Through vignettes of key decision points in the project, this article considers some of the tensions inherent in partnership action research, and how they can be resolved. The important factors for success in this project were the initial and ongoing involvement of a senior manager in social services, and the confidence and flexibility of all service providers and policy makers in the area concerned. Engaging simultaneously with end users and practitioners in a research project could lead to ethical dilemmas, but this article explores how multiple and shifting roles can be beneficial in research. By keeping all the partners engaged in the research study, the work can become embedded in practice, and can lead to change
Action (physics · Action research · Business · Engineering ethics · Flexibility (engineering · General partnership · Management · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Service (business · Service provider · Sociology · Work (physics · Engineering · Family and Disability Support Research · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Social Work Education and Practice · Marketing
A Study of a Total Social Services Care Population and its Inter-Agency Shared Care Populations
Ethical Community-Engaged Research
E-Learning, Ethics and ‘Non-traditional’ Students
Practice research
Understanding disabling barriers
The paradox of participation in action research
Using action research to develop a research aware community pharmacy team
Hybridity in gatekeeping discourse
Talk, Work and Institutional Order
Mental health support needs of people with a learning difficulty
Normalisation, Emancipatory Research and Inclusive Research in Learning Disability
Partnership working in delivering social inclusion
Campus–Community Partnerships
Changing the Social Relations of Research Production
Whose Side Are We On
Interview Talk
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2005 - 2017 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |