The study published this week by Bristol University's Norah Fry ResearchCentre found that staff in some services had a negative attitude aboutparents with learning difficulties.
This included the presumption that people with learning difficultieswere incompetent and would be unable to understand their children'sneeds.
These negative perceptions could prevent parents from parenting to thebest of their ability, and some professionals supporting parents withlearning difficulties felt staff working in child protection had fixedideas about what should happen to children of these parents. "They alsofelt that children and family social workers wanted to ensure a'concrete outcome' for children, which would prevent them from beingexposed to any level of risk," says the research.
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