In an article Parent Power? Parent Power! in the latest edition of Interconnections Quarterly Journal "a parent of a child with special needs .... relates her recent experiences as a Parent Consultant and founder of a Parents’ Forum. She discovered that professionals have a much more positive attitude to parents groups that are led by professionals than to parent groups that are led by parents and carers. She also discovered that it is felt appropriate for parent groups to discuss decisions that have already been made, but not for them to make their own decisions."
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