Browsing School of Applied Social Sciences by Author "Yates, Scott"
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Beyond normalisation and impairment: Theorising subjectivity for learning difficulties theory and practice
Yates, Scott; Dyson, Simon; Hiles, David (Article)Normalisation and social role valorisation continue to play a central role in shaping debates and practice relating to learning difficulties. In the context of recent arguments, this paper draws on the work of Foucault to ... -
The Challenges Presented by Parental Mental Illness and the Potential of a Whole Family Intervention to Improve Outcomes for Families
Yates, Scott; Goodrich, Nigel; Pearson, Dan; Gatsou, Lina (Article)Parental mental illness (PMI) can negatively affect the lives of all family members, and there is an acknowledged need to work attentively with family and social contexts to promote recovery. However, programmes undertaking ... -
Children and young people in hospitals.
Yates, Scott; Payne, Malcolm; Dyson, Simon (Book chapter) -
Early Occupational Aspirations and Fractured Transitions: A Study of Entry into ‘NEET’ Status in the UK
Yates, Scott; Harris, Angel; Sabates, R.; Staff, J. (Article)There has been significant recent research and policy interest in issues of young people’s occupational aspirations, transitions to employment and the antecedents of NEET (not in employment, education or training) status.Many ... -
Enhancing Family Communication in Families Where a Parent has a Mental Illness
Yates, Scott; Gatsou, Lina (Article)In this brief we will discuss the Think Family-Whole Family Programme, which differs from other interventions by putting a central focus on fostering effective communication within families. This can enhance families’ ... -
Formation professionnelle et jeunes handicapés en Grande-Bretagne.
Roulstone, A.; Yates, Scott (Article)This article will explore the history of vocational services very briefly, explore recent policy shifts and ask why, despite so many shifts in policy and programme, disabled young people’s access to training and employment ... -
Individualization
Yates, Scott (Book chapter) -
“Minding the gap” between policy visions and service implementation: lessons from Connexions
Yates, Scott; Payne, Malcolm (Article)From 2001, Connexions was phased in across England to meet policy visions centred on uniting youth-oriented services into a coherent whole, and providing universal advice and guidance alongside targeted support. Recent ... -
Neoliberalism and Disability: The Possibilities and Limitations of a Foucauldian Critique
Yates, Scott (Article)This article reflects back on the period since the publication of the first edition of Foucault and the Government of Disability, and argues that the intervening years have seen the increasing advance of neoliberal politics ... -
Not so NEET? A critique of the use of “NEET” in targeting interventions with young people
Yates, Scott; Payne, Malcolm (Article)There is a widespread current perception that being ‘NEET’ (not in employment, education or training) presents a major risk for young people of becoming socially excluded. One of the key foci for combating social exclusion ... -
Parental mental illness: incidence, assessment and practice
Gatsou, Lina; Yates, Scott; Hussain, S.; Barrett, M.; Gangavati, S.; Ghafoor, R. (Article)Background: Parental Mental Illness (PMI) increases risk of mental illness and other negative outcomes in children. Work on the family impacts of PMI can protect children’s mental health, but little is known about current ... -
Social Policy and Transitions to Training and Work for Disabled Young People in the UK
Yates, Scott; Roulstone, A. (Article)Although New Labour distanced itself from the neo-liberal ‘underclass’ discourses of its predecessors, its approach to disabled young people maintained 10 key aspects of neo-liberalism, particularly an emphasis on ... -
Towards a critical ontology of ourselves? Foucault, subjectivity and discourse analysis,
Yates, Scott; Hiles, David (Article)Applications of Foucault’s work in psychology have been criticised for using an under-theorised notion of discourse. This has recently been addressed by Hook, who provides a timely and detailed consideration of the ... -
Truth, power and ethics in care homes for people with learning difficulties
Yates, Scott (Book chapter)Michel Foucault’s work focused on questions such as how, within specific systems of knowledge, certain characteristics of people (such as mental capacities) become constructed as specific problems (such as “learning ... -
Undertaking family-focused interventions when a parent has a mental illness - possibilities and challenges
Yates, Scott; Gatsou, Lina (Article)Parental mental illness (PMI) is a public health issue associated with risks of negative outcomes for children and families. Effective whole family interventions with families with PMI are still not well implemented across ...