HELPING BANGLADESHI FAMILIES: Tower Hamlets Parent Adviser Scheme

This paper describes the problem facing Bangladeshi families of children with mental handicaps in the East End of London. It illustrates how comprehensive help has been provided by employing a full-time Bangladeshi worker as a Parent Adviser, who was trained in counselling and child management skills before beginning regular home-visiting. The enormous benefits that have occurred as a result of this work are documented with reference to one family.