This, the second part of the exploratory project, followed up the
same families two weeks after the initial SFBT session. It aimed to
explore the participants’ perspectives of the initial sessions. This is
congruent with the SFBTstance of treating clients as experts on their
own situations. It is also consistent with British government objectives
to involve service users as collaborative partners in the development,
delivery and evaluation of services (Department of Health, 1999,
2001a, 2001b). To place the study in context, an outline of SFBT is
presented with research on users’ experiences of it. Alongside is a
summary of the literature on what parents caring for a child with ID
find helpful.