updated May, 2012
Visiting Professor of Human Services, Research Institute for Health and Social Change, Manchester Metropolitan University.
formerly, Head of Service: Manchester Learning Disability Partnership.
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Interests
Intellectual
disability - service provision and development, behavioural
challenges, history and ideology of service provision.
Community
psychology - community social psychology and principled social
change.
Other
perspectives - psychology, philosophy and politics of liberation.
Selected Publications see also click here for the most comprehensive archive, with many downloads, of my work
for my pamphlets and journalistic output see here
Burton, M. (in press, 2011) Commentary: Psychology in Cuba. International Journal of Cuban Studies, 3, (4).
Burton, M. (2011) Prólogo. (Invited Prologue). In J. M. Flores Osorio, Psicología y Praxis Comunitaria: Una Vision Latinoamericana. pp. 5-10. Cuernavaca, Mexico: Editorial Latinoamericana.
Kagan, C., Burton, M., Duckett, P., Lawthom, R. and Siddiquee, A (2011) Critical Community Psychology. ISBN 978-1-4051-8884-5 Wiley-Blackwell
Burton, M and Flores Osorio, J.M. (2011) Introducing Dussel: the Philosophy of Liberation and a really social psychology. Psychology in Society, (41), 20-39
Burton, M and Kagan, C (2009) Towards a really social psychology: Liberation Psychology beyond Latin America. In Montero, M and Sonn, C Eds The Psychology of Liberation. Theory and Applications, Springer.
McMillan, A. S., & Burton, M. (2009). From parent education to collective action: "Childrearing with love" in post-war Guatemala. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 19(3), 198-211. DOI: 10.1002/casp.990. full text
Davies, G, Chadwick, D, Cunningham, DJ, Starling, S, Duxbury, J and Burton, M (2008) The dental health of adults with learning disabilities - results of a pilot study. Journal of Disability and Oral Health, 9, (3), 121-131.
Kagan, C., Siddiquee, A, Burton, M., . (2008) Action Research in C. Willig and W. Stainton-Rogers (eds) Handbook of Qualitative Methods in Psychology. Sage.
Burton, M, Boyle, S, Harris, C and Kagan, C (2007) Community Psychology in Britain. Chapter 10, pp. 219-237 in S Reich, M Riemer, I Prilleltensky, & M Montero (Eds) International Community Psychology: History and Theories. Kluwer Academic Press.
Burton, M and Kagan, C (2007) Psychologists and torture: more than a question of interrogation. The Psychologist. 20, (8), 484-487.
Burton, M, Boyle, S, Harris, C, Kagan, C . (2007) Community Psychology in Britain in S Reich, M Riemer, I Prilleltensky, & M Montero (eds) International Community Psychology. Springer
Caton, S., Starling, S., Burton, M., Azmi, S. and Chapman, M. (2007), Responsive services for people with learning disabilities from minority ethnic communities. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 35: 229–235. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2007.00454.x
Starling, S., Willis,
A., Dracup, M., Burton, M. and Pratt, C. (2006) "Right to
Sight". Accessing Eye Care For Adults Who Are Learning
Disabled. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities. 10:. 337 -
355.
Chapman, M, Burton, M, Hunt, V, and
Reeves, D (2006) Implementation of Goal Attainment Scaling in
Community Intellectual Disability Services. Journal of Policy and
Practice in Intellectual Disabilities 3 (2) 119–128.
Chadwick, D. D., Jolliffe, J., Goldbart, J. & Burton M. H.. (2006) Barriers to compliance among caregivers of adults with learning disabilities and dysphagia. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities. 19 (2), 153-162.
Burton, M and Kagan, C. (2006) Decoding Valuing People. Disability and Society 21, (4), 299-313.
Burton, M and Kagan, C (2005) Decoding Valuing People: Social policy for people who are learning disabled. pp 59-65 in UK Health Watch Editorial Group (Eds) UK Health Watch 2005: The experience of health in an unequal society. ISBN 18740387667 http:///www.pohg.org.uk/ (shorter version of the article that appeared above).
Kagan, C, Lawthom, R, Duckett, P and Burton, M (2006) Doing community psychology with disabled people. Chapter 12, pp 170-186 in D Goodley and R Lawthom,, (Eds.) Disability and Psychology: Critical Introduction and Reflections. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Burton, M. and Kagan, C. (with Roberts, A.). (2005). Community living for older people: a social validation study. in Goodley, D and Van Hove, G. Another Disability Studies Reader: Including People with Learning Difficulties. Belgium: Garant publishers.
Burton, M and Kagan, C Liberation Psychology: Learning from Latin America. (2005) Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology (2005) 15, (1), 63-78 prepublication draft.
Burton, M. and Kagan, C. (with Roberts, A.). (2005). Community living for older people: a social validation study. in Goodley, D and Van Hove, G. Another Disability Studies Reader: Including People with LearningDifficulties. Belgium: Garant publishers.
Hare D. J.; Pratt C., Burton M.; Bromley J. & Emerson E. (2004) The health and social care needs of family carers supporting adults with autisticspectrum disorders. Autism 8 (4) 435-454
Kagan, C. and Burton,
M
(2004, 2010) Marginalization. Chapter 13 in
Isaac Prilleltensky and Geoff Nelson, (Eds.)
Community
Psychology: In pursuit of wellness and liberation.
Published 2004 by Macmillan/Palgrave, London. prepublication
draft Second Edition, 2010.
Hare
D. J.; Pratt C., Burton M.; Bromley J. & Emerson E. (2004)
The health and social care needs of family carers supporting
adults with autistic spectrum disorders. Autism 8 (4) 435-454.
Burton, M La
psicología social de la liberación: aprendiendo de América
Latina. Polis, 1,
101-124, (in
collaboration with J.J. Vázquez Ortega). .
Burton
M (2004) Viva Nacho! Liberating Psychology in Latin
America. The Psychologist, 17, (10), 584-587, October 2004
pdf
published version
Burton, M. (2004) Liberation social psychology: learning from the Latin American Experience Clinical Psychology, issue 38, June 2004, pp. 32-37. (based on workshop run at the Community and Critical Psychology Conference, September 2003, Birmingham).
Burton, M. and Chapman, M. (2004)
Problems of evidence based practice in community health and social
services. Journal
of
Learning Disabilities.
8, 56-70. prepublication
draft presentation
based on this work
Burton, M (2004) Radical Psychology Networks: a Review and Guide Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology 14, (2) , 119 -130.
Kagan, C., Evans, R., Knowles, K., Sixsmith, J., Burns, D., Burton, M., Crespo, I. and Lalueza, J.L. (2004) Working with people who are marginalized by the social system: challenges for community psychological work. In A Sánchez Vidal, A Zambrano Constanzo and M Palacín Lois (Eds.) Psicología Comunitaria Europea: Comunidad, Poder Ética y Valores / European Community Psychology: Community, Power, Ethics and Values. Barcelona: Publicacions Universitat de Barcelona. Pp. 400-412. (Papers from the European Community Psychology Congress, Barcelona, November, 2002).
Dye, L, Hendy, S, Hare,
D.J. and Burton (2004) Capacity to consent to participate in research
- A recontextualisation. British
Journal of Learning Disabilities,
32,
144-150. abstract
Burton, M and
Kagan, C (2003) Community psychology: why this gap in Britain?
History and Philosophy of
Psychology 4, (2),
10-23.
prepublication draft
Burton, M (2003) Review of Gerald Midgley's Systemic Intervention Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 13 (4) 330-333. prepublication draft
Burton, M. Understanding and Intervening with People who present Behavioural Challenges: Distance Learning Course for University of Manchester, Mencap and Royal Schools for the Deaf, Joint Training Initiative. 1997
Fleming, I. and Burton, M. (2001) Teaching about the Individual and Society links on the Manchester Clinical Psychology Training Course. Clinical Psychology, Issue 6. prepublication draft
Burton, M. and Kagan, C. (2000) Prefigurative Action Research: An alternative basis for critical psychology? Annual Review of Critical Psychology 2. prepublication draft
Burton, M. and Kellaway, M (Eds.). (1998) Developing and Managing High Quality Services for People with Learning Disabilities. Aldershot: Ashgate.
Burton, M and Sanderson, H. (1998) Paradigms in learning disability: Compare, contrast, combine. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disability. 11, (1), 44-59. prepublication draft
Burton, M. and Kagan, C. (1998) Complementarism versus incommensurability in psychological research methodology in M. Cheung-Chung (ed) Current Trends in History and Philosophy of Psychology Leicester: British Psychological Society prepublication draft
Burton, M and Adcock, C. (1998) The associate psychologist: developing the graduate workforce. Clinical Psychology Forum, No. 121, November prepublication draft
Burton M (1997) Introduction In E. Cocks, et al. (Eds.) A Social History of Intellectual Disability in Western Australia Perth: Edith Cowan University,. (invited introduction).
Burton, M. Intellectual disability: developing a definition. (1997) Journal of Learning Disabilities , 1, (1), 37-43..
Maitland, S. Horne, R. and Burton, M. An exploration of the Alexander Technique for people with learning disabilities. British Journal of Learning Disabilities 1996, 24, (2), 70-76.
Burton, M. and Kagan, C. (1996) Rethinking Empowerment: Shared action against powerlessness in I. Parker and R. Spears (eds.) Psychology and Society: Radical Theory and Practice Pluto Press, London ISBN 0-7453-0879-1 prepublication draft
Burton, M. and Kellaway, M. (1995) Specialisation without separation: Combining health and social services provision for people with learning disabilities. Health and Social Care in the Community 3, (4), 263-267.
Burton, M., and Kagan, C. (1995) Social Skills and Learning Disability: A Social Capability Approach Chapman and Hall , London (Therapy in Practice Series) ISBN 0-412-43380X 1-56593-194-7 USA
Kagan, C. and Burton, M. (1995) Paradigm Change in Action: The role of social movements Agogik: Zeitschrift fur Fragen sozialer Gestaltung 4/94 25-36 (Berne, Switzerland)
Burton, M. and Kagan, C. (1994) The verbal community and the societal construction of consciousness Behavior and Social Issues 4 (1 and 2) 1-10 prepublication draft
Burton, M. (1989) Australian Intellectual Disability Services - Experiments in Social Change. Building Community Strategies, Working Paper no. 1, London: Kings Fund College.
Burton, M. (1983)
Understanding mental health services:
theory and practice. Critical
Social
Policy , 3, (7), 54 -
74.
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