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HIV/AIDS Infected Mothers' Experience of a Group Intervention to Enhance Their Children's Behavior
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Eloff, Irma; Finestone, Michelle; Forsyth, Brian – South African Journal of Education, 2016
A secondary study was conducted within a broader National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded longitudinal study on resilience in South African mothers and children affected by HIV/AIDS (Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of a 24-week support group intervention…
Descriptors: Mothers, Intervention, Group Instruction, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Everyday Life of Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: Inclusionary and Exclusionary Processes among Young Adults of Parents with Intellectual Disability
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Starke, Mikaela – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2013
Ten young adults with an intellectual disability whose parents, too, have an intellectual disability were interviewed and completed questionnaires for this exploratory study aimed at charting their experiences of everyday life. Most of the participants reported high life satisfaction, especially with the domains of friends, leisure time, and…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Mental Retardation, Parents with Disabilities, Interviews
Adjustment Difficulties and Caregiving Burdens Faced by College Students with a Parent with Bipolar or Depressive Disorders
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Crandall, Erin K.; Ruggero, Camilo J.; Bain, Kathleen; Kilmer, Jared – Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 2014
College campuses often host students who come from families where one or more parent has been affected by a bipolar or depressive disorder. The present study sought to determine whether these students face unique challenges in college, including increased adjustment difficulties as well as greater caregiving burden associated with their…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, College Students, Parents with Disabilities, Caregivers
Intellectual Disabilities and Neglectful Parenting: Preliminary Findings on the Role of Cognition in Parenting Risk
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Azar, Sandra T.; Stevenson, Michael T.; Johnson, David R. – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2012
Parents with intellectual disabilities (PID) are overrepresented in the child protective services (CPS) system. This study examined a more nuanced view of the role of cognition in parenting risk. Its goal was to validate a social information processing (SIP) model of child neglect that draws on social cognition research and advances in…
Descriptors: Child Neglect, Mothers, Mental Retardation, Child Rearing
Parenting with Intellectual Disability in Germany: Results of a New Nationwide Study
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Pixa-Kettner, Ursula – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2008
Background: A nationwide questionnaire survey conducted in Germany in 2005 found 1584 families headed by persons with intellectual disability with 2164 adults becoming parents between 1990 and 2005. Materials and Methods: In spite of a lower response rate and a more limited time frame compared with a previous study undertaken in the early 1990s…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Parents with Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Questionnaires
Practitioners Who Work with Parents with Intellectual Disability: Stress, Coping and Training Needs
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Clayton, Olivia; Chester, Andrea; Mildon, Robyn; Matthews, Jan – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2008
Background: Challenges for practitioners who work with parents with intellectual disability arise from several sources. The purpose of the current study was to identify the stressors experienced by practitioners who work with parents with intellectual disability in Australia, investigate coping strategies and explore training needs so as to inform…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Mental Retardation, Professional Development, Coping
Special Parenting and the Combined Skills Model
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Young, Sadie; Hawkins, Tim – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2006
Background: The Child and Special Parenting Service provides flexible assessment, long-term domiciliary support and home-based teaching to intellectually disabled parents. It provides key coordination between the Learning Disability Service and the Children's Service with focussed parenting assessments, where issues of child care and protection…
Descriptors: User Satisfaction (Information), Mental Retardation, Child Rearing, Teaching Methods