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Tamara Ondrušková; Kate Oulton; Royston Royston; EPICC-ID Research Group; Angela Hassiotis – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
Background: Stepping Stones Triple P (SSTP) is a complex parent-mediated intervention aimed to reduce behaviours that challenge in children with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities, aged 30-59 months. Methods: To formulate a comprehensive understanding of SSTP implementation in the UK, we conducted a process evaluation collecting…
Descriptors: Intervention, Preschool Children, Child Rearing, Intellectual Disability
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McMahon, Suzanne M.; Wilson, Charlotte E.; Sharry, John – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Objective: This study evaluated the effectiveness of the Parents Plus Special Needs (PPSN) programme, a seven-week parenting group intervention for parents of adolescents with intellectual disabilities. Method: In a cluster randomised controlled trial, 24 intellectual disability services supporting families of adolescents with an intellectual…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Child Rearing, Parent Education, Adolescents
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Perry, Adrienne; Charles, Meisha; Zapparoli, Busi; Weiss, Jonathan A. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
Background: Previous research suggests parents' level of satisfaction with their child's school experience is highly variable. The present author explored school satisfaction in a Canadian sample of parents of children with severe and often complex developmental disabilities. Method: Parents of 185 children completed questionnaires regarding their…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Satisfaction, Severe Disabilities, Developmental Disabilities
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Jacobs, Myrthe; Woolfson, Lisa Marks; Hunter, Simon C. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2016
Background: Children with intellectual disabilities have high rates of behaviour problems. This study explored parents' causal beliefs and attributions for general problematic child behaviour in children with different aetiologies of intellectual disabilities. Materials and Methods: Ten parents of children with intellectual disabilities…
Descriptors: Children, Intellectual Disability, Behavior Problems, Parent Attitudes
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Aunos, Marjorie; Feldman, Maurice; Goupil, Georgette – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2008
Background: There is a general agreement in the literature that no systematic correlation exists between parental intellectual disability "per se" and parenting performance. Yet, a few studies in the field of parents and parenting with intellectual disability have explored other potential determinants of parenting and child outcomes. In…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Mothers, Mental Retardation, Parenting Styles
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Emerson, Eric; Robertson, Janet; Wood, Justin – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2004
Background: The aim of the present study was to identify factors associated with the level of psychological distress reported by family carers of children with intellectual disability living in a large urban conurbation. Method: Information was collected by postal questionnaire (or interview for family carers who did not have English as their…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Psychological Patterns, Stress Variables, Caregivers
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White, Nia; Hastings, Richard P. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2004
Background: Previous research has identified various dimensions of social support that are positively associated with parental well-being. However, most research does not include multiple measures of social support and uses heterogeneous samples in terms of child characteristics such as age and severity of intellectual disability. Methods:…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Family (Sociological Unit), Severe Mental Retardation, Depression (Psychology)