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Supporting Parents of Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review of Interventions
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Emma Scripps; Daniel Sutherland; Peter E. Langdon; Richard P. Hastings; Kylie M. Gray – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2025
Background: This review aimed to synthesise the literature about interventions for parents of adolescents with intellectual disability, including parental experience of receiving interventions and intervention effectiveness. Methods: Eligible interventions aimed to improve parenting skills and/or parent-adolescent relationships, adolescent…
Descriptors: Parents, Parent Child Relationship, Adolescents, Intellectual Disability
An Intervention Using the Parenting Toolkit "Children--What Does It Involve?" and the Real-Care-Baby Simulator among Students with Intellectual Disability--A Feasibility Study
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Janeslätt, Gunnel; Larsson, Margareta; Wickström, Maria; Springer, Lydia; Höglund, Berit – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2019
Background: There is limited knowledge about how young people with intellectual disability can be facilitated in their process of deciding about parenthood. This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of an upcoming trial to evaluate an intervention using the Toolkit "Children--what does it involve?" and the "Real-Care-Baby"…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Intervention, Child Rearing, Program Effectiveness
Efficacy of a School-Based Intervention to Influence Attitudes about Future Parenting among Swedish Youth with Intellectual Disability: An RCT Study
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Höglund, Berit; Janeslätt, Gunnel; Arvidsson, Patrik; Randell, Eva – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Background: The study aim was to investigate the efficacy of an intervention designed to provide a basis for informed choices about future parenthood to special upper secondary school students with intellectual disabilities. Methods: A randomised trial with a waiting list control group was used. In total, 108 special upper secondary school…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Intellectual Disability, Intervention, Student Attitudes
Alleviating Parenting Stress in Parents with Intellectual Disabilities: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Video-Feedback Intervention to Promote Positive Parenting
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Hodes, Marja W.; Meppelder, Marieke; Moor, Marleen; Kef, Sabina; Schuengel, Carlo – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2017
Background: Adapted parenting support may alleviate the high levels of parenting stress experienced by many parents with intellectual disabilities. Methods: Parents with mild intellectual disabilities or borderline intellectual functioning were randomized to experimental (n = 43) and control (n = 42) conditions. Parents in both groups received…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Child Rearing, Parents with Disabilities, Randomized Controlled Trials
An Exploratory Investigation of the Role of Parenting Stress in Relationship Focused Intervention
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Alquraini, Turki; Mahoney, Gerald – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2015
Background: Mothers of young children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD) and other disabilities (DD) have been reported to experience high levels of stress. This investigation examined the effects of parental stress on mother's participation in a Relationship Focused intervention (RFI). Methods: Mothers and young children who had either…
Descriptors: Investigations, Stress Variables, Child Rearing, Intervention
Review of Parent Training Interventions for Parents with Intellectual Disability
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Wade, Catherine; Llewellyn, Gwynnyth; Matthews, Jan – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2008
Background: This paper reviews recent research to provide an updated perspective on the effectiveness of parent training interventions for parents with intellectual disability. The degree to which these studies meet previous recommendations for future research is explored, particularly with regard to the influence of context on intervention…
Descriptors: Intervention, Mental Retardation, Child Rearing, Parents with Disabilities
Evaluation of Brief Group-Administered Instruction for Parents to Prevent or Minimize Sleep Problems in Young Children with Down Syndrome
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Stores, Rebecca; Stores, Gregory – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2004
Background: The study concerns the unknown value of group instruction for mothers of young children with Down syndrome (DS) in preventing or minimizing sleep problems. Method: (1) Children with DS were randomly allocated to an Instruction group (given basic information about children's sleep) and a Control group for later comparison including…
Descriptors: Group Instruction, Mothers, Down Syndrome, Sleep