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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
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
Considering the Contextual Fit of an Intervention for Families Headed by Parents with an Intellectual Disability: An Exploratory Study
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Mildon, Robyn; Wade, Catherine; Matthews, Jan – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2008
Background: The purpose of this paper was to report on the results of an exploratory trial of an intensive home-based parenting programme for parents with an intellectual disability. The aim of the programme was to combine the delivery of evidence-based parent education technology for parents with an intellectual disability with two strategies…
Descriptors: Intervention, Mental Retardation, Parent Education, Child Rearing
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
The "Mother" behind the Mother: Three Generations of Mothers with Intellectual Disabilities and Their Family Support Networks
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Traustadottir, Rannveig; Sigurjonsdottir, Hanna Bjorg – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2008
Background: Given appropriate supports mothers with intellectual disabilities can successfully raise their children. Historically, this support has been provided by extended family members while support from formal services is a recent development. This paper examines the role of extended family members in assisting mothers with intellectual…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Mothers, Family (Sociological Unit), Participant Observation
Service Delivery to Parents with an Intellectual Disability: Family-Centred or Professionally Centred?
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Wade, Catherine M.; Mildon, Robyn L.; Matthews, Jan M. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2007
Background: Studies support the use of family-centred practices in service delivery to families where a parent has an intellectual disability. This paper examines the importance of such practices to parents. Materials and Methods: Interview responses from 32 parents with intellectual disability were coded by two independent raters as reflecting…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Parents with Disabilities, Delivery Systems, Social Support Groups
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