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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
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Maurice A. Feldman; Amanda Cappon; Kay Corbier; Vicky Caruana; Mechane Laronde; Kendra Thomson – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2025
Background: This study evaluated the Step-by-Step Parenting Program (SBSPP) to prepare expectant parents with intellectual disabilities to care for their newborns. Method: Two expectant parents with intellectual disabilities were seen once or twice weekly in their homes for about 2 h over 16 and 20 weeks (21 and 27 sessions), respectively. The key…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Parents with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Neonates
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Joany Tremblay; Elise Douard; Marc J. Lanovaz – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
Background: Although many parents with intellectual disability (ID) demonstrate good parenting practices, some parents experience difficulties in managing challenging behaviours. One potential solution to this issue involves using The Family Game, a program designed to teach parents with ID how to manage challenging behaviours in their child.…
Descriptors: Parents with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Parenting Skills, Educational Games
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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
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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
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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
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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