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Axelsson, Anna Karin – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2015
Background: Children with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities need support to function in an optimal way. However, there is a limited knowledge about the role of external personal assistants working in the children's home. Materials and Methods: A mixed method study was performed including qualitative data from interviews with 11…
Descriptors: Severe Mental Retardation, Severe Disabilities, Multiple Disabilities, Mixed Methods Research
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Sullivan, Alison; Winograd, Greta; Verkuilen, Jay; Fish, Marian C. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2012
Background: This study investigated associations between the presence of a child with autism or Asperger's disorder in the family, family functioning and grandmother experiences with the goal of better understanding grandparent involvement in the lives of grandchildren on the autism spectrum and their families. Methods: Mothers and grandmothers of…
Descriptors: Mothers, Autism, Grandparents, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Tehee, Erin; Honan, Rita; Hevey, David – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2009
Background: The study explores the experiences of parents of individuals with autistic spectrum disorders (ASDs), and examines the influences of parent gender and child age on perceived stress, stress and coping, child-rearing involvement, support and information/education accessed. Methods and Materials: Questionnaires assessed general perceived…
Descriptors: Mothers, Autism, Access to Information, Coping
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Pisula, Ewa – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2007
Background: The purpose of the present study was to determine the stress in mothers whose children have autism and to compare it with the stress in mothers whose children have Down's syndrome. Method: Fifty mothers whose children had autism (n = 25) or Down's syndrome (n = 25) completed the Questionnaire on Resources and Stress (QRS) and answered…
Descriptors: Mothers, Autism, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis
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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
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Allen, David; Hawkins, Sarah; Cooper, Viv – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2006
Background: Although training staff supporting people with challenging behaviour in physical interventions has become accepted practice, parents are often left to fend for themselves while managing equivalent behaviours. The study explores parents' experience of managing severe challenging behaviours, their use of physical interventions and access…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Intervention, Measures (Individuals), Parenting Styles
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Bennett, Heather E.; Wood, Clare L.; Hare, Dougal Julian – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2005
Background: This study assessed whether a Learning Disability Service should develop a specific autism strategy or provide services on a needs-led basis. Materials and methods: An autism screening questionnaire had been used to identify individuals scoring above a cut-off who had (n = 9) or had not (n = 15) received a formal diagnosis of autism. A…
Descriptors: Autism, Mental Retardation, Quality of Life, Identification