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Milot, Élise; Turcotte, Daniel; Tétreault, Sylvie – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2016
In several countries, a growing number of adults with cognitive limitations decide to become parents. However, exercising this right requires the implementation of measures and services that foster their ability to assume parental responsibilities. This study presents results collected in an exploratory study documenting the type of support…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Parent Education, Parenting Skills, Child Rearing
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Bloomfield, Linda; Kendall, Sally; Fortuna, Sandra – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2010
There has been a steady increase over the last 20 years in the number of parents with learning disabilities who are referred to social workers and community health practitioners. It is a common experience for parents with learning disabilities to have their child removed from the home and placed permanently in care, and although they are often…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Learning Disabilities, Child Rearing, Test Construction
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McConnell, David; Matthews, Jan; Llewellyn, Gwynnyth; Mildon, Robyn; Hindmarsh, Gabrielle – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2008
Parents with intellectual disabilities, like all other parents, need support with child rearing. Often this support comes from family and friends, but in the case of parents with intellectual disabilities, they are more likely to have to rely on the service system. Research from a number of countries demonstrates that there is limited system…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Mental Retardation, Parent Education, Child Rearing
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McGaw, Sue; Scully, Tamara; Pritchard, Colin – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2010
Objectives: This study set out to identify risk factors affecting parents with intellectual disabilities (IDs) by determining: (i) whether perception of family support differs between parents with IDs, referring professionals, and a specialist parenting service; (ii) whether multivariate familial and demographic factors differentiates "high-risk"…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Mental Retardation, Family Programs, Child Rearing
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Tarleton, Beth; Ward, Linda – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2007
The international literature on parents with intellectual disabilities (ID) has focused on concerns about their ability to parent and strategies to enable them to develop parenting skills. Traditionally, the views and experiences of parents themselves have not been the focus of studies. With this in mind, the authors talked to a cohort of 30…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Family Life, Child Rearing, Parents
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Kirshbaum, Megan – Infants and Young Children, 2000
This article describes how a disability culture perspective has informed research and early intervention serving parents with physical disabilities and their infants and an approach to research, resource development, and early intervention that has evolved in a community-based organization in response to the unmet needs of parents with…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Cultural Influences, Delivery Systems, Disabilities