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Liezl Schlebusch; Nola Chambers; David Rosenstein; Petro Erasmus; Petrus J. de Vries – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
Caring for children with developmental delays or disabilities places significant stress on caregivers, which is often exacerbated in low-resource settings. The World Health Organization developed a caregiver skills training for families of children with developmental delays or disabilities, which includes a three-session caregiver well-being…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Caregivers, Well Being, Children
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de Souza Fleith, Denise; Muniz Prado, Renata; Vilarinho-Pereira, Daniela – Gifted and Talented International, 2023
Families play a critical role in fostering talent development, and need guidance and support with parenting practices. The purposes of this study were to describe a psychoeducational program for parents of gifted children and to investigate the participants' perceptions of the program. Nine Brazilian families participated. The data was collected…
Descriptors: Parents, Academically Gifted, Family Programs, Foreign Countries
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Vishkaie, Rojin; Seyed, Teddy; Emmons, Claire Thoma; Vom Lehn, Dirk – Educational Media International, 2022
Socializing and interaction are important aspects for families who visit museums. Mixed reality (MR) uses a set of technologies that museums employ to encourage this behavior, but they face challenges in maintaining family cohesion with experiences across different exhibitions and kiosks. In this paper, we explore these challenges broadly to…
Descriptors: Museums, Exhibits, Interaction, Children
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Uçar, Kadriye; Karabulut, Havva A.; Yilmaz, Yunus; Uçar, Ahmet S. – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2021
It is extremely important to provide sex education to individuals with intellectual disabilities because they do not know where, when, and in which situations their sexual behavior is appropriate or not, and because they cannot control their sexuality. This study aimed to examine the effect of the Sex Education Program for Families of Adults with…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Family Attitudes, Adults, Intellectual Disability
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Araujo, Luize Bueno de; Mélo, Tainá Ribas; Israel, Vera Lúcia – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
The objective of this study was to verify the effects on 4- to 18-month-old babies' NPMD after the family-centered Kids Intervention Therapy -- Aquatic Environment (KITE) programme. This quasi-experimental study involved 61 families. The NPMD was assessed with Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS), Denver II Developmental Screening Test, context…
Descriptors: Infants, Program Effectiveness, Motor Development, Child Development
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Yarimkaya, Erkan; Esentürk, Oguz Kaan; Ilhan, Ekrem Levent; Karasu, Necdet – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2022
Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the effects of WhatsApp-delivered physical activities on the physical activity level of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Method: This study used the mixed-method sequential exploratory design that consisted of the quantitative stage and the qualitative stage. The 42 family (parent and…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Social Media, Family Programs
Lu Qu – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Autism affects about 4.57 million children under the age of five worldwide, and 95% of them live in low-and-middle-income countries, where services are scarce. In China, there is a scarcity of professionals who can provide evidence-based treatments. Families of children with autism often experience delays in diagnosis and treatments, and this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Evidence Based Practice, Intervention
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Callanan, John; Signal, Tania; McAdie, Tina – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2023
Including parents of children with developmental delays in early intervention programs has been widely endorsed as best practice across the multiple disciplines that work in that context. Parents have echoed that sentiment, commenting on the benefits of being able to apply skills in broader family and community contexts. Despite a 20-plus year…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Early Intervention, Parent Child Relationship, Developmental Delays
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Khamsuk, Attawat; Whanchit, Wararat – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2021
Background: Storytelling, a common family activity for preschool children to develop their literacy, can be used to promote learning of a language other than the mother-tongue, hence a starting point of home education for early childhood. Aim: The study aims to integrate storytelling as a family activity that helps to promote learning of English…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Preschool Children
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K. Fjermestad; P. Pat; S. Dearozet; T. Vatne; M. Hafting; B. Jegannathan – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2021
Siblings of children with neurodevelopmental disorders (ND) are at increased risk of mental health problems. The burden on families of children with ND is exacerbated in low-income countries with limited health services and dependency on informal care systems. Yet, there is little research on family impacts of ND in non-Western settings, and no…
Descriptors: Siblings, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, At Risk Persons, Mental Disorders
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Kathy Leadbitter; Louisa Harrison; Sophie Langhorne; Ceri Ellis; Richard Smallman; Amelia Pearson; Latha Hackett; Leo Kroll; Alison Dunkerley; Hilary Beach; June Gilbert; Amy van Gils; Tessa Hutton; Jonathan Green; Penny Bee; REACH-ASD Team – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
Caregivers can experience significant challenges following their child's autism diagnosis and often seek informational, relational and emotional support. Post-diagnostic support for caregivers has received relatively little research attention and represents a significant gap in the international evidence base. We used an iterative codesign process…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Parents, Caregivers
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Anne W. Hunt; Kathryn Parker; Nick Reed – Journal of Occupational Therapy Education, 2022
This article describes the impact on the learners and health care institution of the OnTRACK-Concussion program, an innovative student-led clinic at a children's rehabilitation hospital. The clinic, developed and operated by occupational therapists, serves the community full-time year-round. Interprofessional health care learners work together to…
Descriptors: Clinics, Head Injuries, Neurological Impairments, Hospitals
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Vosough Matin, Mehrossâdat; Sari, Hakan – International Journal on Social and Education Sciences, 2023
It is known that formal and informal educational support resources for what parents can do about the development of their children and how they can cope with the difficulties encountered after diagnosing individuals with ASD are insufficient. Therefore, this research was conducted to evaluate the effect of the education program developed for…
Descriptors: Family Programs, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Students with Disabilities, Parent Attitudes
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Laing, Karen; McWhirter, Jennifer; Templeton, Lorna; Hannah-Russell, Claire – Health Education, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present the findings from an evaluation of an intervention (Moving Parents and Children Together (M-PACT+)) aiming to address the effects of parental substance misuse (PSM) in school settings. The paper considers the evidence of effectiveness, and goes on to explore how schools were involved with the…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Parents, Family Programs, Intervention
Crew, Melanie – National Literacy Trust, 2020
This review coincides with the Department for Education's Hungry Little Minds national behaviour change campaign, which aims to increase awareness of the ways in which parents and carers can improve outcomes for their children through conversations, books and play. Research shows that the quality of the home learning environment (i.e. the physical…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Place Based Education, Foreign Countries, Behavior Change
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