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Donna A. Morere; Thomas E. Allen – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2025
Deaf children of hearing parents (DOH) are at risk for early language delays (ELD) due to environmental and etiological factors, compounding the previously reported higher incidence of ELD in deaf children of deaf parents (DOD) compared to the general population. Archival data from the online database of the Visual Communication and Sign Language…
Descriptors: Deafness, American Sign Language, Parents with Disabilities, Students with Disabilities
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Edwards, Nicole Megan; Lieberman-Betz, Rebecca; Wiegand, Sarah – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2023
Background: It is highly recommended that professionals promote caregivers' capacity-building to use intervention strategies to support children with developmental delays or disabilities in natural learning environments, particularly in the earliest years of life. There is a gap, however, in understanding the extent to which these professionals…
Descriptors: Parents with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Mental Disorders, Comorbidity
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Guay, Amanda; Aunos, Marjorie; Collin-Vézina, Delphine – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2017
Background: Mothers with intellectual disability are less likely than mothers without intellectual disability to breastfeed their infants, but there is little literature that addresses infant-feeding decisions among this population. This study explores experiences of mothers with intellectual disability in making and carrying out infant-feeding…
Descriptors: Mothers, Intellectual Disability, Phenomenology, Infants
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Ronconi, Luca; Facoetti, Andrea; Bulf, Hermann; Franchin, Laura; Bettoni, Roberta; Valenza, Eloisa – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
Since subthreshold autistic social impairments aggregate in family members, and since attentional dysfunctions appear to be one of the earliest cognitive markers of children with autism, we investigated in the general population the relationship between infants' attentional functioning and the autistic traits measured in their parents.…
Descriptors: Infants, Parents with Disabilities, Autism, Prediction
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Gaskin, Emily H.; Lutzker, John R.; Crimmins, Daniel B.; Robinson, Lara – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2012
Parents with intellectual disabilities (ID) are disproportionately represented in the child welfare system. Parents with ID can be better served by developing curricula that support various modes of learning. Technology offers a potentially effective tool because it is visual, interactive, and self-instructional. SafeCare[R] is an evidence-based…
Descriptors: Mothers, Mental Retardation, Child Welfare, Infants
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McCathren, Rebecca B. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2010
The purpose of this study was twofold. The first purpose was to determine if a mother with mild developmental disabilities living in poverty was able to implement Prelinguistic Milieu Teaching (PMT) strategies. The strategies included following the child's lead, arranging the environment to increase opportunities for communication, imitating the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Mothers, Developmental Disabilities, Parents with Disabilities