This article reports on the initial stages of implementing an Australian-based education programme for parents with intellectual disabilities (IDs) in Sweden. The clinical utility of the programme, Parenting Young Children (PYC), in the new country context is explored through Swedish professionals' experiences in learning and using it. Study…

Evaluates the effectiveness of self-learning pictorial-parenting manuals in teaching basic child-care skills to parents with intellectual disabilities who are being monitored by child protection agencies. The manuals alone increased child-care skills in nine out of 10 mother in the study and in 12 of 13 child-care skills. The remaining skill was…

Evaluated were the effects of a parent training program consisting of verbal instruction, modeling, and feedback on the affection and responsivity of three developmentally handicapped mothers towards their children. Results indicated substantially improved parenting skills which generalized to nontraining settings and were maintained over a 3-18…

A study evaluated the efficacy of self-instructional audiovisual child-care manuals using a multiple baseline design across 10 parents with intellectual disabilities. Self-instruction was effective with 9 parents and 11 out of 12 skills; skills reached percentage-correct levels seen in parents without intellectual disabilities. (Author/CR)

Describes an empirically validated assessment and child-care training model for parents with intellectual disabilities. The parent education approach is based on an interactional model of parenting and the view that many parenting problems are due to specific skill deficiencies that are remediable. A case study is presented. (Author/CR)