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Direct linkHope Huling – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Society often holds strongly biased and stigmatized opinions when it comes to what is deemed appropriate or inappropriate for the sexual behavior of individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID) or developmental disabilities (DD). This is typically due to the beliefs that the ID/DD population are either only capable of having child-like…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Sexuality, Adults, Caregivers
Peer reviewedAtikah Bagawan; Sarah N. Douglas; Sarah Dunkel-Jackson – Journal of International Special Needs Education, 2024
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) who have Complex Communication Needs (CCN) benefit from Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) to support communication. Research on the use of AAC and how different stakeholders perceive the use of AAC has been heavily focused on Western culture. The purpose of this study was to understand…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Caregivers, Caregiver Attitudes, Children
Jorem Awadu; Gloria K. Lee; Sarah Curtiss – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2024
The purpose of this study was to provide an in-depth understanding of the challenges Ugandan parents of children with autism face. Caring for a child with autism poses unique challenges to families and deserves tailor-made remedies. Autism is understudied in Uganda and Africa. This qualitative study reports on results from focus group discussions…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Barriers, Needs, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Melanie Pellecchia; Melissa Maye; Liza Tomczuk; Nicole Zhong; David S. Mandell; Aubyn C. Stahmer – Grantee Submission, 2024
Caregiver-mediated interventions for young autistic children are increasingly considered standard of care. These interventions share two sets of components: strategies to improve children's communication, behavior, and development; and procedures to coach caregivers to implement those strategies. To date, no review has examined how caregiver…
Descriptors: Young Children, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Intervention, Caregiver Role
Melanie Pellecchia; Melissa Maye; Liza Tomczuk; Nicole Zhong; David S. Mandell; Aubyn C. Stahmer – Infants and Young Children, 2024
Caregiver-mediated interventions for young autistic children are increasingly considered standard of care. These interventions share two sets of components: strategies to improve children's communication, behavior, and development; and procedures to coach caregivers to implement those strategies. To date, no review has examined how caregiver…
Descriptors: Young Children, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Intervention, Caregiver Role
C. Viscogliosi; N. Dame; R. Duquette-Laplante; S. Rahimaly; B. Chassé; J. Mino-Roy; Y. Couturier; J. Dery; D. Giroux; V. Provencher – Educational Gerontology, 2024
For caregivers of people living with major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD), adapting and applying methods optimizing learning (MOL) to a specific situation, based on preserved cognitive skills, can be challenging. This study aimed to 1) co-develop workshops, a web application and accompanying materials to support the operationalization of MOL; 2)…
Descriptors: Dementia, Neurological Impairments, Foreign Countries, Caregivers
Jessa N. Culver; Susanne P. Martin Herz; Adriana Guzman; Javier Aguayo; Jyothi Marbin; Kenya Martinez; Jennifer James – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2025
Early intervention (EI) services--including but not limited to speech, physical, occupational, and mental health therapies--have been proven to significantly benefit young children's development, shaping their readiness for school and offering pivotal support for caregivers. However, racial disparities persist in identification for and access to…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Caregivers, Child Development, School Readiness
Laura Mills-Smith – Reading Psychology, 2024
The benefits afforded to young children through shared reading are well-documented, but few studies have focused on what contributes to enjoyment of shared reading, especially as it pertains to caregivers' enjoyment. This study explored child and caregiver enjoyment of shared reading through an online survey. Caregivers named books their 0- to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Toddlers, Caregiver Attitudes, Picture Books
Krista M. Soria; Stacey E. Vakanski; Trevor White; Ryan Arp – Community College Review, 2024
Objective: The purpose of this paper was to examine variables associated with food insecurity among community college caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: We used data from a multi-institutional survey of 15,051 caregivers enrolled at 130 community colleges in 42 states in fall 2020. We used a logistic regression to examine whether…
Descriptors: Food, Hunger, Community Colleges, Caregivers
Fatma Busra Aksoy Kumru – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2024
Participation has been discussed as a multi-layered concept with varied outlooks on children's lived experiences. Children's participation occupies a complicated terrain in that whose participation counts and how it manifests itself within complex adult-child relations are enduring questions in the early childhood field. This qualitative study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Child Caregivers, Early Childhood Education
Elizabeth Hentschel; Saima Siyal; Dana C. McCoy; Henning Tiemeier; Aisha K. Yousafzai – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2024
Research has shown the importance of responsive caregiving for fostering positive development early in life; however, tools measuring these interactions are often impractical for larger scale intervention trials and in settings with resource constraints. The present study provides reliability and validity evidence from Sindh, Pakistan for a tool…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Infants, Toddlers, Rural Areas
Peter E. Langdon; Magdalena M. Apanasionok; Emma Scripps; Alastair Barrowcliff; Asit Biswas; Karen Bunning; Cheryl Burbidge; Katherine Byron-Daniel; Alex Cookson; Sarah Croom; Malwina Filipczuk; David Gillespie; Richard P. Hastings; Andrew Jahoda; Rachel McNamara; Lawrence Patterson; Dheeraj Rai; Robyn Steward; Kylie M. Gray – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
Background: The aim of this feasibility study was to adapt and model a behavioural intervention for anxiety with autistic adults with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities. Method: Twenty-eight autistic adults with moderate or severe intellectual disabilities, 37 carers, and 40 therapists took part in this single-group non-randomised…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Adults, Severe Intellectual Disability, Moderate Intellectual Disability
Kerstin Tönsing; Shakila Dada – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2024
In South Africa, many children with extensive support needs--including children who require AAC--are accommodated in care centers rather than the public schooling system. Caregivers employed at these centers need training in order to support children's communication using augmentative and alternative methods. A total of 29 center-based caregivers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Caregiver Training, Child Caregivers
Jordan Albright; Jacqueline A. Shinall; Liza Tomczuk; Rebecca E. Stewart; David S. Mandell; Aubyn C. Stahmer; Rinad S. Beidas; Melanie Pellecchia – Grantee Submission, 2024
Caregiver coaching is an evidence-based practice for young autistic children, but it is not widely used in community-based early intervention services. Previous research has explored why caregiver coaching is not widespread in early intervention, but only from the perspective of early intervention providers. Caregivers, providers, and…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Caregivers, Affordances, Barriers
Brock, Aleah S.; Bass-Ringdahl, Sandie M. – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2023
This study explored the impact of a caregiver training intervention on caregivers' use of individually selected facilitative language techniques (FLTs) with their children (ranging from 14 to 27 months of age) who were deaf or hard of hearing. In addition, the study sought to identify real-time relationships between caregiver input and child…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Caregiver Training, Deafness, Hearing Impairments
