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Home-based programmes for parents with intellectual disabilities: lessons from practice
- Authors:
- LLEWELLYN Gwynnyth, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 15(4), December 2002, pp.341-353.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Increasing emphasis is being given to carrying out parent education programmes at home with widely reported benefits. The purpose of this paper is to draw lessons for practitioners from implementing a randomized trial of a home-based parent education programme for parents with intellectual disabilities that addressed child health and safety issues. A thematic analysis of case notes and parent feedback from the 45 parent participants in this programme was conducted prior to two team sessions to discuss the findings. Programme-specific issues included format, content and presentation style. Themes relevant to home-based programmes for parents with intellectual disabilities more generally included the suitability of the home as a learning environment; identifying parent priorities; parent readiness to learn; and parent control (or lack of) over the home environment. In addition, practice points for parent educators were identified.