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Permanency planning: families of children with intellectual disability
- Authors:
- OW Rosaleen, LANG Fu Ji
- Journal article citation:
- Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work, 10(2), September 2000, pp.73-85.
- Publisher:
- Times Academic
Discusses findings of a qualitative study of 17 families with a child with intellectual disability in Singapore covering propensity towards permanency planning and systematic or individual factors that influenced the process. In a collectivistic society, the familial network is expected to assume long-term care of the child with disability at the disablement or demise of elderly parents. Several systematic and perceptual factors seemed to work against this ideal. Discusses implications for supporting permanency planning at an early stage of the family life cycle.
Parental stress attributed to family members with and without disability: a longitudinal
- Authors:
- BAXTER Christine, CUMMINS Robert A., YIOLITIS Lewi
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 25(2), June 2000, pp.105-118.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This study investigates stress attributed by parents to their family member with intellectual disability over a period of seven years in relation to specific foci of parental worry, and also in relation to stress attributed to the youngest sibling without a disability. The study concludes that the stress attributed to any specific child may be an indicator of more general family stress.
What's in a name? The implications of diagnosis for people with learning difficulties and their family carers
- Authors:
- GILLMAN Maureen, HEYMAN Bob, SWAIN John
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 15(3), May 2000, pp.389-409.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Diagnosis plays a significant role in the shaping of individual identities and the quality of life for people with learning difficulties and their family carers. Diagnostic labels are constitutive of people's lives, in that they bring forth pathology, create problem-saturated stories and construct careers as patients and cases. This paper argues that a social constructionist perspective can offer a way of thinking about diagnosis that challenges the so called 'facts' and 'truths' that underpin and support it. Working in partnership with people with learning difficulties in relation to diagnosis requires professionals to relinquish power by resisting the 'temptations of certainty' associated with diagnosis practices.
A review of child and family characteristics related to the use of respite care in developmental disability services
- Authors:
- CHAN Jeffrey B., SIGAFOOS Jeff
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Youth Care Forum, 29(1), February 2000, pp.27-37.
- Publisher:
- Springer
This article reviews the literature on child and family characteristics that influence the use of respite care among families who have a child with a developmental disability. On the child side, these characteristics include severity of disability, level of required care, presence of challenging behaviours, and communication difficulties. On the family side, relevant factors include level of family stress, access to support systems, and family size. In some cases, marital status may also influence the decision of a parent to make use of respite care. Knowledge of these factors would seem crucial for effective planning and organisation of respite care.
Women with intellectual disabilities: finding a place in the world
- Editors:
- TRAUSTADOTTIR Rannveig, JOHNSON Kelley
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 303p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Explores issues affecting the lives of women with learning difficulties around the world, looking at different aspects of life, including work, family, relationships and community involvement. Based on the experiences of women with and without learning difficulties.
Is more too many: adjustment in families with adopted children with developmental disabilities
- Authors:
- GLIDDEN Laraine Masters, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption Quarterly, 4(1), 2000, pp.67-80.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia
Investigates the adjustment of differing size adoptive families rearing children with developmental disabilities. Families of 5 or more children were compared with families of 4 or fewer children on a variety of demographic and outcome variables measuring family strengths, family disharmony, marital adjustment, and adjustment to the adopted child. Analyses of covariance on the outcome variables demonstrated that parents of large families were functioning as well or better than parents of conventional-sized families. Concludes that adoption placement practice should not exhibit bias against the placement of multiple children with developmental disabilities in the same family.
Differentiated coping strategies in families with children or adults with intellectual disabilities: the relevance of gender, family composition and the life span
- Authors:
- GRANT G., WHITTEL B.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 13(4), 2000, pp.256-275.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article considers the coping strategies of families with children and adults with intellectual disabilities. It is argued that the literature on coping and resilience in families has often been overlooked in favour of deficit models of family functioning. The study was designed to provide a further test of the transactional model of coping, but more especially, to explore which problem-solving, cognitive and stress reduction coping strategies family members found useful. Based on the use of a coping inventory Carers Assessment of Managing Index (CAMI), coping is shown to be differentiated according to gender, life stage and family structure. Implications for continuing research into family care are considered and some questions are raised about family support.
Grandparents as supports to mothers of persons with intellectual disability
- Authors:
- HELLER Tamar, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 33(4), 2000, pp.23-34.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This study examined the impact of social support from grandparents on the well-being of mothers of persons with intellectual disabilities. Also described the social support functions served by grandparents across the lifespan and the predictors of this support. The subjects included mothers of a child with moderate to profound intellectual disability living in the family homes. The key variables predicting maternal depression were the mother's younger age and poorer physical health and less emotional support from the grandparents. Grandparents of younger children provided more instrumental support than did grandparents of adult children.
Family control: the views of families who have a child with an intellectual disability
- Authors:
- KNOX Marie, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 13(1), 2000, pp.17-28.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This paper explores the views held by 68 families in Australia who have a child with a disability, and their perceptions of lifestyle control or empowerment. It seeks to examine whether these families perceive their interactions with service providers to be consistent with family-empowerment principles. The implications for professionals working with families in a manner that recognizes family members as truly equal partners and that promote and enhances genuine family empowerment are discussed.
Supporting disabled children and their families in Scotland: a review of policy and research
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Findings
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- York