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Social workers' perceptions and practice regarding grandparents in families of children with a development disability
- Authors:
- FINDLER Liora, TAUBMAN-BEN-ARI Oritt
- Journal article citation:
- Families in Society, 84(1), January 2003, pp.86-94.
- Publisher:
- The Alliance for Children and Families
This study examined Israeli social workers' knowledge and practice in regard to grandparents of children with disabilities. Eighty-one social workers providing services to families of children with disabilities responded to a 31-item questionnaire tapping demographic and professional background, knowledge of structural and functional aspects of grandparents' support, and actual practice with grandparents. The results showed that social workers recognised the significant and stable role grandparents play in the network of parents of children with disabilities. The findings also indicated that social workers believe that while parents need mostly emotional support from grandparents, they actually receive primary instrumental support, which contributes to mothers' adjustment more than it does to fathers' adjustment. However, social workers report rarely involving grandparents in professional activities and many social workers showed no interest in obtaining more professional training in this area.