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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
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Donovan Seidel; John D. McLennan – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
Introduction: As little is known about who uses specialty mental health clinics for persons with intellectual disabilities, this study aimed to identified caregiver concerns, clinical characteristics, and the relationship between these two constructs for referrals to such a clinic. Methods: Qualitative and quantitative analyses were applied to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Health, Clinics, Intellectual Disability
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Prentice, Susan; Protudjer, Jennifer L. P.; Nijdam-Jones, Alicia; Shaw, Souradet Y.; Kelly, Lauren E.; Gerstein, Aleeza C. – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2023
COVID-19 poses serious challenges to the health and safety of childcare providers, and these challenges were particularly acute in early 2022 during the first Omicron wave when vaccines were not available for children. Childcare providers work in environments where the recommended methods to minimize COVID-19 infection were often not possible to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Caregivers, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Aspler, John; Bogossian, Aline; Racine, Eric – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2022
Background: People with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) and women who drink alcohol while pregnant can experience stigma, possibly exacerbated by stereotyped media portrayals. Method: To understand experiences of FASD stakeholders and reactions to news coverage, we conducted twelve focus groups across three categories: (1) people with FASD;…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Drinking, Social Bias
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McMenemy, Claire; Nicholas, David – Child Care in Practice, 2022
Although the families of adolescents with ADHD are at risk of various adverse outcomes, many experience resilience processes that support the adolescent and family members to thrive. This qualitative study explored the experience and perspectives of parents and caregivers of young adolescents in Canada with ADHD and professionals who support them…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Early Adolescents, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Family Environment
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Lauren Denusik; Danielle Glista; Michelle Servais; Jodi Friesen; Janis Oram; Barbara Jane Cunningham – Autism & Developmental Language Impairments, 2024
Background and aims: Caregiver-delivered programs are a recommended best practice to support young autistic children. While research has extensively explored children's outcomes quantitatively, minimal qualitative research has been conducted to understand caregivers' perspectives of program outcomes for themselves and their children. Hearing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Preschool Children, Caregiver Attitudes
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Luymes, Nicole; Fletcher, Paula; Bryden, Pam – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2023
More than 10% of children in Ontario have an additional need that may influence long-term lifestyle patterns, including physical activity (PA). This study sought to assess the status of PA as well as the barriers to and facilitators of PA for families in southwestern Ontario raising children with and without disabilities. Complete survey data were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Activity Level, Barriers, Disabilities
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Browne, Dillon T.; Wade, Mark; May, Shealyn S.; Jenkins, Jennifer M.; Prime, Heather – Developmental Psychology, 2021
Developmental research during COVID-19 suggests that pandemic-related disruptions in family relationships are associated with children's mental health. Most of this research has focused on 1 child per family, thereby obfuscating patterns that are differentially operative at the family-wide (i.e., between-family) versus child-specific (i.e.,…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Family Relationship, Mental Health