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A Family Peer Advocate Model to Address Disparities in Access to Care for Minority Autistic Children with Co-Occurring Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
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Pilar Trelles; Behrang Mahjani; Emma Wilkinson; Nicholas Buonagura; Lauren Donnelly; Jennifer Foss Feig; Danielle Halpern; Mary McKay; Paige Siper; Joseph D. Buxbaum; Alexander Kolevzon – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2025
Purpose: Family Peer Advocates (FPA) are used in healthcare broadly to facilitate engagement and address disparities in care. We previously reported on the benefit of FPAs in the care of autistic children on caregiver stress. Caregivers of autistic children report significant levels of caregiver stress, in particular when associated with…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Multiple Disabilities, Advocacy
Multiple Family Groups for Child Behavior Difficulties: Retention Among Child Welfare-Involved Caregivers
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Gopalan, Geetha; Fuss, Ashley; Wisdom, Jennifer P. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2015
Purpose: The Multiple Family Group (MFG) service delivery model to reduce childhood disruptive behavior disorders has shown promise in engaging child welfare-involved families. This qualitative study examines caregivers' perceptions of factors that influence retention in MFGs among child welfare-involved families. Methods: Twenty-five…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Child Welfare, Behavior Problems, Behavior Disorders