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Peer reviewedRimmerman, A. – Mental Retardation, 1989
Users and non-users of home-based respite care services for parents of children with developmental disabilities were compared. The respite care group showed overall consistent benefits from the respite services in coping resources and stress reduction. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Children, Coping, Family Problems, Mental Retardation
Download full textBersani, Hank A., Jr. – 1987
The site visit report describes the Family Support Services program run by the Calvert County (Maryland) Association for Retarded Citizens. The program's goal is to prevent any person 21 years of age or younger from being institutionalized. It provides respite care services, specialized family support, and integrated day care for approximately 50…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Day Programs, Delivery Systems, Family Problems
Strobino, Jane – 1988
The study examined family support services currently utilized by families of individuals with developmental disabilities, and family support services seen as important by respondent families in the state of Hawaii. A total of 625 questionnaires were distributed via 24 agencies; 234 useable surveys were returned for a 39% response rate. The survey…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Community Services, Demography, Developmental Disabilities
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1985
Testimony was heard concerning unmet needs for child care and current child care policy. Appearing before the Committee were California government officials, agency administrators and directors, school district officials, psychologists, anthropologists, and other researcher/practitioners, doctors, lawyers, parents, and children. Testimony covered…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Child Rearing, Cost Effectiveness, Day Care
