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Direct linkPetts, Louisa; Urmston, Elsa – Research in Dance Education, 2022
Community dance has been used as an arts-based approach in healthcare, key for expression in populations who may not typically have access to dance. This study sought to conduct an empirical exploration of family caregivers' perceived psychosocial wellbeing when regularly participating in community dance classes. Community dance can be defined as…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Dementia, Community Programs, Well Being
Hodgetts, Sandra; Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie; Nicholas, David – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
Purpose: Increasing demand for autism services is straining service systems. Tailoring services to best meet families' needs could improve their quality of life and decrease burden on the system. We explored overall, best, and worst met service needs, and predictors of those needs, for families of children with autism spectrum disorders. Methods:…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children, Needs Assessment
Download full textKnoll, James A.; Bedford, Sara – 1989
The project sought to determine the content and form of materials that would enable parents of children with disabilities to become informed critical consumers of respite services. Project activities included establishment and utilization of a national advisory panel; an indepth review of the literature on family supports, systems change, and…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Consumer Education, Disabilities, Information Needs
Brodin, Jane – 1995
This study surveyed how respite care services functioned for Swedish families who have children with disabilities and compared the results with a previous study made 6 years earlier. The study was based on a questionnaire completed by 245 of Sweden's municipalities. The study examined the quantity and quality of the services and respondents' views…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Disabilities, Family Needs, Foreign Countries
Indiana State Univ., Terre Haute. Blumberg Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Special Education. – 1989
The survey was designed to describe and assess the types of services that Indiana agencies provide to learners with severe handicaps. The survey consisted of a section on general descriptive information and sections on daycare and transition services. Sixty-two surveys were distributed to service agencies, and 39 were returned, representing 97…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Day Care, Day Programs
Huntington, Gail S.; Langmeyer, David B. – 1992
This annual survey of respite care and crisis nursery programs funded by the Children's Bureau of the Administration for Children, Youth, and Families of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services contains program information for 43 crisis nursery programs and 65 respite care programs. Data on crisis nurseries and on respite care programs…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Child Welfare, Chronic Illness
