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Direct linkAlanazi, Hissah; Alsharif, Shahad; Smith, Cindy Ann – Issues in Educational Research, 2022
Parents of children who have autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often struggle to find appropriate educational and behavioural resources to support their children. These resources are particularly lacking in countries with fewer resources overall. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a culturally appropriate training program…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Foreign Countries, Mothers, Parent Education
Sarouphim, Ketty M.; Kassem, Sara – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2022
The purpose of this study, that took place in Lebanon, is to investigate the effectiveness of Portage, a home-based early intervention program for children with special needs. The sample consisted of 16 children (eight male and eight female) whose ages ranged between 1 and 3 years. Participants were provided with home-based services by a Portage…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Intervention, Early Childhood Education, Children
Vanderkerken, Lien; Heyvaert, Mieke; Onghena, Patrick; Maes, Bea – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2021
Background: The realization of the family-centered approach (FCA) in home-based support (HBS) for families with children with an intellectual disability (ID) in Flanders was investigated, and parents' and family workers' perspectives were compared. The relation between parents' educational level, the family worker's education, and his/her…
Descriptors: Children, Intellectual Disability, Family Involvement, Parent Background
Wuang, Yee-Pay; Ho, Guang-Sheng; Su, Chwen-Yng – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a proposed occupational therapy home program (OTHP) for children with intellectual disabilities (ID). Children with ID were randomly and equally assigned to OTHP or to no OTHP groups. The primary outcome measures were Canadian Occupational Performance, Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor…
Descriptors: Outcome Measures, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Motor Development
Favez, Nicolas; Metral, Eric; Govaerts, Patrice – Child Care in Practice, 2008
This article presents a study of parental satisfaction with services provided to their child by an Early Intervention Service in Geneva, Switzerland. The Service offers psycho-educational home-based interventions for developmentally delayed children. Parents whose child used the service between 1991 and 2001 filled out a questionnaire with Likert…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Likert Scales, Foreign Countries, Developmental Delays
Batu, Sema – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2008
It is very important for individuals with all kinds of developmental disabilities to learn skills in order to be independent at home. The purposes of the study were twofold; (1) to examine the effectiveness of caregiver-delivered home-based instruction using simultaneous prompting to children with moderate developmental disabilities on teaching…
Descriptors: Moderate Mental Retardation, Prompting, Developmental Disabilities, Training
Download full textSimboli, Tim; Darou, Wes G. – 1988
The use of home-based treatment programs has become increasingly popular over the last few years. Such a program is offered by the Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa-Carleton through its Detached Worker Program. This program uses paraprofessionals who employ an eclectic combination of behavioral, client-centered, family and reality therapies. Two…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Techniques
Peer reviewedJaffe, Rivka – Child Welfare, 1979
Describes an Israeli experimental program in which homemakers are trained to assist in the care of retarded children remaining at home. (CM)
Descriptors: Child Care, Children, Experimental Programs, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedHastings, Richard P.; Johnson, Emma – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2001
British parents (n=141) participating in an intensive home-based behavioral intervention for a child with autism completed a questionnaire addressing issues of stress, coping, and support. Results showed that parents' stress levels were predicted mainly by psychological rather than demographic variables. Adaptive coping strategies, informal social…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Modification, Beliefs, Child Rearing
Colletta, Nancy Donohue; Satoto – 1989
Over the past decade, there has been a worldwide search for caretaking factors which protect children from poverty, poor health, and neglect. This search has shifted in focus from unchangeable risk factors to conditions and behaviors that can be taught to caregivers. These conditions seem to be: (1) based in species-wide needs; (2) specific to…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Rearing, Children, Early Intervention
Wilson, Valerie; Hall, Stuart; Rankin, Nicola; Davidson, Julia; Schad, Dominic – 2003
This report presents the findings of an examination of the costs, benefits, and characteristics of Sitter Services, a program in Scotland offering child care in the child's home to parents working atypical hours or respite care for families of children with developmental disabilities. The study also explored users' and providers' knowledge of the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Care, Child Caregivers, Children
O'Toole, Brian – 1990
The document, in both English and French, describes a 2-year project in Guyana based on the principle of community-based rehabilitation (CBR), which stresses training local community residents as supervisors to provide training of rehabilitation workers and direct services to children with disabilities living in rural areas. The program provided…
Descriptors: Children, Community Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Developing Nations
Cordus, Joyce; van Oudenhoven, Nico – 1997
Since 1995, UNESCO and the Averroes Foundation have collaborated to develop early childhood education programs. This report describes Averroes intervention programs currently used in the Netherlands with young at-risk children. Following a Foreword which describes various UNESCO early childhood activities, the report is divided into six parts.…
Descriptors: Action Research, At Risk Persons, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Rearing
