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Using a Modified Social Story Intervention in the Home Environment for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Its Impact on Family Quality of Life
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Harkema, Rebecca – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Families that have children with ASD may experience increased stress due to a variety of factors, one of these factors being managing difficult behaviors. One area of behavioral difficulty that children with ASD experience is transitioning between activities. The Social Story is one intervention that has been studied as a transition support both…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Interpersonal Competence, Story Telling
Family Quality of Life Following Early Identification of Deafness
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Jackson, Carla W.; Wegner, Jane R.; Turnbull, Ann P. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2010
Purpose: Family members' perceptions of their quality of life were examined following early identification of deafness in children. Method: A questionnaire was used to solicit ratings of satisfaction from the family members of 207 children who were deaf and younger than 6 years of age. Results: Results indicated that families were generally…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Intervention, Speech, Family Life
The Impact of Child, Family, and Professional Support Characteristics on the Quality of Life in Families of Young Children with Disabilities
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Davis, Kate; Gavidia-Payne, Susana – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2009
Background: Families of young children with disabilities are faced with ongoing challenges that impact various aspects of family life. Given the increasing emphasis on promoting positive outcomes in these families, the overall aim of the current study was to examine the contribution of child, family, and support characteristics to the quality of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Life, Quality of Life
Long-Term Psychosocial and Health Economy Consequences of ADHD, Autism, and Reading-Writing Disorder: A Prospective Service Evaluation Project
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Nyden, Agneta; Myren, Karl-Johan; Gillberg, Christopher – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2008
Objective: The study aims to evaluate psychosocial, societal, and family cost consequences of a psychoeducational intervention program. Methods: Sixty boys with ADHD, Asperger syndrome/high-functioning autism (AS/HFA), and reading and writing disorder (RD/WD) were allocated to participate in a service evaluation project. Every other boy in each…
Descriptors: Family Needs, Intervention, Autism, Asperger Syndrome
A Strength-Based Approach in Support of Multi-Risk Families: Principles and Issues.
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Powell, Diane S.; And Others – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1997
Discusses principles associated with strength-based approaches to support families of children with disabilities: a philosophy based on family strength; a partnership approach to service; a family-centered agenda; an individualized response to family needs; a comprehensive view of family development; and an assessment of outcomes based on family…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Family Involvement, Family Life
Milieu Deprivation and Its Implications for Education in the Republic of South Africa.
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Pretorius, Jackie; le Roux, Johann – Adolescence, 1998
Due to milieu deficiencies and psychosocial handicaps, some groups are caught in a spiral of poverty, and experience serious obstruction to optimal self-actualization and the achievement of satisfactory quality of life. Article describes the problems of educating milieu-deprived students in the Republic of South Africa, as well as the implications…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Disadvantaged Environment, Educational Change