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Xia, Samantha; Hefyan, Mervett; McCormick, Meghan; Goldberg, Maya; Swinth, Emily; Huang, Sharon – MDRC, 2023
Existing research has found that home visiting programs for families with young children can improve children's development and strengthen caregivers' and families' well-being. However, the pandemic created numerous challenges for home visiting programs, forcing them to deliver services online or in a hybrid format and to adapt the content of…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Home Visits, Program Effectiveness, Pandemics
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Valencia Medina, Jesus Alejandra; Rios, Kristina; Aleman-Tovar, Janeth; Burke, Meghan M. – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2022
Research suggests that child problem behavior and poor family-school partnerships contribute to maternal stress in families of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, most extant research focuses only on White families even though Latina mothers of children with ASD experience greater systemic barriers impacting parent well-being…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Hispanic Americans, Mothers, Autism
Ellen Osei – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Young children with HCP experience difficulties performing age-appropriate daily activities such as self-care and play. Research in neuroplasticity has shown that intensive, task-specific training in early development is ideal to maximize functioning in children with HCP. The aim of this study was to analyze the feasibility of a new manualized…
Descriptors: Young Children, Cerebral Palsy, Physical Disabilities, Physical Mobility
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Drummond, Jane; McDonald, Linda; MacKenzie-Keating, Sandra; Fleming, Darcy – Developmental Disabilities Bulletin, 2004
This longitudinal study inventoried the types of services accessed by a sample of Alberta families of children with or at-risk for disabilities. We explored the role of severity of disability, parental stress, and family income on services accessed. With few exceptions, services were accessed more frequently as the children's lives progressed but…
Descriptors: Integrated Services, Family Income, Disabilities, Foreign Countries