The goals of the study were to examine the relations between maternal coping and hope among mothers who participated in early intervention program for their infants. Earlier studies focused attention on mothers' experiences of stress and their coping. Within the salutogenic construct, we aim at examining relations between mothers' coping and hope…

Purpose: The early identification of motor coordination challenges before school age may enable close monitoring of a child's development and perhaps ameliorate some of the social, psychological and behavioral sequela that often accompany unrecognized Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). The purpose of this study was to develop and assess…

Attitudes of 184 Arab families in Israel toward their developmentally disabled children were assessed. Questionnaire results indicated that, of the three religious groups represented in the sample (Christian, Muslim, and Druze), the Druze showed the most positive attitudes. Higher levels of education were found to correlate with less positive…