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The Diagnostic Period for Autism: Risk and Protective Factors for Family Quality of Life in Early Childhood
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Rivard, Mélina; Morin, Diane; Coulombe, Patrick; Morin, Marjorie; Mello, Catherine – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
During the diagnostic evaluation period for autism or intellectual disability (ID), families of young children are at risk for poor adjustment. The present study aimed to document family quality of life (FQOL), along with associated risk and protective factors, during this critical step of families' services trajectory. FQOL was measured in a…
Descriptors: Young Children, Family Relationship, Quality of Life, Risk
Position Statement on Challenging Behavior and Young Children
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Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children, 2017
The early childhood period from birth to age 8 is an exciting one for growth, development, and learning. It is when children begin to develop social-emotional competence, and it is also a time when children's emerging skills may result in behaviors adults and peers find challenging. It is important that adults who care for and teach young children…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Early Childhood Education, Special Needs Students, Social Emotional Learning
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
Family-Centered Intervention and Satisfaction with AAC Device Training
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Starble, Amy; Hutchins, Tiffany; Favro, Mary Alice; Prelock, Patricia; Bitner, Brooke – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2005
The purpose of this article is to describe a family-centered collaborative approach for developing and implementing augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) device training for one family. Family-centered training emphasized collaboration with the primary investigator and focused on needs assessment, the identification of priority…
Descriptors: Intervention, Needs Assessment, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Family Programs
Child Neglect: A Guide for Intervention. The User Manual Series.
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Gaudin, James M., Jr. – 1993
This manual provides a state-of-the art review of child neglect in the United States, its nature, causes, and the implications of that knowledge for preventive and remedial intervention. After an introduction, the first chapter considers the definition of neglect including types of neglect, the withholding of medically indicated treatment from…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Neglect, Child Rearing, Definitions
A Social Interactional Approach to Parent Education: An Overview of the Child and Family Neighborhood Program.
Powell, Douglas R. – 1979
The Child and Family Neighborhood Program, located in a suburb of Detroit, is an early childhood intervention project aimed at strengthening informal and formal family suoport systems and increasing parents' knowledge of child development. The program works with clusters of 10 parents and their young children (0-3 years) twice weekly in a…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Developmental Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Family Programs