Disabled children and families

2017 ◽  
pp. 131-148
Keyword(s):  
Disabled Children ◽  
Children And Families

Early Intervention for Disabled Infants and Their Families: A Quantitative Analysis

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 80 (5) ◽  
pp. 650-658
Author(s):  
Jack P. Shonkoff ◽  
Penny Hauser-Cram
Keyword(s):  
Early Intervention ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Intervention Programs ◽  
Restricted Range ◽  
Disabled Children ◽  
Children And Families ◽  
Specific Nature ◽  
Early Intervention Services ◽  
Developmental Progress ◽  
Parents And Children

In an evaluation of 31 selected studies, statistical procedures for synthesizing data (meta-analysis) were used to assess the effects of early intervention services on disabled children younger than 3 years of age and on their families. Results indicate that early intervention is effective in promoting developmental progress in infants and toddlers with biologically based disabilities. Programs that served a heterogeneous group of children, provided a structured curriculum, and targeted their efforts on parents and children together appeared to be the most effective. Definitive evaluation of the efficacy of early intervention programs is tempered by the restricted range of outcomes measured and by a paucity of information about the children and families enrolled in such programs, as well as about the specific nature of the services received. Despite their limitations, available data provide the basis for a rational pediatric approach to early intervention programs, while highlighting specific directions for further investigation.

Inclusion, Social Networks and Resilience: Strategies, Practices and Outcomes for Disabled Children and their Families

2007 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Evans ◽  
Gill Plumridge
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Disabled Children ◽  
Children And Families ◽  
Broad View ◽  
Holistic Approaches ◽  
Fund Research

This paper explores the strategies of service providers and the benefits reported by disabled children and their parents/carers in three Children's Fund programmes in England. Based on National Evaluation of the Children's Fund research, we discuss how different understandings of ‘inclusion’ informed the diverse strategies and approaches service providers adopted. While disabled children and families perceived the benefits of services predominantly in terms of building individual children's resilience and social networks, the paper highlights the need for holistic approaches which have a broad view of inclusion, support children's networks and tackle disabling barriers within all the spheres of children's lives.

How to influence social policy affecting children and families.

1984 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 415-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Zigler ◽  
Susan Muenchow
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Children And Families

Children and Families: Putting It All Together

1997 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 332-333
Author(s):  
Katherine A. DeVet
Keyword(s):  
Children And Families
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