This chapter explores parent employment and education outcomes in the 307 families who participated in the study. Each family was asked to report employment/education patterns for a female and male head of household; 116 male heads of households and 307 female heads of household were identifi ed. Relationships between child quality variables (discussed in Chapter 4) and parent employment/educat...

This study attempted to improve upon previous qualitative research by conducting a large scale, quantitative study on the parental experience in special education. 76 parents of children receiving special education services were surveyed regarding their communication with school personnel, the focus of their child’s education, involvement in the IEP meeting, and satisfaction. It was found that ...

Through naturalistic observational procedures, this study examined the dynamics of individualized education program (IEP) conferences. Participants present, the nature a n d frequency of topics discussed, and the length of conferences were considered. A followup questionnaire was administered to all conference participants to measure satisfaction. Results indicated that the IEP conferences stud...

OBJECTIVE To explore and compare nutrition knowledge, attitudes and behaviours (KAB) between non-parent and parent caregivers of children under 7 years old in Chinese rural areas, and to identify the factors influencing their nutrition KAB. DESIGN Face-to-face interviews were carried out with 1691 non-parent caregivers and 1670 parent caregivers in the selected study areas; multivariate logis...

Providing parents with low incomes accused of child maltreatment with legal representation is a basic social justice issue. The Minnesota state public defender’s office ceased representation of parents in child protection cases in 2008. The Child Protection Clinic was established in 2011 at William Mitchell College of Law to help fill this gap and develop standards for representing parents invo...

Objectives: This study examined the effectiveness of group schema-based parenting education on modifying the child's early maladaptive schemas and improving the quality of the parent-child relationship. Methods: The design of this research is quasi-experimental pretest-posttest with control group. The statistical population of this study includes all mothers and their daughters aged 8 to 10, ...

This study provided sleep education to parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to determine whether an individual or group format was more effective in improving sleep and aspects of daytime behavior and family functioning. Eighty children, ages 2-10 years, with ASD and sleep onset delay completed the study. Actigraphy and parent questionnaires were collected at baseline and 1 m...

OBJECTIVE Socioeconomic disadvantage is associated with poorer behavioral and emotional outcomes in children with asthma. This study investigated the associations between maternal income and education and naturalistically observed behaviors and affect during everyday parent-child interactions. METHODS 53 predominantly low-income youth with asthma, aged 10-17 years, wore a naturalistic event-s...