• Providing
fathers of children with disabilities with opportunities to discuss their concerns with other similar fathers can help decrease their sense of isolation and benefit mothers, too (Bristol, 1984).
• While
fathers of children with disabilities are more likely than mothers to rely on their partners for support, they may feel they are giving more support to their partners than they are receiving from them (Carpenter, 2002).
• Compensatory activities may be less available to them than to other fathers: for example,
fathers of children with disabilities are often afraid to engage in roughhouse play (Gallagher & Bristol, 1989).
• Professional support reduces both familial stress and general life stress for
fathers of children with disabilities (for review, see Lamb & Laumann - Billings, 1997).
However, controlling for SES, it is clear that
fathers of children with disabilities experience more depression, as well as more parenting and child - related stress and often feel their parental situation is more uncontrollable (SCIE, 2005b; Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities, 2007).
Not exact matches
Differences and similarities between mothers» and
fathers» experiences
of parenting a
child with a
disability.
Needs expressed by mothers and
fathers of young
children with disabilities.
It's true that more men are at home caring for the kids than ever before — there are about 2 million stay - at - home dads — but, and this is a big but, the largest number
of stay - at - home
fathers, 35 percent, are at home because
of illness or
disability, according to the Pew Research Center, not by choice, versus 73 percent
of stay - at - home mothers, who either are choosing to be at home (presumably
with the blessing
of their partner) or who have had to opt out for any number
of reasons (the cost
of child care perhaps).
A review
of fathers» accounts
of their experiences
of parenting
children with disabilities.
•
Fathers and mothers tend to experience the challenges of raising a child with disabilities differently, mothers reporting more day to day stress and fathers diminished satisfaction with family life (for review see Lamb & Laumann - Billings,
Fathers and mothers tend to experience the challenges
of raising a
child with disabilities differently, mothers reporting more day to day stress and
fathers diminished satisfaction with family life (for review see Lamb & Laumann - Billings,
fathers diminished satisfaction
with family life (for review see Lamb & Laumann - Billings, 1997).
If you work
with dads
of children with learning
disabilities and feel they may be interested in taking part in the Recognising
Fathers survey, refer them to the online questionnaire or suggest they call 0207 803 1144 to have one posted to them.
But auditors — and
Children's Centre staff themselves — felt they needed to do more to identify and provide outreach services to families with high levels of need, and the NAO found that «less progress was being made in improving services for fathers, parents of children with disabilities, and for ethnic minorities in areas with smaller minority populations
Children's Centre staff themselves — felt they needed to do more to identify and provide outreach services to families
with high levels
of need, and the NAO found that «less progress was being made in improving services for
fathers, parents
of children with disabilities, and for ethnic minorities in areas with smaller minority populations
children with disabilities, and for ethnic minorities in areas
with smaller minority populations».
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Explaining the parental stress
of fathers and mothers caring for
children with intellectual
disability: A double ABCX model.
To illustrate,
fathers of children with intellectual
disabilities who reported being more present - focused on a mindful parenting scale also reported more involvement in
child - related parenting and roles related to
child socialization (MacDonald et al. 2009).
This study examined a cumulative model
of risk / protective factors at the individual level (
child's sense
of coherence; attachment
with father) and family level as manifested by
fathers» emotional resources (
fathers» negative / positive affect; attachment avoidance / anxiety), to explain socioemotional adjustment among
children age 8 — 12 years
with or without learning
disabilities (LD).
Many Circle
of Parents programs target specific groups such as
fathers, parents
of children with disabilities, parents
with disabilities, immigrant and refugee families, incarcerated parents, teen parents, parents in substance abuse recovery, and other parenting challenges.
Many features
of male involvement are structured by the relationship
with a
child's mother, which can also inform fatherhood intervention policy.61 Child characteristics (age, sex, disability, personality) vary and are part of variable father - child relat
child's mother, which can also inform fatherhood intervention policy.61
Child characteristics (age, sex, disability, personality) vary and are part of variable father - child relat
Child characteristics (age, sex,
disability, personality) vary and are part
of variable
father -
child relat
child relations.
The aims
of this study were to compare parental stress and health - related quality
of life (HRQOL) between Taiwanese
fathers of children with and without developmental
disabilities (DDs) and to examine the mediating effect
of parental stress on the association between having a
child with DD and paternal HRQOL within Chinese culture.
[jounal] Dabrowska, A. / 2010 / Parenting stress and coping styles in mothers and
fathers of pre-school
children with autism and Down syndrome / Journal
of Intellectual
Disability Research 54 (3): 266 ~ 280
Since gender differences in this group
of parents were present in terms
of personal stress, further research could investigate factors that determine the levels
of stress and the quality
of life in mothers and
fathers of children with ASD without intellectual
disability.
This study aims to investigate how Polish mothers and
fathers of children with ASD without intellectual
disability perceive the functioning
of their families and to explore relationships between family functioning, parental stress and quality
of life.
The CG consisted
of 42 mothers and 35
fathers of 48 typically developing
children (males n. 17; females n. 31; sex ratio M / F = 1/1.8) recruited via school nurses, attending regular classes in mainstream schools,
with no mental, developmental, or physical
disabilities according to school medical records and not receiving ongoing prescription medication.