Consumer advisory coalitons recognize the effectiveness of parents as advocates in
obtaining services for their children with speial health cate needs As a result, advocacy …

Objective To discuss what is new in the revised guideline 3 of the “Primary care of adults
with intellectual and developmental disabilities [IDD]. 2018 Canadian consensus guidelines” …

Parents as advocates for children and adolescents with serious emotional handicaps:
Issues and directions. Parents as advocates for children and adolescents with serious …

Background Family members of parents with intellectual disabilities (ID) are viewed as their
main source of support. However, the existence of family involvement itself does not …

Though families are considered the primary provider of support to people with intellectual
and developmental disabilities (I/DD), only a small amount of I/DD funding in the United …

This qualitative study investigated parents' perceptions of the various roles they played in
their adult children's lives during the post–high school years. Individual face-to-face …

Background There is a relative lack of measures tailored to the study of fathers of children
with developmental challenges (DC s). The goal of the current study was to create and …

Since its initial passage in 1975, parent involvement had been a cornerstone of the
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). However, parents face many barriers in …

Social advocacy movements are composed of social and professional networks that are
able to reach some type consensus, define an agenda for action and pursue certain courses …

Children with developmental delays (DD) pose unique caregiving challenges, given their
developmental problems and risks for behavior problems (Baker, McIntyre, Blacher, Crnic …