A growing body of research demonstrates that the nature of the relationship between
parents and professionals and parents' judgements of their feelings of empowerment are …

Objective: This study examined the strength of the relationship between parents' perceptions
of family-centered, professionally provided caregiving and their emotional well-being …

Parent empowerment includes the ability to meet the needs of one's family while feeling in
control. This phenomenological study seeks to understand the experience of 71 parents of …

The first contact parents may have with a professional in relation to their child with a
disability is often at the point of diagnosis. From that moment onwards, parents embark on a …

Parents assessed the extent of father involvement in the lives of their young children with
severe intellectual disability, as well as their satisfaction with that involvement. This study …

Despite the widespread use of the term empowerment in clinical literature to describe both a
desirable process and outcome of service delivery (Dempsey and Foreman, 1997), and it's …

The family‐centered service delivery model used in early intervention is meant to empower
families of children with disabilities. The present analysis examined the effects of …

Aim To explore the impact of parent‐to‐parent support when a child is born with a disability.
Design The research approach was qualitative. Data were collected retrospectively and …

Despite a substantial conceptual literature demonstrating a significant relationship between
helpgiving practices and personal control, there are relatively few empirical studies that …

The importance of being family centered when providing services to children with a disability
and their families has gained currency in the research and practice literature. A growing …