" We're Just That Sort of Family" Intergenerational Relationships in Families Including Children With Disabilities

B Mirfin-Veitch, A Bray, M Watson - Family Relations, 1997 - JSTOR
Little research attention has been paid to identifying factors, unrelated to a child's disability,
which may influence grandparent provision of support to parents of children with disabilities …

Intergenerational support in families with disabilities: Grandparents' perspectives

GL Schilmoeller, MD Baranowski - Families in Society, 1998 - journals.sagepub.com
Grandparent adjustment to grandchildren with disabilities and grandparent support and
involvement with these grandchildren were explored in this survey study of seventy families …

Grandparents of children with disabilities: Perceived levels of support

M Seligman, G Goodwin, K Paschal, A Applegate… - Education and Training …, 1997 - JSTOR
There has been a fair amount of study in the area of family adjustment to childhood
disability. However, little attention has been given more peripheral family members, such as …

Grandparents in the lives of grandchildren with disabilities: Mothers' perceptions

MD Baranowski, GL Schilmoeller - Education and Treatment of Children, 1999 - JSTOR
Grandparent support, helpfulness, and involvement with grandchildren with disabilities were
assessed in this survey study of the perceptions of 105 mothers. Respondents' mothers were …

Grandparents of children with developmental disabilities: Intergenerational support and family well-being

B Trute - Families in Society, 2003 - journals.sagepub.com
Mothers and fathers separately assessed grandparent support in family situations involving
grandchildren with developmental disabilities. There was high consistency in mother and …

Research review: The role of grandparents in intergenerational support for families with disabled children: A review of the literature

W Mitchell - Child & Family Social Work, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The family in late modernity faces demographic change. However, it is still apparent that
intergenerational relationships and exchanges of resources are valued. There is a growing …

Grandparents' support for families who have children with disabilities

G Hornby, T Ashworth - Journal of Child and Family Studies, 1994 - Springer
This study was designed to assess the levels of support provided by grandparents for
families who had grandchildren with disabilities. A questionnaire survey of parents was used …

Grandparents of children with disabilities: A review

RP Hastings - International Journal of Disability, Development and …, 1997 - Taylor & Francis
Grandparents are important sources of support to children with disabilities and their families.
However, there has been very little published research concerned with grandparents' roles …

[HTML][HTML] Families of children with disabilities: A review of literature and recommendations for interventions.

SL Neely-Barnes, DA Dia - 2008 - psycnet.apa.org
Children with disabilities receive most of their support from families. While most family
caregivers are mothers or fathers, grandparents are increasingly providing care for children …

Grandparents' involvement and support in families with children with disabilities

M Lee, JE Gardner - Educational Gerontology, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
This study reviews recent literature related to grandparents' involvement and support for
grandchildren with disabilities and their grandchildrens' family. The literature reveals that …