Interview data from parents who completed the mindfulness awareness for parenting stress (MAPS) program were utilized to explore whether participation reduced school-related stress in parents of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).
Deployment affects not just the service members, but also their family members back home.
Little is known about how family processes during a deployment (i.e. household routines and rituals, communication) affect the Service member and each family member during reintegration.
Objective: The death of a child from cancer is an intense and life-changing loss for a parent. Guided by the principles of patient- and family-centered care, hospital-based caregivers developed a program to provide bereavement support for parents through phone calls and
Parents who lost a child due to cancer experience intense trauma and sadness, and bereavement programs may provide the intervention and support parents need.
Parents' positive and negative feelings about their young children influence both parenting behavior and child problem behavior. Research has not previously examined factors that contribute to positive and negative feelings in parents of young children with developmental delay (DD).
Parenting and child problem behaviors are influenced by the parents' positive and negative feelings toward the child. However, among parents who have children with developmental delays, little is known about the factors that contribute to their positive and negative feelings.