The goal of this review is to advance the discussion regarding meaningful outcomes of early intervention for children with autism spectrum disorder.
Families are impacted by a variety of risk and protective factors for maltreatment at multiple levels of the social ecology. Individual- and neighborhood-level poverty has consistently been shown to be associated with higher risk for child abuse and neglect.
When establishing eligibility for developmental disability (DD) services, definitions of specific diagnostic conditions, such as autism, impact policy.
Efforts to reduce child maltreatment among military families should be based in an understanding of the current research on preventative interventions and the factors that influence their effectiveness.
Efforts to reduce child maltreatment among military families should be based in an understanding of the current research on preventative interventions and the factors that influence their effectiveness.
Although much is written about the impact of deployment on nondeployed spouses (NDSs) and couple relationships, few empirical studies address this directly. Using attachment theory as a guiding framework, this study followed 32 NDSs across a military deployment.
Adolescents experience multiple changes throughout secondary school in academic performance, behavior, and emotion, and it is important for parents to adapt their parental involvement accordingly.
This study examined outcomes of a STEP parent training program in several areas of family functioning identified by the so-called McMaster model of family health.