Perspectives of fathers and mothers of children in early intervention programmes in assessing family quality of life

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 977-988

  Wang, M ^a   Summers, J A ^b   Little, T ^b   Turnbull, A ^b   Poston, D ^b   Mannan, H ^c  

^a ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c National Disability Authority   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Early intervention; Families; Fathers; Mothers; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISABILITY; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SATISFACTION; SPEECH DISORDER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WELLBEING;

ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FATHERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MOTHERS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33750744779     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2006.00932.x     Document Type: Article

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