The purpose of the study was to describe the challenges of parents of children with a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). Nineteen birth, foster or adoptive parents were asked to answer the following question: "What are the challenges you face parenting a child with a fetal alcohol ...
“I Needed a Different Parenting Handbook…”– Parenting Children with FASD Ask AF: Worried My Daughter Will Think Her Birth Mom Is More “Fun” Family Dynamics “Breathing” As I prepared to adopt my second child, I welcomed the home study worker into a perfectly clean and ordered home. ...
Eileen Devine, LCSW, supports and coaches parents and caregivers of children with neurobehavioral challenges.
Eileen Devine, LCSW, supports and coaches parents and caregivers of children with neurobehavioral challenges.
Background There is a long history of research on parents of children with disabilities, but to the authors' knowledge, no study has compared the stress of parents of children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) to parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Method Twenty-...
. Parents reported that children with ASD had high levels of anxiety and stress, and attachment insecurity in children (less closeness and more conflict in attachment relationships, and more inhibited attachment behaviours) compared with children with other developmental disabilities. Children’s ...
The purpose of the study was to describe the rewards of parents of children with a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). Nineteen birth, foster or adoptive parents were asked to answer the following question: "What are the rewards of parenting a child with a FASD?" The data were analyzed...
Results Cognitive functioning was impaired for both offspring of parents with FASD (xˉ?=?81.1, SD?=?13.0) and control parents (xˉ?=?79.9, SD?=?16.1), but despite similar impairments, children of parents with FASD were less likely to have an Individualized Education Plan than controls. ...
The current study hypothesized that parental attributions of children's misbehavior would relate to the types of parenting strategies caregivers utilize with children with FASD. In addition, this study aimed to develop a coding scheme to allow quantification of these treatment-relevant constructs in ...
Method Parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and parents of children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) participated in in-depth qualitative interviews employing a basic interpretative approach. Results Both groups described some similar stressors, such as multi-tasking, the ...