Provider Perspectives on Involving Families in Children's Residential Psychiatric Care

Parental Participation in Juvenile Justice Institutions: Parents’ Perspectives on Facilitating and Hindering Factors

“…According to our knowledge, such qualitative research among parents, especially in JJIs, is scarce. Furthermore, factors that have previously been described in literature usually stem from other forms of residential treatment centers focused on, for example, mental retardation, psychiatric disorders, or younger children (Baker & Blacher, 2002;Knecht & Hargrave, 2002;Schwartz & Tsumi, 2003;Sharrock, Dollard, Armstrong, & Rohrer, 2013). We will elaborate on these factors below, on which we will build our qualitative study.…”

“…The factors described in the literature could be categorized into three types of factors: (1) personal or situational factors; (2) child or youth factors; and (3) facility factors. Regarding the first category, long distance between home and the facility has been shown to hinder parents' visits (Baker & Blacher, 2002;Kruzich, Jivanjee, Robinson, & Friesen, 2003;Lyman & Campbell, 1996;Sharrock et al, 2013), while living closer to the facility was an expedient for visiting (Baker, Blacher, & Pfeiffer, 1996;Robinson, Kruzich, Friesen, Jivanjee, & Pullman, 2005). Related to travel distance, transportation also seems to influence parental participation.…”

“…Related to travel distance, transportation also seems to influence parental participation. Specifically, participation is shown to be negatively influenced by a lack of transportation availability and by the expense of transportation (Garfinkel, 2010;Kruzich et al, 2003;Sharrock et al, 2013).…”

“…Other previously identified barriers all consist of parental burdens. For example, lack of childcare for other children, competing demands or constraints on time (e.g., work), parents' own emotional problems, and medical concerns all have been found to negatively influence parental participation (Burke et al, 2014;Garfinkel, 2010;Lyman & Campbell, 1996;Sharrock et al, 2013). Additionally, parents might be less willing to participate because of disappointingly negative previous experiences with service providers (Garfinkel, 2010;Knecht & Hargrave, 2002).…”

Determinants of parental participation in Family‐centered Care in Juvenile Justice Institutions

“…Fourth, conflicting work schedules of the parents hindered them from having contact with their child in residential care (Kruzich et al, 2003;Sharrock et al, 2013). Parents' educational level appeared to be unrelated to their level of contact with their child in residential care (Kruzich et al, 2003).…”