Reading, Feminism, and Spirituality

Parent training interventions for parents with intellectual disability

“…Very little is known about fathers with intellectual disabilities. Llewellyn and Hindmarsh review the current state of knowledge in a broader population context and identify a number of reasons for the omission of fathers in research studies looking at parents with intellectual disabilities (Llewellyn 2015).…”

“…Feldman 1997;Llewellyn 2002), or interventions may involve video-feedback (video-feedback intervention to promote positive parenting for parents with learning di iculties (VIPP-LD)), whereby the parent is filmed interacting with their child, a er which the footage is reviewed by both the parent and a parenting coach (Hodes 2017). A growing awareness of parenting needs for parents with intellectual disabilities (Llewellyn 2015), and an increased awareness of the prevalence of parents with intellectual disability in child protection service caseloads (Wing Man 2017), suggest a greater need to understand the e ectiveness of such interventions.…”

“…We do know that parental social support and mental ill health can directly influence child development outcomes, so supporting social participation and attending to parental mental health are both protective features that are supportive of parenting and children's well-being (Llewellyn 2015). A lack of support services for parents with intellectual disabilities is a key factor in influencing court decisions regarding placement of children (Tarleton 2006).…”