The Home Environments of Young Children With and Without Disabilities

Özel Gereksinimli Küçük Çocukların Ev Ortamlarının Niteliği

“…It has been emphasized that families with low income and education levels are less likely to provide a stimulating environment and learning experiences for their children due to financial restrictions (Cooper, Crosnoe, Suizzo, & Pituch, 2010;Yeung, Linver, & Brooks-Gunn, 2002). Studies carried out in Turkey, similarly have shown that SES has an impact on the home environment of young CWDs and those without disabilities, while the children of mothers with higher education levels and incomes have a better home environment (Kesiktas et al, 2009;Sucuoglu et al, 2018). Similar findings have been reported in studies focusing on the home environment of CWDs (Dote-Kwan & Hughes, 1994;Dote-Kwan et al, 1997;Holder-Brown et al, 1993).…”

“…Previous studies have identified significant links between the adaptive functions of children and their home environment, and have concluded that parental behaviors and the home environment may be affected not only by the developmental function of the child but also by changes in the parents' reactions to the demands of their children (Bradley, 1993;Dote-Kwan & Hughes, 1994;Holder-Brown et al, 1993;Nihira, Mink, & Meyers, 1984). In addition, there have been several studies indicating that the home quality of CWDs are less favorable than those of typically developing children (Kesiktas et al, 2009;. The present study seems to support the findings of earlier studies indicating a link between the quality of the home environment and the developmental level of the child, and that the home quality of lower functioning children is less favorable than that of children with higher developmental functions.…”

“…In these studies, data were collected from the mothers of CWDs and CWODs by using the Home Screening Questionnaire (Coons, Gay, Fandal, Ker, & Frankenburg, 1981), and the variables related to the family home quality were identified. According to the findings of the first study, while the home quality of children with and without disabilities, aged 0-3 years, was not found to be significantly different, the home environment of the two groups of children aged 3-6 differed significantly in favor of the CWODs (Kesiktas et al, 2009). Another study reported similar findings for the 3-6 age groups and found the home quality of CWODs to be better than that of CWDs (Sucuoğlu, Bakkaloğlu, & Demir, 2018).…”

“…In Turkey, there have been few studies investigating the home environment of typically developing children (Karaaslan-Baç & Bal, 2002;Ozturk-Ertem et al, 2006) and those of CWDs (Kesiktas et al, 2009;. There is currently a lack of research addressing the home qualities of CWDs, both in Turkey and in international literature, although in the light of the previously mentioned studies, there is evidence that family home quality is critical for the development of both CWDs and CWODs.…”

The Association of Home Environment and Caregiver Factors With Neurocognitive Function in Pre-school- and School-Aged Perinatally Acquired HIV-Positive Children on cART in South Africa

“…The Home Screening Questionnaire (HSQ), a self-report questionnaire based on the Home Measurement of the Environment (HOME) Inventory was used to assess the overall quality of the home environment in which the children were reared (17, 18). The 34-item questionnaire taps into home environmental characteristics such as parental involvement, family activities, organization, discipline, and resources available for physical stimulation in the home.…”