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Social and Healthcare Professionals' Experiences of Giving Support to Families Where the Mother Has an Intellectual Disability: Focus on Children
Author(s) -
Weiber Ingrid,
Tengland PerAnders,
Berglund Johan,
Eklund Mona
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of policy and practice in intellectual disabilities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.592
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1741-1130
pISSN - 1741-1122
DOI - 10.1111/jppi.12091
Subject(s) - intellectual disability , focus group , perspective (graphical) , health professionals , qualitative research , psychology , social support , variety (cybernetics) , health care , content analysis , developmental psychology , nursing , medicine , sociology , social psychology , psychiatry , social science , artificial intelligence , anthropology , computer science , economics , economic growth
Families where the mother has an intellectual disability need support to counteract possible detrimental life circumstances for the children involved. The aim of this study was to describe social and healthcare professionals' experiences of providing support for families with maternal intellectual disability and specifically focused on if and how they believed the support practices benefited the children. Seven focus group interviews were performed with 29 professional informants. The transcripts were analyzed with qualitative content analysis. Three themes were identified: “support practices,” “pedagogical strategies when supporting families with maternal intellectual disability,” and “maintaining the child perspective.” The support practices mainly dealt with parenting skills, which were addressed by a variety of teaching methods and practices, while the children were at risk of not being seen or heard.