Parents’ Perceptions of Child Care for Children with Disabilities

Ceglowski, Deborah; Logue, Mary Ellin; Ullrich, Annette; Gilbert, Jaesook L.

doi:10.1007/s10643-009-0309-0

Cited by 18 publications

(7 citation statements)

References 16 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Parents of children with disabilities struggle to access adequate and high‐quality day care, after‐school care and school services (Ceglowski et al, 2009; Hill & Moore, 2015). Adopted children are also more likely to receive special education services (Altarac & Saroha, 2007), possibly increasing challenges to securing adequate school services.…”

Section: Work Family and Community Resources In The Context Of Except...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Working and caring for a disabled adopted child during a pandemic

Sellmaier

Kim

2022

Child & Family Social Work

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Integrating work and family demands can be challenging for families caring for a child with one or more disabilities. The pandemic and its changes to work, schooling and service delivery potentially added to these challenges. This exploratory mixed methods study sought to understand how the pandemic affected adoptive parents' work-life fit and service use. A total of 200 participants responded to survey questions about parenting an adopted child with a disability prior to, and after, the onset of Covid-19. More than half of the parents (59.2%) reported that it was somewhat to very difficult to integrate both work and family demands. Parents with greater access to workplace flexibility and supportive supervisors had significantly less difficulties combining work and family. Families who reported more problems with accessing mental health services, special education and respite care reported significantly more challenges with work-family fit. Parents reported increased stress due to the pandemic changes, but many also shared positive changes such as more time for family.Online services were experienced as effective for some children and reduced time spent driving to appointments. Recommendations for workplace and social service practice and policy supporting adoptive parents of children with disabilities are discussed.

show abstract

Section: Work Family and Community Resources In The Context Of Except...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Working and caring for a disabled adopted child during a pandemic

Sellmaier

Kim

2022

Child & Family Social Work

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Not surprisingly, education was the second most cited concern of parents in a study by Heiman (2002). Parents also reported challenges in accessing child care and after-school services (Ceglowski, Logue, Ulrich, & Gilbert, 2009; Jinnah & Stoneman, 2007). These barriers were either related to the absence of appropriate services or issues regarding access to available services.…”

Section: Factors Influencing Parental Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Physical and Mental Health of Mothers and Fathers Caring for Children with Special Health Care Needs: The Influence of Community Resources

Sellmaier¹

2021

Journal of Family Issues

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Research has demonstrated that caring for children with special health care needs (SHCN) affects parental health and well-being. The current study examines effects of community resources on physical and mental health of mothers and fathers caring for a child with SHCN. Analysis of the 2016 National Survey of Children’s Health found that fathers rated their physical and mental health higher than mothers. Greater neighborhood safety and fewer days missed school were significant community resources for both mothers’ and fathers’ physical and mental health. Health care resources were only significant predictors for mothers’ health but not for fathers’. The analysis found significant moderating relationships between days missed school and child symptomology and days missed school and maternal employment on mothers’ mental health. The importance of economic security and community resources for parental health when caring for a child with special health care needs is discussed, and practice and policy implications are developed.

show abstract

“…The importance of community resources as a direct influence and as a mitigating force on work–life fit indicates that more work still needs to be done to assure access to high-quality, affordable, and effective services. Problems in the adequacy and delivery of a wide range of relevant services, such as health care, child care, and schools, have been identified in several studies (Berry et al, 2010; Ceglowski et al, 2009; Rosenzweig et al, 2002), but there is still limited evidence on how this might specifically affect fathers of children with SHCN. Parette, Meadan, and Doubet (2010) stress in their report that service providers need to strive to engage fathers in services and acknowledge fathers’ unique experiences and expertise.…”

Section: Implications For Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

“…SHCNs are defined as any chronic physical, behavioral, developmental, or emotional issue that requires the use of services that exceeds service use of children without chronic conditions (McPherson et al, 1998, p. 138). Research demonstrated that families of children with SHCNs struggle to maintain employment (Brannan, Brennan, Sellmaier, & Rosenzweig, 2018; Porterfield, 2002; Sellmaier, Leo, Brennan, Kendall, & Houck, 2016) and to access much-needed support services (Ceglowski, Logue, Ullrich, & Gilbert, 2009; Stewart, 2013). They are also at greater risk of experiencing stress and strain than parents raising children without such needs (Darling, Senatore, & Strachan, 2012; Giallo et al, 2015).…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Similarly, 52.2% of fathers in Towers’ (2009) study reported difficulty finding support services for their child. The lack of services and the lack of quality services has been reported in a number of studies (Berry, Bloom, Foley, & Palfrey, 2010; Ceglowski et al, 2009; Rosenzweig, Brennan, & Ogilvie, 2002), which is concerning since community resources have been found to influence well-being for fathers (Barnett & Gareis, 2009) and life satisfaction and work–family fit for parents (Pitt-Catsouphes, MacDermid, Schwarz, & Matz, 2006) in the general population.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Work, Family, and Community Ecologies and Their Influence on Work–Life Fit for Fathers of Children With Special Health Care Needs

Sellmaier

2018

Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Service

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study uses the theoretical model of life course fit to assess the interactions of work, family, and community resources in the context of work–life fit for fathers of children with special health care needs. Work, family, and community resources were significant predictors of work–life fit. A significant moderating relationship was found between work and family resource ecologies and a trend-level moderating relationship between family and community resource ecologies. The findings support the theoretical model of life course fit. Future research needs to include community resource ecologies and explore interactive effects between resources. There is a need for improved work and community resources to support fathers’ employment and reduce the pressure on family resources.

show abstract

Parents’ Perceptions of Child Care for Children with Disabilities

Cited by 18 publications

References 16 publications

Working and caring for a disabled adopted child during a pandemic

Working and caring for a disabled adopted child during a pandemic

Physical and Mental Health of Mothers and Fathers Caring for Children with Special Health Care Needs: The Influence of Community Resources

Work, Family, and Community Ecologies and Their Influence on Work–Life Fit for Fathers of Children With Special Health Care Needs

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About