Family responses to children with early developmental delays. II: Accommodation intensity and activity in early and middle childhood.
Families were interviewed about functional accommodations made to sustain daily routines for a child with disabilities. Accommodation intensities were unchanged from ages 3 to 7 and declined from 7 to 11. However, number of accommodation types increased dramatically from 3 to 11. By late childhood, on average, families broadened the scope of their accommodations but reduced the intensity with which they made them. Accommodations are a continuing feature of family adaptation to developmental disabilities in late childhood rather than a feature of certain developmental periods. They are most consistently associated with child characteristics that directly impact the daily routine.
Gallimore
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University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
Coots
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Weisner
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Garnier
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Guthrie
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D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology*; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological / Q000145:classification; D000367:Age Factors; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006701:Home Nursing / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors