Understanding the Support Needs of Parents with Intellectual Disabilities

Parenting with Intellectual Disabilities: Recent and Ongoing Research

Understanding the support needs of parents with intellectual disabilities is a primary focus of the FDSI. For more information, please take a moment to browse related current projects and recent publications.

 

  • Support Needs and Service Pathways

    The purpose of this study is to determine a strategy to build systems' capacity to accommodate the support and learning needs of parents with intellectual impairment and, in turn, improve the life chances of their children.

  • Child Welfare Process and Outcomes

    Secondary analysis of the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS-2003 & CIS-2008) core-data.

  • The Supported Learning Program

    The Supported Learning Program (SLP) is a group-based intervention supplemented by indi-vidual support, which is designed to strengthen the social connections and enhance the psycho-logical well-being of mothers with intellectual impairment, with concomitant benefits to their children.

  • Mothers with Intellectual Disabilities

    The aim of this study was to dedicate attention to the voices of mothers with intellectual disabilities from minority cultures in Canada through narrative inquiry.

Practice Points

Practice points have been designed specifically for practitioners who work with parents with an intellectual disability or learning difficulties.

Each printable document provides an overview of the literature on topics of interest and suggestions for your own work with parents.

Who are Parents with Learning Difficulties? Parenting Capacity Assessment Communicating with Parents with Learning Difficulties Facts and Fallacies Parent Education and Training Parent and Family Support
New Research: Alberta and Quebec
supported Parenting Flyer
Round Table

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