Parenting with disabilities: Experiences from implementing a parenting support programme in Sweden

• This article reports on the initial stages of implementing an Australian-based education programme for parents with intellectual disabilities (IDs) in Sweden. The clinical utility of the programme, Parenting Young Children (PYC), in the new country context is explored through Swedish professionals' experiences in learning and using it. Study participants found PYC well suited for use in their working environment. Most of them reported the programme to have strengthened their work with parents. The programme was seen as benefiting both the study participants in their work with parents with IDs and these parents themselves, and its structure and content were found to be helpful in several ways. The checklists forming part of PYC were considered useful, but their purpose was sometimes misunderstood. The reported study helps to identify what is needed to improve the translation of the programme into the new country context, to promote appropriate and more effective use of programme materials. © 2013 The Author(s).

Subject headings

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Sociologi -- Socialt arbete (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Sociology -- Social Work (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Parent education

Parents with intellectual disability

Support workers

article

education program

human

intellectual impairment

job experience

parenthood

parenting education

personal experience

priority journal

professional competence

Sweden

Adult

Attitude

Checklist

Child

Child

Preschool

Consumer Satisfaction

Cooperative Behavior

Cross-Cultural Comparison

Education

Education

Nonprofessional

Female

Focus Groups

Health Plan Implementation

Health Services Accessibility

Home Care Services

Humans

Intellectual Disability

Interdisciplinary Communication

Male

Parenting

Program Development

Self-Help Groups

Social Work

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)