Positive Family Connections – a positively-oriented, family systems intervention for families of children with developmental disabilities: a feasibility study

niversity of Warwick0 个研究点目标入组 73 人开始时间: 2022年2月10日最近更新: 2024年4月8日

试验速览

2024 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38497720/ (added 26/03/2024)

•1. Family carer of a child with a developmental disability. Child must be aged 8-13 years and have a developmental disability as defined by family carers reporting that the child has received a diagnosis, and/or is in receipt of developmental disability services.
•2. One family carer from each family must be the primary parental carer- the person that the child with a developmental disability lives with most of the time, typically a biological parent, step-parent, adoptive, or foster parent. However, for second family carers, family” will be subjectively defined by whether somebody considers themselves to be a family member of a child with a developmental disability. This means that participants may include immediate family members (e.g., parents, adult siblings, foster, adoptive, or step-family members), extended family members (e.g., grandparents, aunties, uncles) and other figures (e.g., neighbours, support workers, close friends).
•3. Family carers must be aged =18 years
•4. Family carers must be willing and able to participate in intervention sessions remotely over Zoom
•5. The child with a developmental disability has an adaptive behaviour composite of <80 on the Vineland Adaptive Behaviour scales, third edition, domain-level interview

•1. The primary parental carer is currently completing a parenting programme or receiving another individual or group therapy for stress, or mental health problems
•2. The family is in acute crisis and in need of immediate support from other mental health or family services
•3. There are safeguarding or child protection concerns relating to any of the family members
•4. A primary carer in the family does not provide informed consent to take part in the study
•5. The primary carer is not able to take part in the intervention and/or complete measures in English
•6. The research team has significant concerns about the primary carer’s readiness to take part in the intervention. For example, during the eligibility assessment they describe having had significant previous difficulties in group programmes, or do not appear able to engage with the positive orientation or family focus of Positive Family Connections

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niversity of Warwick