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| Title: |
Parents with Intellectual Disability Learning to Parent: the role of experience and informal learning |
| Author: |
Llewellyn, Gwynnyth |
| Appeared in: |
International journal of disability, development and education |
| Paging: | Volume 44 (1997) nr. 3 pages 243-261 |
| Year: |
1997-09 |
| Contents: |
Parenthood for people with intellectual disability remains controversial. This is so despite current concern about the participation of people with intellectual disability in socially valued roles. Formal parent training is frequently presumed necessary to teach competent parenting. Effective programs require specific skill assessment followed by performance-based training. Training needs to include modelling, practice, and feedback and to occur in situations where the skill is needed. The role of the informal and naturally occurring context of parenting--the context of everyday family life--has been overlooked. Drawing on an ethnographic study of family life with six parent couples, two central themes on the role of informal learning and experience in parenting are reported. Several ways in which service providers can take account of the experiential nature of learning about parenting are proposed. |
| Publisher: |
Routledge |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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