Search for dissertations about: "grandparents’ needs"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words grandparents’ needs.

  2. 1. Families of young children with autism spectrum disorder in Sweden: The role of culture and intergenerational support

    Author : Rano Zakirova Engstrand; Lise Roll-Pettersson; Mara Westling Allodi; Tatja Hirvikoski; Richard Hastings; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; young children with autism; system-theory perspective; culturally diverse families; parents’ explanatory models of autism; grandparents’ needs; cultural formulation; Swedish support system; specialpedagogik; Special Education;

    Abstract : Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have shown high variability in learning outcomes in response to evidence-based interventions, suggesting a need for individualization of intervention programmes for each child and his/her family. To explain this variability and develop effective intervention strategies research suggested focusing on identification of important contextual factors that might influence the effectiveness of a specific intervention for each child such as family cultural characteristics and characteristics of service settings and systems. READ MORE

  4. 2. Patterns of care and support in old age

    Author : Sigurveig Sigurdardottir; Gerdt Sundström; Bo Malmberg; Marie Ernsth Bravell; Kåreholt Ingemar; Svein Olav Daatland; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This study describes the situation for community living older people, 65 years of age and older in Iceland, analyzing their needs for care and services and how these needs are met. The study analyzes the relationship between the main providers of help and care, the formal caregivers and the informal carers. READ MORE