Journal on Developmental Disabilities
Le journal sur les handicaps du développement

Volume 10, No. 1

Hope in Families of Children with Developmental Disabilities

Shabana Kausar, Ronna F. Jevne, and Dick Sobsey

Table of Contents

Editors / Review Board / Authors this Issue

Articles / Abstracts

Living and Aging

Auditory Discriminations and the ABLA Test

Hope in Families

Teaching Language and Autism

Community Women's Circle

Maltreatment and Life Stressors in Single Mothers

Depression, Temperament, in Children with Asperger’s Syndrome

Successful Aging of Women with Intellectual Disabilities

Dual Diagnosis Services

Relationship Power Inequities

Service for Children and Youth

Aggression: Symptom of Mood Destabilization

Quality of Life for Children

Integration in Social Activities

Hearing Impairment in Adults with PDD

Parental Stress and Adaptive Functioning

Stimulus Modalities in Choice Presentations

Prenatal Psychological Processes

Evaluation of a Behavioural Therapy Group

Educating About Acquired Brain Injury

Abstract

The focus of this study was to explore and understand the experiences of hope in families of children with disabilities. Based on a qualitative research design, nineteen parents participated in this study. Eight common themes have been identified within participants' descriptions during the process of data analysis. Hope has been identified as a positive transformation and dynamic process that helped parents to reframe their lives in view of their experience with children with disabilities.

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