Good Enough Support? Exploring the Attitudes, Knowledge and Experiences of Practitioners in Social Services and Child Welfare Working with Mothers with Intellectual Disability

Autor/inn/en	Strnadová, Iva; Bernoldová, Jana; Adamcíková, Zdenka; Klusácek, Jan
Titel	Good Enough Support? Exploring the Attitudes, Knowledge and Experiences of Practitioners in Social Services and Child Welfare Working with Mothers with Intellectual Disability
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 30 (2017) 3, S.563-572 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-2322
DOI	10.1111/jar.12307
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Intellectual Disability; Parent Child Relationship; Social Services; Child Welfare; Pregnancy; Professional Development; Correlation; Knowledge Level; Stereotypes; National Surveys; Statistical Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Intellect; Disability; Disabilities; Verstand; Behinderung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Kindeswohl; Schwangerschaft; Korrelation; Wissensbasis; Klischee; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	Background: This study examined the attitudes, knowledge and experiences of practitioners in social services and child welfare working with mothers with intellectual disability. Method: The authors used a national survey, which was completed by 329 participants. Descriptive statistics and frequency tables were generated, and the associations between variables and differences between various subgroups of the sample were made. The open questions were analysed using the processes involved in content analysis. Results: The findings indicated that the participants had limited knowledge of available supports and services for mothers with intellectual disability. Furthermore, many participants believed that mothers with intellectual disability should have an abortion should they become pregnant. The findings show practitioners' stereotyped attitudes towards mothers with intellectual disability. Conclusions: Workers in the area of social services and child welfare need access to training and professional development in the area of supporting mothers with intellectual disability. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01