TY - JOUR
T1 - Using Quality of Family Life Factors to Explore Parents’ Experience of Educational Provision for Children with Developmental Disabilities in Rural Australia
AU - Tait, Kathleen
AU - Hussain, Rafat
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2017/5/4
Y1 - 2017/5/4
N2 - Australian education service provision includes the delivery of quality educational programmes to rural and remote living children. However, according to their parents, many children with developmental disabilities (such as Down Syndrome and Autism Spectrum Disorders) who are living in rural country areas in New South Wales (NSW) still do not have access to an acceptable education programme. This study aimed to use quality of life factors via a family quality of life scale to explore 51 parents’ experience of educational service provision for their children with developmental disabilities in rural NSW. The results indicated that successful engagement with the school system is strongly affected by the views, assumptions, expertise and prejudices of teaching and care professionals. Further research into how local educational service providers may assist rural Australian families with a child with IDD in rural and remote locations is warranted.
AB - Australian education service provision includes the delivery of quality educational programmes to rural and remote living children. However, according to their parents, many children with developmental disabilities (such as Down Syndrome and Autism Spectrum Disorders) who are living in rural country areas in New South Wales (NSW) still do not have access to an acceptable education programme. This study aimed to use quality of life factors via a family quality of life scale to explore 51 parents’ experience of educational service provision for their children with developmental disabilities in rural NSW. The results indicated that successful engagement with the school system is strongly affected by the views, assumptions, expertise and prejudices of teaching and care professionals. Further research into how local educational service providers may assist rural Australian families with a child with IDD in rural and remote locations is warranted.
KW - Developmental disabilities
KW - Family Quality of Life Scale
KW - educational services
KW - family impact
KW - high impact disabilities
KW - parental perceptions
KW - quality of family life
KW - rural support services
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84983567767&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/1034912X.2016.1223280
DO - 10.1080/1034912X.2016.1223280
M3 - Article
SN - 1034-912X
VL - 64
SP - 328
EP - 344
JO - International Journal of Disability, Development and Education
JF - International Journal of Disability, Development and Education
IS - 3
ER -