"A Quiet Fight All the Way": A Report on the Need for Child Care among Parents of School-Age Children with Handicapping Conditions. Working Paper No. 178.

Autor/in	Fink, Dale Borman
Institution	Wellesley Coll., MA. Center for Research on Women.
Titel	"A Quiet Fight All the Way": A Report on the Need for Child Care among Parents of School-Age Children with Handicapping Conditions. Working Paper No. 178.
Quelle	(1988), (13 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Disabilities; Elementary Secondary Education; Employed Parents; Mental Retardation; Parent Attitudes; Parent Grievances; Questionnaires; School Age Day Care + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Handicap; Behinderung; Geistige Behinderung; Elternverhalten; Beschwerde; Fragebogen
Abstract	This paper describes experiences in seeking and using after-school child care of 66 parents whose children (ages 5 through 16) have moderate to severe disabilities. Using the parents' own words, the paper shows how lack of child care has affected these people in their employment choices and personal lives. Data from 67 completed questionnaires are summarized in what is meant not as scientific sample but more as "a series of snapshots." Among findings were the following: that mental retardation was the most common special need; that older disabled children were substantially more likely to be refused admission to a child care program than younger children; that 40% of the sample's children were currently enrolled in after-school child care services; and that 61% of the parents preferred the mainstreamed child care environment. The strengths and weaknesses of mainstreaming in child care services are given special attention. (PB)
Anmerkungen	Wellesley College, Center for Research on Women, Wellesley, MA 02181 ($4.00).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01