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Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Short break and respite services for disabled children in England
T2 - comparing children's and parents' perspectives of their impact on children
AU - Welch, Victoria
AU - Collins, Michelle
AU - Hatton, Chris
AU - Emerson, Eric
AU - Robertson, Janet
AU - Wells, Emma
AU - Langer, Susanne
PY - 2014/11
Y1 - 2014/11
N2 - Researchers, health and social care workers often seek to understand the perspectives of children; but gathering views directly from children can present difficulties. Parents are often asked to provide accounts of children's feelings or opinions on the assumption that their proxy reports are accurate and unproblematic. This qualitative thematic analysis of open-question responses from 352 parents and 73 disabled children examines their accounts of the impact of short break services on disabled children. Participants' perspectives differed; children tended to describe immediate outcomes such as enjoying activities and participation; parents acknowledged these, but focused on longer term developmental outcomes for children.
AB - Researchers, health and social care workers often seek to understand the perspectives of children; but gathering views directly from children can present difficulties. Parents are often asked to provide accounts of children's feelings or opinions on the assumption that their proxy reports are accurate and unproblematic. This qualitative thematic analysis of open-question responses from 352 parents and 73 disabled children examines their accounts of the impact of short break services on disabled children. Participants' perspectives differed; children tended to describe immediate outcomes such as enjoying activities and participation; parents acknowledged these, but focused on longer term developmental outcomes for children.
KW - children
KW - disability
KW - family
KW - participation
KW - social services
U2 - 10.1111/chso.12001
DO - 10.1111/chso.12001
M3 - Journal article
VL - 28
SP - 478
EP - 494
JO - Children and Society
JF - Children and Society
SN - 0951-0605
IS - 6
ER -