The Strengths and Positive Influences of Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

People with disabilities have not been adequately represented in strengths-based research. This study is the first to examine strengths and positive influences of young children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). Thirty adoptive and relative caregivers of children with FASD reported their...

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Published in:American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilities 2022-09, Vol.127 (5), p.355-368
Main Authors: Kautz-Turnbull, Carson, Adams, Tangeria R, Petrenko, Christie L. M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior
Behavior Problems
Caregivers
Case Studies
Child
Child Behavior
Child Rearing
Child, Preschool
Children
Children & youth
Children with disabilities
Emotional regulation
Family
Family Environment
Family Influence
Family Involvement
Family relations
Female
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Humans
Individual Characteristics
Influence
Influences
Intellectual disabilities
Interviews
Kinship care
Parent Child Relationship
Participant Characteristics
People with disabilities
Perceptions
Positive emotions
Pregnancy
Qualitative research
Randomized Controlled Trials
Research Assistants
Resilience (Psychology)
Resistance (Psychology)
Social Support Groups
Stress
Young Children
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Summary:People with disabilities have not been adequately represented in strengths-based research. This study is the first to examine strengths and positive influences of young children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). Thirty adoptive and relative caregivers of children with FASD reported their children's strengths and positive influences and completed measures on family functioning. Using a conversion mixed design, we described themes in strengths and influences, degree of caregiver positivity and relationships with child and family functioning. Caregivers reported wide-ranging strengths and positive influences. Frequency of adaptive strengths correlated with measures of family functioning, but thematic strengths and positive influences did not. Strengths and positive influences are distinct from measures of functioning and are not well captured in deficit-focused research.
ISSN:1944-7515
1944-7558
1944-7558
DOI:10.1352/1944-7558-127.5.355