Family ‐oriented services in pediatric rehabilitation: a scoping review and framework to promote parent and family wellness

Abstract Family‐oriented services are not as common as one would expect, given the widespread endorsement of family‐centred care, the role of parents in supporting optimal child outcomes, and legislation and literature indicating that parent outcomes are important in their own right. There are no published service delivery frameworks describing the scope of services that could be delivered to promote parent and family wellness. A scoping review was conducted to identify types of family‐oriented services for parents of children with physical disabilities and/or intellectual impairments. This information was then synthesized into a conceptual framework of services to inform service selection and design. A scoping review of the recent literature was performed to capture descriptions of services targeting parents/families of children with physical disabilities and/or intellectual impairments, published in a six‐year period (2009 to 2014). Six databases were searched and 557 retrieved articles were screened using inclusion and exclusion criteria. Thirty six relevant articles were identified. Based on descriptions of services in these articles, along with seminal articles describing the nature of desirable services, we propose a needs‐based and capacity‐enhancing framework outlining a continuum of family‐oriented services for parents of children with disabilities. The framework includes six types of services to meet parent/family needs, organized as a continuum from f...
Source: Child: Care, Health and Development - Category: Child Development Authors: Tags: Review Article Source Type: research