Understanding and Supporting children’s difficulties with ADL
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Empowering Parents: Understanding and Supporting children’s difficulties with Activities of Daily Living Skills
IRAS ID
145617
Contact name
Catherine Kenny
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Wales
Research summary
Why: The research question aims to address whether the attendance at a parent information meeting may increase parents’ awareness of why their children may have difficulties in the acquisition of activities of daily living skills (ADL) and whether, by providing strategies to address the difficulties, the parent feel empowered to support their children with motor co-ordination difficulties. What: It has been identified that children with motor co-ordination difficulties often have long-term difficulties with ADL such as dressing (particularly buttons, zips and shoelaces), personal care (particularly wiping their own bottom) and cutlery skills that remain an important issue for parents and children (Stephenson and Chesson 2007; Morgan and Long (2012). Who: A purposive sample of participants will be selected. This will be done by identifying parents whose children are currently open The Children’s Occupational Therapy Service team caseload whom during assessment identified ADL skills as an issue that they wanted to address with their child. Where: The parent meeting will be at a centrally located NHS clinic. Follow up telephone feedback will take place from NHS premises to the parent at a location of their choice. How: Participants will attend a one-off Parent Information Meeting (duration 90 minutes). Participants will confirm what areas of ADL is a priority for them for their child at the beginning of the meeting using a tick box format. At the end of the meeting parents will be asked to complete a written questionnaire with closed and open questions. At the end of the meeting parents will be given a ‘Parent Information Pack’ with leaflets and strategies included in the body of the meeting. Approximately two weeks after the meeting parents will be given a telephone contact requesting feedback on the usefulness of the meeting and the ‘parent information pack’ (open questions).
REC name
South Central - Oxford B Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
14/SC/0179
Date of REC Opinion
14 Apr 2014
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion