Date of Award
12-2016
Culminating Project Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Child and Family Studies: Family Studies: M.S.
Department
Child and Family Studies
College
School of Education
First Advisor
JoAnn Johnson
Second Advisor
Glen Palm
Third Advisor
Jerry Wellik
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Abstract
The main purpose of this study was to examine parents’ experiences of the diagnostic process of their child’s intellectual and developmental disability. Research over the past thirty years has demonstrated that most parents are not satisfied with the diagnostic process, and has suggested best practices for professionals. The hope for this study was that parents’ experiences have improved since the last research was done and that best practices are being followed. Parents in the Twin Cities metro area of Minnesota were interviewed regarding their experience of the diagnostic process. The results indicated that parents are still dissatisfied with the process and raised a number of concerns, some of which were unique to this research. Suggestions and implications for practice based on these results are presented.
Recommended Citation
Hickenbotham, Victoria, "“We Can Do Better”: Parents’ Experiences of the Diagnostic Process of Their Child’s Intellectual and Developmental Disability" (2016). Culminating Projects in Child and Family Studies. 11.
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/cfs_etds/11
