Raising a Child with a Severe Disability: The Impact on Parents and Siblings

Author

Kathleen A. Packingham, St. Cloud State UniversityFollow

Date of Award

8-2016

Culminating Project Type

Starred Paper

Degree Name

Special Education: M.S.

Department

Special Education

College

School of Education

First Advisor

Mary Beth Noll

Second Advisor

Jerry Wellik

Third Advisor

Shannon Rader

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

Keywords and Subject Headings

disability, children, family, sibling, mother, father, education, family stress theory

Abstract

A review of 10 recent studies that reported on the effects of raising a child with a severe disability. The paper examines the effects of stress on parents raising a child with a severe disability, as well as outcomes for siblings being raised in the same households. Mothers reported higher daily parenting hassles and stress than did fathers. Maladaptive behaviors were the biggest contributing factor to increased stress in the family. Positive coping strategies and increased service utilization lead to decrease in stress and increase in positive outcomes.

Comments/Acknowledgements

Acknowledgement: Thank you to Dr. Mary Beth Noll who was instrumental in helping me write this starred paper.

Recommended Citation

Packingham, Kathleen A., "Raising a Child with a Severe Disability: The Impact on Parents and Siblings" (2016). Culminating Projects in Special Education. 10.
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/sped_etds/10