An explorative study of the knowledge, beliefs and experiences about speech and language development of parents who adopt children from overseas

This study focused on intercountry adoptive parents’ knowledge, beliefs and experiences about speech and language development. Data were collected via an online questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. Parents linked their child’s speech and language development to the adoption, child’s attach...

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Main Author: Golding, Shannon Loris
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1464
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description This study focused on intercountry adoptive parents’ knowledge, beliefs and experiences about speech and language development. Data were collected via an online questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. Parents linked their child’s speech and language development to the adoption, child’s attachment abilities, school experiences, and professionals and services accessed. The results highlighted the complexity of this developmental process and provided insight into the way that their knowledge, beliefs and experiences influence their behaviours and interactions as parents.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-14642017-02-20T06:37:17Z An explorative study of the knowledge, beliefs and experiences about speech and language development of parents who adopt children from overseas Golding, Shannon Loris This study focused on intercountry adoptive parents’ knowledge, beliefs and experiences about speech and language development. Data were collected via an online questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. Parents linked their child’s speech and language development to the adoption, child’s attachment abilities, school experiences, and professionals and services accessed. The results highlighted the complexity of this developmental process and provided insight into the way that their knowledge, beliefs and experiences influence their behaviours and interactions as parents. 2013 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1464 en Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Golding, Shannon Loris
An explorative study of the knowledge, beliefs and experiences about speech and language development of parents who adopt children from overseas
title An explorative study of the knowledge, beliefs and experiences about speech and language development of parents who adopt children from overseas
title_full An explorative study of the knowledge, beliefs and experiences about speech and language development of parents who adopt children from overseas
title_fullStr An explorative study of the knowledge, beliefs and experiences about speech and language development of parents who adopt children from overseas
title_full_unstemmed An explorative study of the knowledge, beliefs and experiences about speech and language development of parents who adopt children from overseas
title_short An explorative study of the knowledge, beliefs and experiences about speech and language development of parents who adopt children from overseas
title_sort explorative study of the knowledge, beliefs and experiences about speech and language development of parents who adopt children from overseas
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1464