Speech and language development of intercountry adopted children aged 3 to 6 years: An explorative study of Australian parents’ knowledge, beliefs and experiences

This qualitative, explorative study provides an insight into intercountry-adoptive parents’ knowledge, beliefs, and experiences about their children's speech and language development. Eleven parents who lived in Australia and adopted a child aged 3 to 6 years from an overseas country in the pas...

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Main Authors: Golding, Shannon, Leitão, Suze, Williams, Cori
Format: Journal Article
Published: Routledge 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24882
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Leitão, Suze
Williams, Cori
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description This qualitative, explorative study provides an insight into intercountry-adoptive parents’ knowledge, beliefs, and experiences about their children's speech and language development. Eleven parents who lived in Australia and adopted a child aged 3 to 6 years from an overseas country in the past five years completed an online questionnaire. Six consented to participate further in a semistructured interview. Descriptive statistics and thematic analysis were used to report on the parents’ experiences with their adopted children, the challenges they faced, the services they accessed, and their recommendations for future services. The results provide a direction for the development of evidence based service and support to meet the specific needs of this population.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-248822017-09-13T15:56:36Z Speech and language development of intercountry adopted children aged 3 to 6 years: An explorative study of Australian parents’ knowledge, beliefs and experiences Golding, Shannon Leitão, Suze Williams, Cori language development intercountry adoption adoptive parents qualitative This qualitative, explorative study provides an insight into intercountry-adoptive parents’ knowledge, beliefs, and experiences about their children's speech and language development. Eleven parents who lived in Australia and adopted a child aged 3 to 6 years from an overseas country in the past five years completed an online questionnaire. Six consented to participate further in a semistructured interview. Descriptive statistics and thematic analysis were used to report on the parents’ experiences with their adopted children, the challenges they faced, the services they accessed, and their recommendations for future services. The results provide a direction for the development of evidence based service and support to meet the specific needs of this population. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24882 10.1080/10926755.2012.754811 Routledge restricted
spellingShingle language development
intercountry adoption
adoptive parents
qualitative
Golding, Shannon
Leitão, Suze
Williams, Cori
Speech and language development of intercountry adopted children aged 3 to 6 years: An explorative study of Australian parents’ knowledge, beliefs and experiences
title Speech and language development of intercountry adopted children aged 3 to 6 years: An explorative study of Australian parents’ knowledge, beliefs and experiences
title_full Speech and language development of intercountry adopted children aged 3 to 6 years: An explorative study of Australian parents’ knowledge, beliefs and experiences
title_fullStr Speech and language development of intercountry adopted children aged 3 to 6 years: An explorative study of Australian parents’ knowledge, beliefs and experiences
title_full_unstemmed Speech and language development of intercountry adopted children aged 3 to 6 years: An explorative study of Australian parents’ knowledge, beliefs and experiences
title_short Speech and language development of intercountry adopted children aged 3 to 6 years: An explorative study of Australian parents’ knowledge, beliefs and experiences
title_sort speech and language development of intercountry adopted children aged 3 to 6 years: an explorative study of australian parents’ knowledge, beliefs and experiences
topic language development
intercountry adoption
adoptive parents
qualitative
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24882