Are Families Hard to Reach or Services Difficult to Access? Parent Experiences when a Child is Developmentally Delayed
The aim of this thesis was to understand family experiences of noticing and help-seeking for child developmental delays and identify factors that impact pathways to service access. This PhD took a step back from the endpoint of service access and looked instead at the journey leading up to it – ackn...
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| author | Cuomo, Belinda Michelle |
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| description | The aim of this thesis was to understand family experiences of noticing and help-seeking for child developmental delays and identify factors that impact pathways to service access. This PhD took a step back from the endpoint of service access and looked instead at the journey leading up to it – acknowledging that experiences during the steps of noticing delays, sharing them with others, and seeking support were vital to how and if parents engaged with early intervention services. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-849502023-07-05T00:54:25Z Are Families Hard to Reach or Services Difficult to Access? Parent Experiences when a Child is Developmentally Delayed Cuomo, Belinda Michelle The aim of this thesis was to understand family experiences of noticing and help-seeking for child developmental delays and identify factors that impact pathways to service access. This PhD took a step back from the endpoint of service access and looked instead at the journey leading up to it – acknowledging that experiences during the steps of noticing delays, sharing them with others, and seeking support were vital to how and if parents engaged with early intervention services. 2021 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/84950 Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Cuomo, Belinda Michelle Are Families Hard to Reach or Services Difficult to Access? Parent Experiences when a Child is Developmentally Delayed |
| title | Are Families Hard to Reach or Services Difficult to Access? Parent Experiences when a Child is Developmentally Delayed |
| title_full | Are Families Hard to Reach or Services Difficult to Access? Parent Experiences when a Child is Developmentally Delayed |
| title_fullStr | Are Families Hard to Reach or Services Difficult to Access? Parent Experiences when a Child is Developmentally Delayed |
| title_full_unstemmed | Are Families Hard to Reach or Services Difficult to Access? Parent Experiences when a Child is Developmentally Delayed |
| title_short | Are Families Hard to Reach or Services Difficult to Access? Parent Experiences when a Child is Developmentally Delayed |
| title_sort | are families hard to reach or services difficult to access? parent experiences when a child is developmentally delayed |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/84950 |