Background: Collaboration between Speech and Language Therapists (SLTs) and parents is considered best practice for children with developmental disorders. However, such collaborative approach is not yet implemented in therapy for children with developmental language disorders (DLD) in the Netherlands. …

The study explored how chronic sorrow in parents of disabled children impacts everyday interactions between parents and professionals in caregiving contexts. Chronic sorrow, characterized by ongoing feelings of grief and loss in parents, related to their child’s disability, is increasingly recognized …

Chapter 1: General introduction. A specific group of people with disabilities includes individuals with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD). However, individuals with PIMD form a heterogeneous group regarding the origins of their underlying conditions leading to profound disabilities …

The importance of hearing parents of deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children learning sign language is well documented. However, parents face many challenges in this learning process. This study investigates the experiences of Dutch hearing parents learning Dutch Sign Language (NGT) or Sign-supported …

Research on migrant youth makes two longstanding assumptions: that they are immobile following their own or their parents’ migration and that their resource environments are confined to their country of residence. Recent investigations of transnational youth mobility question both assumptions, showing …

Background Goal setting is an essential step in the clinical reasoning process of speech and language therapists (SLTs) who provide care for children, adolescents and adults with communication disorders. In the light of person-centred care, shared or collaborative goal setting between the SLT and client …

This study explores the perspectives of teachers, parents, and teenage boys on pressing issues of absenteeism and dropout among boys in public secondary schools in North A district, Zanzibar. It exposes the underlying factors contributing to the high dropout rates, particularly among boys who are increasingly …

Within paediatric palliative care, it is essential for families and providers to have open, equal, and trusting relationships. In practice, however, building relationships can be challenging. Investing in better understanding the differences in each other's frames of reference and underlying values seems …

We explore how pre-service teachers experience and deal with professional identity tensions during internships in diverse urban primary schools in the Netherlands. The research focuses on the challenges that arise when these teachers’ normative beliefs conflict with those of their pupils, parents, or …

Disclosures of sibling sexual behavior (SSB) usually affect all family members but there remains, however, a paucity in studies on therapeutical family interventions and how they can initiate changes in families. This study was designed to explore relational impacts of SSB disclosures, goals for therapy …