Practice Points

Download Practice points designed specifically for practitioners who work with parents with an intellectual disability or learning difficulties.

Quick Links: Organizations

Learn about organizations working improve the lives of families headed by parents with learning difficulties, and explore a range of downloadable resources for practitioners, lawyers, and advocates.

Step By Step

The Step-by-Step Parenting Program© breaks down essential child-care skills for children from birth to about 3 years of age into small steps. Find out more here.

IASSIDD Special Interest Research Group

Join the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IASSIDD) Special Interest Research Group (SIRG) on Parents and Parenting with Intellectual Disabilities: A worldwide network of researchers and practitioners dedicated to understanding and enhancing the lives of parents with learning difficulties and their children. Click here to find out how to join today!

REPORTS        BOOKS        PRESENTATIONS        SPECIAL ISSUE PUBLICATIONS   

Reports

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Child Welfare Process and Outcomes
Child Welfare Process and Outcomes

D. McConnell, M. Feldman, M. Aunos, L. Pacheco, N. Prasad (2017; 2010) Family and Disability Studies Initiative, University of Alberta, CAN

Resource for Independent Advocates working with Parents with Learning Disabilities: A Roadmap for a Complex Journey
Resource for Independent Advocates working with Parents with Learning Disabilities: A Roadmap for a Complex Journey

R. Butt & M. Day (2017) Impetus. Brighton, UK

Good practice guidance on working with parents with a learning disability. 2016 Update
Good practice guidance on working with parents with a learning disability. 2016 Update

Working Together with Parents Network (2016). University of Bristol, UK

Enhancing the social connectedness of mothers with intellectual impairment
Enhancing the social connectedness of mothers with intellectual impairment

D. McConnell, et al. (2014) Family and Disability Studies Initiative. University of Alberta, CAN

The Intersection of Child Welfare and Disability: Focus on Parents
The Intersection of Child Welfare and Disability: Focus on Parents

T. LaLiberte, T. Crudo (Eds.) (2013) Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare, University of Minnesota, USA

Understanding and Supporting Parents with Learning Difficulties
Understanding and Supporting Parents with Learning Difficulties

R. Mildon, J. Matthews,  S. Gavidia-Payne (2013) The Victorian Parenting Centre, AUS

Good Practice in Parenting Support for Parents with a Learning Disability: Project Report
Good Practice in Parenting Support for Parents with a Learning Disability: Project Report

H. Crozier, S. Morris & N. Genders (2013). Leicestershire Partnership Trust & De Montfort University, UK

Rocking the Cradle: Ensuring the Rights of Parents with Disabilities and Their Children
Rocking the Cradle: Ensuring the Rights of Parents with Disabilities and Their Children

National Council on Disability (2012) Washington DC, USA

Inclusive support for parents with a learning disability
Inclusive support for parents with a learning disability

J. Leaviss, W. Ewins, D. Kitson, E. Watling (2010) Mencap, UK

What Works for Parents with Learning Disabilities?
What Works for Parents with Learning Disabilities?

S. McGaw (2000) Barnardos Children’s Charity, UK  

Parents with Intellectual Disability and Older Children: Strategies for Support Workers
Parents with Intellectual Disability and Older Children: Strategies for Support Workers

G. Llewellyn, D. McConnell, R. Grace-Dunn & M. Dibden. (1999). University of Sydney

Books

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Parents with Intellectual Disabilities: Past Present and Futures
Parents with Intellectual Disabilities: Past Present and Futures

Edited by Gwynnyth Llewellyn, Rannveig Traustadottir, David McConnell and Hanna Bjorg Sigurjonsdott; Forward by Steven Taylor

Comprehensive, Competence-based Parenting Assessment for Parents with Learning Difficulties and Their Children
Comprehensive, Competence-based Parenting Assessment for Parents with Learning Difficulties and Their Children

Written by Maurice Feldman and Marjorie Aunos

Presentations

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Webinar: Assessment for Parents with Learning Difficulties and their Children
Webinar: Assessment for Parents with Learning Difficulties and their Children

Webinar Presentation by Marjorie Aunos. Healthy Start for me and my baby. Melbourne, Australia. 2015.

Keynote: Article 23. Respect for Home and Family
Keynote: Article 23. Respect for Home and Family

Keynote Address by David McConnell. IASSID World Congress, Halifax, Nova Scotia. 2012 (PDF)

Mothers with Intellectual Disabilities from Cultural Communities: A Narrative Study
Mothers with Intellectual Disabilities from Cultural Communities: A Narrative Study

Presentation by Laura Pacheco. Nordic Network on Disability Research (NNDR) Conference. Reykjavík, Iceland. 2011 (PDF)

Webinar: When Parents have Learning Difficulties
Webinar: When Parents have Learning Difficulties

Webinar Presentation by Professor David McConnell. University of Alberta, Canada. 2011

Keynote: Enhancing the lives of families headed by parents with intellectual disabilities
Keynote: Enhancing the lives of families headed by parents with intellectual disabilities

Keynote Address by David McConnell. The Association for Successful Parenting Conference. Denver, Colorado. 2010 (PDF)

Special Issue Publications

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Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities: Volume 30, Issue 3, 2017
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities: Volume 30, Issue 3, 2017

This special issue speaks to recent trends in the study of parents and parenting with intellectual disabilities. Research included in the special issue consolidates and expands knowledge in four key areas; 1) parenting skills and training, 2) contextual factors, 3) children of parents with intellectual disabilities, and 4) parental experiences and resistance strategies.

Frontline Issue 104: Parenting with an Intellectual Disability
Frontline Issue 104: Parenting with an Intellectual Disability

This special issue of Frontline, the Irish voice of intellectual disability, includes a number of interesting and useful articles including: Parenting with Intellectual Disability: what does it take to make it work? by Margaret Spencer and; Parents and parenting with intellectual disabilities: Messages from research by David McConnell and Laura Pacheco