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Family-Centered Professional Behavior

Frequency and Importance to Parents

Christopher G. Petr, MSW, PhD, is an associate professor at the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare and research associate at the Beach Center on Families and Disability. Address: Christopher G. Petr, School of Social Welfare, Twente Hall, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045–2510.

Reva I. Allen, MA

Reva I. Allen, MA, is a research analyst for the Institute for Social and Economic Development in Iowa City, IA, and a doctoral candidate at the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare.

This article reports on a study assessing parents' perceptions of the importance and frequency of family-centered behaviors. A nationwide sample of caregivers of children with emotional and behavioral disorders, developmental disabilities, or chronic health problems completed the Family-Centered Behavior Scale, a measurement of the construct of family-centered service delivery. The differences in ratings between caregivers of children with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) and parents of children with other disabilities on the frequency and importance of behaviors exhibited by professionals are described. Results indicate strong agreement between the two groups on which behaviors they consider to be most important, but those behaviors are performed much less frequently, according to caregivers, by professionals serving children with EBD. These results indicate that more intensive training of service professionals and more research about the effectiveness of family-centered practices may be necessary if long-standing professional approaches to this population are to be reversed.

Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, Vol. 5, No. 4, 196-204 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/106342669700500402


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