What Is the Future of Family Outcomes and Family-Centered Services?
What Is the Future of Family Outcomes and Family-Centered Services?
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DOI：
10.1177/0271121411427077
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发表时间：
2012-02-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Fox, Leslie C.
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作者：
Bailey, Donald B.;Raspa, Melissa;Fox, Leslie C.
第99-457号公法强调了家庭支助在为残疾儿童服务的方案中的核心作用。在接下来的25年里，已经做了大量工作来描述有效家庭支助的原则和做法。不太清楚的是，服务于婴儿、蹒跚学步的儿童和学龄前儿童的计划是否以及如何促进家庭结果。本文描述了以家庭为中心的实践的组成部分，并总结了支持使用这种实践的数据。作者表明，早期干预和学前项目并不对家庭结果负责；相反，它们仅限于表明家庭对服务感到满意。作者预测，在不久的将来，家庭结果将不会成为任何国家问责努力的一部分，直到研究清楚地表明，这种结果最终将使儿童受益，他们还提出了几条工作路线，以推动该领域朝着做出关于记录家庭福利的明智政策决策的方向发展。
The central role of family support in programs serving young children with disabilities was emphasized in Public Law 99-457. In the ensuing 25 years, much work has been done to describe the principles and practices that characterize effective family support. Less clear is whether and how programs serving infants, toddlers, and preschoolers promote family outcomes. This article describes the components of family-centered practice and summarizes the data in support of the use of such practices. The authors show that early intervention and preschool programs are not held accountable for family outcomes; instead, they are limited only to showing that families are satisfied with services. The authors predict that family outcomes will not be part of any national accountability effort in the near future until research clearly shows that such outcomes ultimately will benefit children, and they suggest several lines of work needed to advance the field toward making an informed policy decision about documenting family benefit.