A Descriptive Study of Eleven Parent Conferences in a Child Development Center

This is a report of a descriptive study of eleven video-taped diagnostic conferences involving parents of developmentally delayed children who have been assessed at a training facility which provides diagnostic services to a variety of delayed or handicapped children. The variables described were: (...

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Main Author: Moser, Yolanda
Format: Others
Published: PDXScholar 1976
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Online Access:https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1777
https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2777&context=open_access_etds
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Summary:This is a report of a descriptive study of eleven video-taped diagnostic conferences involving parents of developmentally delayed children who have been assessed at a training facility which provides diagnostic services to a variety of delayed or handicapped children. The variables described were: (1) the amount of verbal participation of staff and parents; and (2) parent ratings of satisfaction obtained from a brief questionnaire administered orally. The data revealed that. (1) there is no relationship between parent verbal participation and parent satisfaction with the conference; and (2) there is a relationship between parent satisfaction and process and content factors in the parent conference.