Consistency of Family Routines over Time in Families with Children with Disabilities

Abstract

The study summarized in this report examined the stability in 30 family routines practiced by families with children with disabilities. Forty-one mothers with children with disabilities participated. The results indicated that participants' routines and the value that they placed on the routines changed over time.

Keywords

mothers occupational therapy

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