Increasing touch between parents and children with disabilities: preliminary results from a new programme

Julie H. Barlow; Lesley A. Cullen

Increasing touch between parents and children with disabilities: preliminary results from a new programme

Julie H. Barlow, Lesley A. Cullen

Coventry University

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Abstract

Initial findings are presented from a specially devised touch therapy programme for parents of children with disabilities. A total of 42 parent children have completed the programme. Therapists teach parents simple massage techniques during one-hour sessions held once a week for eight weeks. The children had a range of disabilities including cerebral palsy, asthma, sensory impairments and Down's syndrome. Parents reported improvements in children's muscle tone, joint mobility, sleep patterns, bowel movements and response to other forms of therapy, e.g. physiotherapy. Parents also reported that they themselves had benefited, e.g. by feeling "closer" to their child and less stressed

Academic paper insights: Increasing touch between parents and children with disabilities: Preliminary results from a new programme. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/11049477_Increasing_touch_between_parents_and_children_with_disabilities_Preliminary_results_from_a_new_programme [accessed Apr 4, 2017].

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	7-9
Journal	Journal of Family Health Care
Volume	12
Issue number	1
Publication status	Published - 2002

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The full text of this article is not available from the repository. Please note Lesley Cullen has subsequently changed her name to Lesley Powell.
This is a print-only journal - the full text of this article is not available electronically from the publisher.

Keywords

child
disabled
massage
parent-child relations
touch

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Barlow, J. H., & Cullen, L. A. (2002). Increasing touch between parents and children with disabilities: preliminary results from a new programme. Journal of Family Health Care, 12(1), 7-9.

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