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Enjoying Work or Burdened by it? How Personal Assistants Experience and Handle Stress at Work
Family outcomes in early intervention: results from a nationwide study in Portugal
Several studies have stressed the outcomes for families who are supported
by Early Intervention in the following dimensions: knowledge/information;
development of competencies; well-being; and quality of life. As a result,
this study assessed 999 families to examine the outcomes of Early
Intervention in Portugal. Our results show that families supported by
Early Intervention benefit in dimensions related to the development of
competencies in the child and the family, and to the gain of information
and knowledge about support and community resources, which results
in perceived control and co-responsibility. The analysis of the outcomes
of Early Intervention also shows that parents’ education and occupation
levels are determining variables for a family to benefit from the positive
impact of Early Intervention. In light of such results, we present
recommendations for practices in the area of Early Intervention with the
aim of adapting the practices of professionals to the concerns and
priorities of Portuguese families.This work is funded by CIEd – Research Centre on Education, projects [grant number UID/CED/1661/2013 and UID/CED/1661/2016], Institute of Education, University of Minho, through national funds of FCT/MCTES-PT