A summer program at St. Mary's Home focuses on providing educational and recreational activities for children with disabilities. The program's evaluation highlights the significant role of nonacademic activities, such as games and art, in contributing to the overall success and enrichment of the children'
Communicating with disabled children when inpatients: barriers and facilitators
identified by parents and professionals in a qualitative study
If communication is poor, then children and
parents may not understand choices and will have inadequate opportunity to engage in making decisions about their care. This study was part of a program of research aiming to
develop a parent-led intervention to improve communication with disabled children in hospital.
This study helps discuss communication options that work best with disabled children and I believe St. Mary’s home implements some of these communication tactics
Discusses communication with disabled children as well as
possible barriers when it comes to communication.
Caring for Children with Severe Disabilities
St. Mary's Home hold over 90 disabled children and has social workers who work with them on the day to day basis.
This article disusses how people interact and work with disabled children.
Sustainable Family Care for
Children with Disabilities.
The findings of this study suggest
that if families have the ecological resources they need to create and maintain a daily
routine that is meaningful and balanced with respect to the needs and interests of all
family members, then they are unlikely to ever seriously consider placing their child with
disabilities out-of-home, at least not in desperation.
The primary objective of the study in this
article was to identify factors that may explain why some families, and not others,
seriously consider out of-home placement as an option for their child
This study ties into the parenting program at the St. Mary Home.
An Evaluation of a Community Sponsored Summer Program for Learning Disabled Children.
The program evaluation noted that the nonacademic
portion of the program which are games and art provided a very important component to
the program.
This article describes a summer program that provides education for disabled children.
This article provides a different outlook on how other programs handle working
with disabled children.
