Document Type	Master's Dissertation
Author	Hansen, Maryke
Email	marykehansen@mac.com
URN	etd-08292012-160548
Document Title	The attitudes of typically-developing children towards participation with their siblings with severe speech and language disabilities
Degree	Master of Arts
Department	Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Supervisor	Advisor Name Title Dr M Harty Co-Supervisor Prof J Bornman Supervisor
Keywords	typically-developing children ICF-CY attitudes everyday life situations international classification of functioning participation functional outcomes disability and health-version siblings children severe speech and language disabilities youth
Date	2012-04-17
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract Sibling relationships and the interaction within these relationships play a central role in children’s general development and will therefore impact on functional outcomes of children with severe speech and language disabilities. Siblings of children with disabilities have often felt excluded from family interactions, possibly causing negative attitudes towards participation with their siblings, in turn impacting negatively on the functional outcomes of their siblings with disabilities. The main aim of this research is to determine the attitudes of typically-developing children towards participation with their younger siblings with severe speech and language disabilities in four everyday life situations, namely: play (major life areas), communication, activities of daily living as part of domestic life and interpersonal relationships (time and responsibility issues). Twenty-seven older, typically-developing siblings of children with severe speech and language disabilities were selected to complete the measuring instrument (SAS). The results indicated that the participants held the most positive attitudes towards participation in play (major life areas) but that they held less positive attitudes towards communication participation and that they were least positive about participation in interpersonal relationships (time and responsibility issues). This study succeeded in documenting attitudes of siblings towards participating in four everyday life situations with their younger sibling. It is envisaged that these results will provide tentative guidelines for how activity-based interventions can best be structured to support both the child with a disability and their sibling. Copyright © 2011, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. Please cite as follows: Hansen, M 2011, The attitudes of typically-developing children towards participation with their siblings with severe speech and language disabilities, MA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08292012-160548 / > E12/4/580/gm
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