SpEd 542 Worksheets

WEEK FOUR Name: MOYA, Sieralyn Tanghal

Date Submitted in ePNU: 31 May 2023

Worksheet no. 2 SPED 542
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INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL FOR CWID. Read any of the three 2023

articles below and answer the questions that follow.
• Shatroubi & Ramirez-Garcia (2023)
• Oetjen 2023
• Brownlow et al (2023)
• Obczovsky et al (2013)
• Khanlou et al (2015)

What are the gaps mentioned by the authors of the paper?

• In the Canadian context, research on the challenges experienced by immigrant
parents in terms of socioeconomic situations, acculturation, and ability to access
social programs and services for their child is limited (Daudji et al. 2011; Lai and
Ishiyama 2004 in Khanlou et al 2015).
• There is even less evidence available on immigrant fathers raising a child with
developmental disabilities, who frequently confront specific difficulties due to
traditional gender roles and household responsibilities (Khanlou et al, 2015).
• Some researches about lived experiences of fathers of a child with developmental
disabilities focuses only on the parenting style and how it affects the development of
a child, but few studies explore the stressors and barriers of fathers while raising
their child with developmental disabilities.

Name three to five concepts that you newly learned from the article. Example is pedagogy.

INSTRUMENTAL SUPPORT

In the study of Khanlou et al. (2015), instrumental support is referred to as economic help for
families, especially fathers raising a child with developmental disabilities. Economic help
could include all tangible caregiving support and services available to utilize by the family of a
child with developmental disabilities.

STRUCTURAL SUPPORT

Khanlou et al. (2015) defined structural support as a form that aims to ease parents’ burden
in accessing, gaining, and utilizing information about their child with developmental
disabilities.
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PERCEPTIVE SUPPORT

As mentioned by Khanlou et al. (2015), perceptive support refers to the appropriateness and
helpfulness of support an individual receives from.

What are your takeaways from reading this research article?

• As someone who grew up in a patriarchal society, I admit that there were instances
wherein I felt like society put so much respect on men. A society that values the role of
men, especially fathers, in all aspects of it. Not until the brother of my common-law
partner had a child who was clinically diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder.
People perceived him as incapable of handling and providing for his daughter’s needs.
That ignited my interest in researching the lived experiences of fathers with
developmental disabilities.
• The study by Khanlou et al. (2015) not only focuses on the lived experiences of fathers
of a child with developmental disabilities, but it uses the lens of ‘immigrant fathers’ and
the stressors and barriers to services that hinder them in acquiring and providing their
needs as a parent and that of their child with developmental disabilities.
• Based on the study, fathers of children with developmental disabilities endure varying
amounts of stress while caring for their families, significantly linked to gender-related
perspectives.
• According to data published by Statistics Canada in 2006, increased pressure on parents
to juggle personal and professional lives resulted in more than 60% of parents
expressing “sometimes” to “always” feeling stressed. This pressure impacts many
elements of family life, including parental relationships, happiness, physical and
emotional health, and the ability to execute caregiving activities and responsibilities.
• The most prevalent stressors affecting fathers of children with developmental
disabilities are informational and practical difficulties (Huang et al. 2012 in Khanlou et
al. 2015).
• Khanlou et al. (2015) defined informational stress as a continual search for medical
knowledge to comprehend their child’s difficulties better. Not only do some fathers feel
responsible for finding knowledge, but they are also under pressure to combine family,
work, and ordinary daily tasks, which leads to practical stress.
• On a personal level, my brother-in-law also experienced the same stressors. He may not
be an immigrant father, but he has a child with ASD. During our ‘kwentuhan’, he
mentioned that some healthcare workers he encountered in private clinics perceive
them as more invasive, pushy, and less competent than their wives. This perception is
mainly because women dominate the caregiving industry. Many fathers, including my
brother-in-law, believe that healthcare personnel are unsupportive and portray fathers
negatively.
• In the study, some of the barriers immigrant fathers faced are socioeconomic barriers,
isolation, language and cultural barriers, and gender roles. In the Philippine context,
fathers coming from provinces who seek help and better lives in the city also experience
the same barriers.
• My KEY takeaway is I may not change society’s perceptions towards fathers in raising a
child with developmental disabilities. Still, I can change my perception and provide the
necessary support they need as an individual and as a parent.
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