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ABSTRACT
Background: Research has demonstrated that having an understanding of families’ everyday routines is important when planning interventions, yet the nature of the information revealed by families about their daily lives has been scarcely documented. The aim of this study was to examine the concerns and priorities of families with a child with a developmental disability elicited through the Routines-based Interview (RBI).
Method: RBIs were conducted by early childhood intervention (ECI) professionals with 16 families with a child aged between 4 months and 5 years. Interviews were audiotaped and transcribed verbatim and analysed using thematic analysis.
Results: Findings revealed that families were concerned about their child’s development and behaviour; made accommodations to everyday routines for their child; and reported priorities for the intervention.
Conclusion: Tools, such as the RBI, are important to generate information that can assist ECI professionals to design interventions that are family-centred, contextualised, and embedded in everyday family life.
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank all of the ECI professionals and families who participated in the study. We would also like to thank Sarah Gatt for her assistance with coding the interviews.
Disclosure statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.
Notes
1 In this article, the term “developmental disability” has been used broadly to indicate a range of developmental concerns, including those associated with developmental delays and established disability.