Three projects from the research environment CHILD at Jönköping University on family life when a family member needs additional support

Professor Mats Granlund gives an introduction to three research projects. The following is an extract:

The family is probably the environment that has the largest impact on children's development and everyday functioning.

It is also the most important environment for functioning at present. Many family routines and activities are built around the children and children adapt to their families. The special topic of this newsletter is positive functioning in families.

Although having a child in need of additional support or having parents in need of additional support can affect family functioning negatively this does not always seem to be the case. Some families seem to have a good everyday life despite strong challenges to family functioning. This is probably due both to family characteristics and to what support that is provided.

Three CHILD projects that focus on everyday life in families with complex life situations can be see here: http://www.epostservice.se/aspnet/v3/page/read.ashx?issueid=241464&userid=62739866&readid=D8EC32FD9F6A