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Describing the Lived Experiences of Caregivers of Children with Disabilities receiving Occupational Therapy Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

Allison J. Cattin, et al. Describing the Lived Experiences of Caregivers of Children with Disabilities Receiving Occupational Therapy Services During the Covid-19 Pandemic. . 2022. uindy.hykucommons.org/concern/etds/d2f62381-4013-4251-b9ba-7ba9352d3653?locale=en.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

A. J. Cattin, G. E. Cho, H. K. Droste, D. B. Joerling, K. R. Nowlin, & S. M. Panczyk. (2022). Describing the Lived Experiences of Caregivers of Children with Disabilities receiving Occupational Therapy Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic. https://uindy.hykucommons.org/concern/etds/d2f62381-4013-4251-b9ba-7ba9352d3653?locale=en

Chicago citation style (CMOS 17, author-date)

Allison J. Cattin, Grace E. Cho, Hannah K. Droste, Darby B. Joerling, Kayla R. Nowlin, and Sara M. Panczyk. Describing the Lived Experiences of Caregivers of Children with Disabilities Receiving Occupational Therapy Services During the Covid-19 Pandemic. 2022. https://uindy.hykucommons.org/concern/etds/d2f62381-4013-4251-b9ba-7ba9352d3653?locale=en.

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  • During the pandemic, school-aged children with disabilities abruptly lost access to traditional occupational therapy services (McFayden et al., 2021). Cacioppo et al. (2020) surveyed 1000 participants and reported that only 27% of children continued traditional therapy, and 77% continued therapy services through parents' provision. This occurred when many caregivers were forced to work from home and provide education for their children. Additional role responsibilities, along with other significant changes in routines, can increase demands on parents' mental health. The purpose of our study was to describe the lived experiences of parents of children with disabilities receiving occupational therapy services during the COVID-19 pandemic. We utilized a phenomenological qualitative research approach and interviewed four caregivers of children receiving occupational therapy services prior to and into the pandemic lockdown. Following the analysis procedures described by Saldana (2013) we explored the data for emotion, process, and in-vivo codes. The participants described a process that included (a) Meeting the needs of the child pre-COVID to (b) adjusting to small changes to (c) adapting to fit the new environment to (d) meeting the needs of the child differently. The primary emotion themes that emerged from the data included two broad categories. The first category includes the emotions of feeling Anxious/worried, Overwhelmed, Guilty, and Frustrated as they described multiple stressors due to the pandemic. However, regardless of the negative emotions they experienced, they consistently expressed feelings of gratitude and appreciation towards occupational therapy services and their occupational therapist.

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  • OTD

Level
  • Doctorate

Discipline
  • Occupational Therapy

Grantor
  • University of Indianapolis

Advisor
  • Jennifer Fogo

Department
  • School of Occupational Therapy

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