ABSTRACT

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly affected families who have children with intellectual disabilities (ID). Our aim was to explore the pandemic’s impact on Dutch migrant families who have children with ID, by interviewing these families’ support workers.

Method

A descriptive qualitative methodology was employed, which resulted in semi-structured telephone interviews with 34 support workers. We selected interview transcripts that pertained to 27 Dutch migrant families who have children with ID and identified themes and subthemes using thematic analysis.

Results

Two main themes related to the pandemic emerged: (1) Work of support workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and (2) Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic upon migrant families who have children with ID.

Conclusion

The present study demonstrates that support workers particularly struggled to stay in touch with migrant families who have children with ID during the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, support workers should tailor their support to the needs of migrant families.

中文翻译：

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对支持工作者关于 COVID-19 大流行对有智障儿童的荷兰移民家庭影响的经验的定性调查

摘要

背景

COVID-19 大流行严重影响了有智障 (ID) 儿童的家庭。我们的目的是通过采访这些家庭的支持人员，探索大流行对有智障儿童的荷兰移民家庭的影响。

方法

采用了描述性定性方法，对 34 名支持人员进行了半结构化的电话采访。我们选择了与 27 个有智障儿童的荷兰移民家庭有关的访谈记录，并使用主题分析确定了主题和子主题。

结果

出现了与大流行相关的两个主要主题：(1) COVID-19 大流行期间支持人员的工作； (2) COVID-19 大流行对有 ID 儿童的移民家庭的影响。

结论

本研究表明，在 COVID-19 大流行期间，支持人员特别难以与有 ID 儿童的移民家庭保持联系。因此，支持工作者应该根据移民家庭的需要调整他们的支持。