A GP guide to parenting support for patients with intellectual disability
GPs can make a big difference to the health, safety and wellbeing of children born to a parent with intellectual disability. Here’s how.
Children born to parents with intellectual disability face challenges that can have lifelong impacts.
These challenges sometimes relate to the environment in which the child is raised and the parenting they experience.
But the gaps in the provision of appropriate parenting information and support to their parents also have a major role to play.
With the right support, parents with intellectual disability can provide the type of care and home environments that help children thrive.
