FAMILY RESPONSES TO CHILDREN WITH EARLY DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS .2. ACCOMMODATION INTENSITY AND ACTIVITY IN EARLY AND MIDDLE CHILDHOOD

Families were interviewed about functional accommodations made to sust ain daily routines for a child with disabilities. Accommodation intens ities were unchanged from ages 3 to 7 and declined from 7 to 11. Howev er, number of accommodation types increased dramatically from 3 to 11. By late childhood, on average, families broadened the scope of their accommodations but reduced the intensity with which they made them. Ac commodations are a continuing feature of family adaptation to developm ental disabilities in late childhood rather than a feature of certain developmental periods. They are most consistently associated with chil d characteristics that directly impact the daily routine.